University of Bath-based Eilidh Doyle made an impressive start to her London 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships campaign on Monday as she eased into the 400m hurdles semi-finals. Danny Talbot also progressed with an excellent personal best in the 200m heats but fellow Sports Performance graduate Jack Green missed out on a place in the 400m hurdles final. Doyle, coached by Brian Doyle at the Sports Training Village, needed a top-four finish in her heat...
There was frustration for Emily Diamond and David King at the London 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships on Sunday as both were edged out in the first round. However, University of Bath graduate Jack Green was able to overcome a mistake on the back straight to secure his place in Monday’s 400m hurdles semi-finals. Diamond, coached remotely at the Sports Training Village by Jared Deacon, had to settle for fifth place in a tough 400m...
The London 2017 IAAF World Championships get under way today, with Eilidh Doyle – one of four University of Bath-based athletes in the GB team – looking forward to experiencing another unforgettable home run. Doyle, who was voted as captain of the British Athletics team for London 2017 by her team-mates, will be appearing at her fifth World Championships while Emily Diamond, David King and Cameron Chalmers will all be making their event debuts at...
Team Bath Athletics Club’s Tom Gale cleared the 2.30m barrier for the first time as he claimed high jump gold at the England Athletics AAA and UK CAU Senior Championships in Bedford on Saturday. Gale, who is supported by the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) at the University of Bath, made the clearance a week after narrowly missing out on it at the European Junior Championships in Grosseto, where he won bronze with a then personal...
University of Bath-based Eilidh Doyle says she is ‘chuffed to bits’ after being voted by her fellow athletes as British Athletics Team Captain for next month’s London 2017 IAAF World Championships. The Rio 2016 bronze-medallist, coached by Brian Doyle at the Sports Training Village, will be competing in her fifth World Championships and this year became the most decorated Scottish track and field athlete in history. “I’m absolutely chuffed to bits,” said 400m hurdler Doyle,...
Teenager Polly Maton produced the performance of her career so far to become the second University of Bath-based athlete to win a medal at the London 2017 World Para-Athletics Championships. The 17-year-old, from Urchfont in Wiltshire, leapt onto a global podium for the first time as she soared to a new personal best of 5.23m in the sixth and last round of Sunday’s T47 long jump final, much to her own surprise and the delight...
Six athletes who receive Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) support at the University of Bath have been shortlisted in the first-ever TASS Stars Awards for their performances during the past year. Shooter Kristian Callaghan, who graduated earlier this month with a Masters in Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, is in contention for the Most Inspirational prize. Judoka Rhys Thompson is shortlisted for Most Enterprising athlete, while two of the three contenders for Most Dedicated are...
Polly Maton has thanked the University of Bath and the local community for their support after contesting the first of her two finals at the London 2017 IPC World Para-Athletics Championships. The 17-year-old, coached by Colin Baross at the Sports Training Village, ran a season’s best of 13.04 as she finished fifth in the T47 100m final at the London Olympic Stadium on Tuesday. While she was slightly disappointed with her time, Maton was thrilled...
World record in the afternoon, World Champion in the evening – it was a magical Monday at London 2017 for Sophie Kamlish as she became the latest University of Bath-based athlete to win global gold. The 20-year-old, who has been coached by Rob Ellchuk at the Sports Training Village since 2011, finally got the international title she has been striving for after two stunning performances in the T44 100m at the World Para-Athletics Championships. Kamlish...
University of Bath sporting scholar Cameron Chalmers enjoyed his “best moment in sport so far” when he anchored the Great Britain men’s 4x400m relay team to gold at the European U23 Athletics Championships in Poland. The Sport Performance student, supported by a Thompson Education Trust Scholarship, held off a challenge from the host nation’s quartet to secure victory in the last event of the championships in Bydgoszcz. Chalmers, who captained the British team, said: “We’re...
