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Paralympic powerlifters in action in Bath
Some of the country’s top Paralympic powerlifters will be in action at a competition at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Sunday (21 August). The competition has been organised as part of the ParalympicsGB simulation camp that is currently taking place at the University. It is designed to replicate the...
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Team Bath wins four year netball franchise
Team Bath's position in the nation's premier netball competition is secure after a successful recent bid to England Netball. Jess Garland, former Team Bath player and now the lead franchise coach alongside her England Excel duties, led a presentation team in London earlier this month which secured the four-year Superleague franchise...
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Pair just miss out on medals at test event
The British pairing of Denise Johns and Lucy Boulton just missed out on the medals at the London 2012 beach volleyball test event, finishing in an impressive fourth place. The pair, who do their UK-based training at the University of Bath, were just edged out in the battle for bronze 19-21,...
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Dai is mystery gymnast
European and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Dai Greene featured as the mystery guest in this week’s edition of the hit BBC sports quiz programme Question of Sport. Greene, who is coached at the University of Bath by Malcolm Arnold, UK Athletics National Events Coach – Hurdles, swapped the running track for...
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Athletes in World University Games action
Student athletes and recent graduates from the University of Bath are representing Great Britain across a range of sports at the World University Games, which began in Shenzhen, China today (Friday). Footballer Gary Warren, who has just graduated from the University with a Post Graduate Certificate of Education, was in the...
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New Performance Gym provides a timely boost to 2012 hopes for Bath athletes
OLYMPIC and Paralympic hopefuls training in Bath and the South West have been given a boost in their preparations for 2012 with the opening of a new £100,000 Performance Gym dedicated to the requirements of world class athletes at the University of Bath. The new gym has been developed and funded...
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Alexandra selected for 2012
Sailor Alexandra Rickham has become the first University of Bath graduate to be selected to compete at London 2012. The Natural Sciences graduate has been selected to sail for Britain at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. She partners Niki Birrell in the Skud 18 keelboat competition. The pair contested the Beijing 2008...
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Six Bath athletes named in GB World Championships team
Six University of Bath-based athletes, including reigning Commonwealth and European champion hurdler Dai Greene, have been named in the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to compete at the IAAF World Championships in South Korea. Five athletes coached in Bath by Malcolm Arnold, UK Athletics National Events Coach – Hurdles,...
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Students feature for Bath in sevens tournie
University of Bath students were out in fordce for the Bath team that just missed out on a place in the grand final of the JP Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby Sevens at Twickenham. Five current University of Bath students and three who are due to start in the new academic...
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World record for Paul Blake in T36 800m
University of Bath-based Paralympic athlete Paul Blake set a world record at the London Disability Athletics Grand Prix in Crystal Palace. Blake broke the previous world record held by Artem Arefyev by 0.81 seconds, shaving 2.4 seconds off his own personal best time. He cut the world record to 2:08.02. The twenty-one...



















