Bobsleigh
Paula 11th in Olympic bobsleigh
University of Bath-based bobsleigh athlete Paula Walker secured a impressive 11th place finish on her Olympic debut in Vancouver.
Paula, who drove the GBR 2 sled along with brakeman Kelly Thomas, finished 11th after the four runs making up the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games competition.
Paula, who is 23, said: “This …
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Minichiello & Cooke become Britain’s first women bobsleigh world champions
Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke became the first British women to win a Bobsleigh World Championship title when they won gold in Lake Placid this afternoon (Saturday).
The pair had been second at the halfway mark overnight after two of the four runs that make up the World Championships – …
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Minichiello ends World Cup series in third
Britain’s Nicola Minichiello ended the 2008/9 Bobsleigh World Cup in third place overall.
Minichiello, who does some of her training at the University of Bath, finished sixth in the final leg of the World Cup in Park City, the USA at the weekend.
That was good enough to ensure she secured third …
Monday, February 16th, 2009
Stars gear up for Bobsleigh Challenge
The push-start track at the Sports Training Village is set to feature on the BBC 1 documentary Bobsleigh Challenge on Monday (16th February).
The BBC put four former athletes through their paces in the challenge – Bath Bullet Jason Gardener, former decathlete Dean Macey, rugby World Cup winner Dan Luger and …
Friday, February 13th, 2009
Minichiello ninth in Vancouver
Britain’s Nicola Minichiello finished ninth in the penultimate round of the 2008/9 women’s bobsleigh World Cup on the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games track. Minichiello and her brakeman Gillian Cooke were 11th after the first of two runs on Saturday, but produced a better performance on the second run, …
Monday, February 9th, 2009
Medals galore for Minichiello
British bobsleigh driver Nicola Minichiello has collected three World and European medals in just two days in St Moritz, Switzerland. Minichiello collected the bronze medal in round five of the World Cup yesterday (Thursday) – a race arranged to replace the cancelled World Cup round in Italy just before …
Friday, January 16th, 2009
World Cup silver for Minichiello
The British bobsleigh crew of Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke won their first World Cup medal of the season by taking silver at the Konigssee track in Germany at the weekend. The British pair finished just 0.14 seconds behind the USA1 crew of Shauna Rohbock and Valerie Fleming over …
Monday, January 12th, 2009
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 …
Friday, December 12th, 2008
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. …
Monday, December 8th, 2008
Ninth place finish for Nicola and Jackie
The British women’s bobsleigh crew of Nicola Minichiello and Jackie Gunn achieved a top-10 finish in their first World Cup event of the 2008/9 season.
The pair, who do some of their training at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, came ninth overall in round one of the World …
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
