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Sled honoured to make history for Nauru
Sled Dowabobo said he will be honoured to make history by becoming the first judo player to represent the tiny Pacific island of Nauru at an Olympic Games. Sled has been completing his final preparations for his Olympic debut at London 2012 at the University of Bath. He is one of three...
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Chinese swimmers make final London 2012 preparations at the University of Bath
China’s top swimmers, including double world champion Sun Yang, have been finalising their preparations for the London 2012 Olympic Games at the University of Bath. The group of 24 Chinese swimmers have been training at the University’s Sports Training Village for just over two weeks and transfer to Olympic Village on...
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Libyan swimmer looking forward to London challenge
Libyan swimmer Sofyan El Gadi is finalising his preparations for his second Olympic Games at the University of Bath. Sofyan has been training at the University since the start of June and leaves Bath on Monday (23 July) to join his Libyan team-mates in the Olympic Village. London 2012 will be Sofyan’s...
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Emmanuel prepares for London 2012 with bronze in Istanbul
Ghana judo player Emmanuel Nartey’s Olympic preparations have been boosted by winning a medal in his final competition ahead of London 2012. The Team Bath athlete, who also serves in the British Army, makes a piece of history when he becomes the first Ghanaian judo player to compete at an Olympic...
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Bath quartet selected for London 2012
Four University of Bath-based athletes were today (Tuesday) named in the ParalympicsGB athletics team to compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The quartet includes two reigning world champions – Katrina Hart and Paul Blake – as well as Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games silver medallist Ben Rushgrove. Sophie Kamlish completes the quartet...
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Mantell named as GB hockey reserve for Olympics
University of Bath graduate Richard Mantell has been named as a reserve for the GB men’s hockey team for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Mantell is one of two reserves who can be added to the GB squad if a current member of the 16-strong squad is ruled out through injury...
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Netball trio help GB become World University champions
The Team Bath trio of Kadeen Corbin, Yasmin Parsons and Mia Ritchie are celebrating helping Great Britain to victory at the inaugural World University Netball Championships. All three University of Bath students featured in a closely contested final as Great Britain beat host nation South Africa 53-49 in Cape Town. Kadeen played...
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Greene privileged to captain London 2012 athletics team
University of Bath-based hurdler Dai Greene said it is an ‘incredible privilege’ to be asked to captain the GB athletics team at the London 2012 Olympics Games. Greene is the reigning World, European and Commonwealth champion over 400m hurdles and is aiming to add the Olympic title to his collection. UK Athletics...
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Chinese School pupils meet their national Olympic swimming team
Children from a Chinese school got to meet some of their sporting heroes when they watched a training session with Olympic swimmers from their national team at the University of Bath today (Friday 6 July) Pupils from the Suzhou Foreign Language School in the city of Suzhou near Shanghai have been...
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Graduates named as GB Olympic rowing reserves
University of Bath graduates Marcus Bateman and Adam Freeman-Pask have been named as GB rowing team reserves for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Bateman, who graduated with a degree in Sports Technology in 2005, is openweight spare for the Games. He won bronze with the men’s eight at this year’s Munich...
