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Sixth for women’s bobsleigh crew
The British women’s bobsleigh team achieved their best finish of the season so far when they came sixth in round three of the 2008/9 World Cup this morning (Friday). The pair of driver Nicola Minichiello and pusher Gillian Cooke were fifth after the opening run, but dropped down a place after...
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Minichiello seventh in Altenberg
British bobsleigh driver Nicola Minichiello finished seventh in the second round of the World Cup in Altenberg, Germany. Minichiello, who does some of her training at the University of Bath, followed up her ninth place in Winterberg a week ago with seventh in round two in Altenberg at the weekend. She was...
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Beijing 2008 swimmers head Grand Prix line-up
Olympic and Paralympic swimmers will be among the athletes in action at this weekend's University of Bath Grand Prix. University of Bath swimmer Andrei Cross, who represented Barbados at the Olympics, is due to contest three events at the Grand Prix, which gets underway on Friday (5 December) and concludes on...
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Teenage athletes prepare for Olympic challenge
Four University of Bath students are preparing to represent Great Britain at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, which takes place in Sydney next month. Hockey players Harriet Pearce and Lewis Prosser have been named in the GB squads for the event, while Jake Sheaf and Adam Smith will compete in the...
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Rob wins national coaching award
University of Bath coach and student Rob Ellchuk has won a top national athletics coaching award. Rob was named winner of the Norwich Union Power of 10 Coach Award for Disability Athletics. He was presented with his award at the UK Athletics awards dinner in Birmingham. "I was really pleased to receive...
