Source: Pentathlon GB

Laura Heredia & Giorgio Malan win gold

Spain’s Laura Heredia and Italy’s Giorgio Malan won gold on a fantastic opening day of competition at the 2016 Modern Pentathlon Youth B European Championships hosted by Pentathlon GB in Solihull yesterday (Saturday 27th August). 87 athletes from 17 nations competed in the individual competitions with Hungary’s Michelle Gulyas and Italy’s Maria Lea Lopez claiming

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Source: Pentathlon GB

Rio 2016: Team GB – Round up of first day of Modern Pentathlon

Team GB’s Joe Choong makes strong start to Olympic modern pentathlon campaign Day 13 of the 2016 Olympic Games saw the modern pentathlon competitions begin with the Women’s and Men’s fencing ranking rounds. Team GB are being represented by Kate French, Samantha Murray, Joe Choong and Jamie Cooke with the British quartet enduring mixed fortunes

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Source: Pentathlon GB

Jess Varley stars at Open Swiss Championships

A great performance from Jess Varley saw her finish 2nd at the Open Swiss Champs last weekend, the University of Bath based athlete’s first individual international podium. It was also a strong competition for Pentathlon GB teammate Charlie Follett as she finished 4th in Bern. Varley, who became the new 2016 British Modern Pentathlon National

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Source: Pentathlon GB

Pentathlon GB’s Youth A Team head to Spain

The final international competition before this summer’s Olympic Games takes place this week with the Youth A European Championships in Sant Boi, Barcelona. Pentathlon GB are sending an 8 strong team to Spain including 6 athletes that competed at the Youth A World Championships in Limerick earlier this month. The Youth A team secured 5

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Source: England Rugby

Loughborough alumni named in GB 7s teams for Rio

Tuesday 19th July marked the last Team GB selection announcement for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, with Britain’s best rugby seven’s players being the last to learn their fates. Amongst the 12 strong men’s and women’s squads are three Loughborough alumni, with current student Meg Jones also named as a travelling reserve. The number of

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Source: Pentathlon GB

Team GB win Silver at Pentathlon European Championships

Joanna Muir produced fantastic performances across all five disciplines to finish 5th in the Senior Modern Pentathlon European Championships today with Team GB 2016 Olympians Kate French and Samantha Murray 10th and 17th respectively in Sofia. The three individual performances meant the British trio claimed team silver whilst defending champion Laura Asadauskaite retained the title

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