ParalympicsGB has confirmed the selection of four Para equestrian athlete and horse combinations to compete at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. All four riders are defending Paralympic champions, most recently having represented ParalympicsGB at Rio 2016 and London 2012, while the horses all make their first Games appearance. Sophie Christiansen (Grade 1) has competed
ParalympicsGB has selected a talented squad of Table Tennis players for Tokyo 2020 including two defending Paralympic champions. Rio 2016 Paralympic gold medallists Will Bayley (men’s class 7) and Rob Davies (men’s class 1) will defend their titles and are joined by fellow Rio medallists Ross Wilson and Aaron McKibbin, who won bronze in the
The Tokyo Olympics face even graver consequences In the world of sport by far the most upsetting effect of the pandemic has been upon the Olympics. Inevitably. Is it fate that decided Tokyo would be the chosen host, and that it would suffer the effects of a third wave of coronavirus just as the opening
ParalympicsGB has confirmed the selection of five Powerlifters who will compete at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Leading the line-up is Rio 2016 Paralympic Games silver medallist Ali Jawad who will be competing in his fourth Paralympic Games in the men’s up to 59kg class. A stellar international career has seen Jawad crowned world
Tokyo 2020 Olympic rugby sevens match schedule announced with 19 days to go to kick-off Women’s competition kicks off with France v Fiji on 29 July Women’s gold medal decided on ‘Super Saturday’ 31 July The match schedule for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic rugby sevens competition has been confirmed by Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Four golfers have been selected to represent Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Paul Casey, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Tommy Fleetwood and Mel Reid will each make their Olympic debuts when they tee off at Kasumigaseki Country Club. The quartet will vie to emulate countryman Justin Rose, who took gold in the men’s event
A talented quartet of Wheelchair Fencers has been selected to compete for ParalympicsGB at Tokyo 2020. Piers Gilliver, who won a silver medal at Rio 2016 is joined by fellow Rio athlete Dimitri Coutya, Gemma Collis-McCann, who has experience of two Paralympic Games and Oliver Lam-Watson who will be attending his first Games. Piers’ success
University of Bath-based high jumpers Tom Gale and Levern Spencer are heading to their first and fourth Olympic Games respectively this summer after securing their Tokyo 2020 places. Gale, who set the Olympic qualifying standard back in February 2020, produced a first-time clearance of 2.24m to claim victory at this weekend’s Muller British Championships and
Eight rowers, including three reigning Paralympic champions and five Paralympic debutants, have been selected to compete for ParalympicsGB at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games this summer. James Fox was part of the gold medal-winning crew that won the mixed coxed four (PR3 Mix 4+) at Rio 2016. This time around, he will race alongside
Professor Ian White, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Bath, has visited the Team GB modern pentathletes training on campus to wish them congratulations and good luck ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Joe Choong, Jamie Cooke, Kate French and Jo Muir – who all train with Pentathlon GB at the University – were
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