Tully Kearney narrowly missed out on gold in the women’s 200m freestyle S5 final, as ParalympicsGB scooped a trio of medals on the first day of swimming action at Tokyo 2020. Kearney – a seven-time world champion across freestyle and butterfly – led the race at world record pace until the latter stages but was
Team GB ensured their place in the history books as they won the inaugural mixed 4x100m medley relay at an Olympic Games with a mesmerising world record swim at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. The quartet of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin delivered a dominant display to smash the world record by 0.83s
James Guy won his second gold medal of Tokyo 2020 and University of Bath graduate Anna Hopkin was also crowned as Olympic Champion as Team GB’s gold rush in the swimming pool continued in magnificent style this morning. Victory came in world-record time too as, after being given a strong start to the mixed 4x100m
When Anna Hopkin moved to the University of Bath in 2014, she joined the swimming club with the goal of racing at student competitions and having a fun group to socialise with. Fast forward seven years and Hopkin is not only looking forward to making her Olympic Games debut at Tokyo 2020 but also eyeing
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, who progressed from the Team Bath Futures programme to become an Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European medallist, has today announced her retirement from competitive swimming after an outstanding career. O’Connor first took to the pool at the University of Bath Sports Training Village aged nine and went on to train there for almost
University of Bath-based swimmers continued their build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with some impressive performances at the British Swimming Glasgow Meet. The event at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre replicated the Tokyo competition schedule, with heats in the evening and finals the following morning, and took place while swimmers are in a heavy
University of Bath-based swimmers brought home a terrific 24 medals from the 2021 LEN European Championships in Budapest as they showed fantastic form in the last major competition before the Tokyo Olympic Games. Leading the way with six medals apiece – the most of any swimmers competing at the Championships – were British Swimming National
Joining the four pre-selected swimmers, Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott, James Wilby and Luke Greenbank, who were named back in January, the current team size now stands at 28. Former World Champion Ben Proud added his name to the list thanks to posting a trials winning time that would have won silver at the 2019 World
Nine University of Bath-based swimmers have today been officially selected by Team GB for this summer’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Double Rio 2016 medallist James Guy and former World Champion Ben Proud are joined in the 28-strong swimming squad by seven Olympic debutants – Freya Anderson, Kieran Bird, Jacob Peters, Matt Richards, Brodie Williams,
Freya Anderson, Kieran Bird and James Guy all swam inside the Tokyo Olympic consideration time as University of Bath-based swimmers made an excellent start to the British Swimming Selection Trials at London’s Aquatic Centre. Anderson, coached by David McNulty at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, was the first swimmer to set the standard at
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