Charlotte Longden and William Scammell, who both train at the University of Bath, have been selected to race for Team GB in bobsleigh at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games. The 17-year-olds will take to the ice at the world-famous St Moritz when the Games are staged at the home of the Olympic movement in
The British Olympic Association today confirmed Whole Earth as an official supporter to Team GB in the run-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. With just shy of 230 days until Tokyo 2020, Whole Earth joins as a supporter at an exciting time and with plans already taking shape to get fans of both brands
University of Bath sporting scholar Kirsty Way is representing Great Britain at the 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo this week after bouncing back from injury. The Sport & Exercise Science student, supported by a King Sports Scholarship, is the reigning European Champion in the women’s double mini-trampoline (DMT) – a sport that combines
Team GB claimed two medals on the final day of competition at the Inaugural World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar. Guy Bridge (Exmouth) secured Team GB’s first medal of the World Beach Games, bagging the bronze medal in the men’s kite foil competition, whist Team GB’s women’s beach soccer team won silver. Bridge, who narrowly
Captain Sarah Kempson (Littlehampton) scored a last-minute screamer to send Team GB into tomorrow’s women’s beach soccer gold medal match against Spain at the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar. It was a scintillating first period for both teams and for the first time at the World Beach Games, Team GB found themselves
Wakeboarder Luka Kidd (London) and water ski jump athlete Robert Hazelwood (Lincoln) were the first Team GB athletes to secure spots in their respective finals on the first official day of competition in Doha, Qatar. Following a small mistake in his qualification run Kidd found himself in the last chance qualifications. With only the top
A late winner from goalkeeper Hannah Haughton clinched an opening game win for Team GB’s women’s beach soccer team as the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar, got underway yesterday. Southampton based Haughton struck just two minutes from time in the third and final period to give Team GB a 5-4 victory over
Beach soccer’s Gemma Hillier has been selected as Team GB’s athlete representative for tonight’s Opening Ceremony at the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar. Gosport born Hillier played for Portsmouth for 18 years and was the first female player in the UK to be nominated in a men’s hall of fame before falling
Reigning Olympic champion Liam Heath heads the list of five canoeing athletes named today by the British Olympic Association (BOA) for Tokyo 2020, as part of the celebrations marking the 55th anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo 1964. Heath will compete at his third Olympic Games in Tokyo next year having won sprint bronze
Olympic champions Hannah Mills and Giles Scott are among 12 sailors named by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as the first Team GB athletes selected for Tokyo 2020. The Rio 2016 gold medallists are joined by a host of elite sailors representing eight of the 10 Olympic sailing classes, as the team is announced at
Social Networks