University of Bath-based athlete Eilidh Child is celebrating winning gold and bronze medals at the European Championships in Switzerland. Child, who is coached by Malcolm Arnold, British Athletics’ Lead Hurdles Coach, won gold in the 400m hurdles in Zurich on Saturday (16 August). She followed that up by helping the British women’s 4x400m relay team to bronze yesterday (Sunday) on the final day of the championships. That race saw produced a thrilling finish with the...
Athletes linked to the University of Bath produced some terrific performances at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games winning 27 medals - five golds, 14 silvers and eight bronzes. They won medals for three countries – England, Scotland and Wales – and across six sports – athletics, badminton, judo, shooting, swimming and weightlifting. More than 70 athletes with University links were selected to compete at the Games and they collected medals on nine of the 11...
There were silver medals for University of Bath graduates Danny Talbot and Zoe Shipperley on the penultimate day of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games today (Saturday). Sports Performance graduate Talbot helped England to silver in the 4x100m relay in the final event of the Games on the Hampden Park track. Running the anchor leg, he collected the baton alongside Usain Bolt, and while Bolt sprinted clear to take gold for Jamaica in a Commonwealth Games...
University of Bath Sports Performance graduate Zoe Shipperley is guaranteed at least a silver medal with the England hockey team at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games after they beat New Zealand in a tense semi-final this afternoon (Friday). The game was all-square at 1-1 after the Kiwis scored a last-gasp equaliser, but England went through 3-1 in the penalty shoot. That means England now face Australia in the final at 8.15pm tomorrow (Saturday). Fellow Sports...
University of Bath-based athletes Eilidh Child and Jazmin Sawyers collected a brace of silver medals on day eight of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games tonight (Thursday). Child was roared on to silver in the 400m hurdles final by a passionate Hampden Park crowd in an emotional night in the stadium. The Scot, who is coached by Malcolm Arnold, came home in second in 55.02 seconds behind Jamaica’s Kaliese Spencer in 54.10. “My first emotion was...
Athletes with University of Bath links took a step closer to the medals in hockey, netball and athletics on day seven of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. For the first time in Glasgow, there were no University of Bath connected athletes in action in finals today (Wednesday), day seven of the Games. But University of Bath Sports Performance graduate Zoe Shipperley took a step closer to a medal in the women’s hockey. Her England team...
University of Bath-based swimmers Chris Walker-Hebborn and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor both added to their already impressive haul of medals on the final day of swimming at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games today (Tuesday). Walker-Hebborn won his second gold of the Games. He helped the England 4x100m medley relay quartet to gold and a Commonwealth record in the final swimming event of Glasgow 2014, beating the much fancied Australian team. It meant he added a relay medal...
Team Bath athlete Loren Bleaken won her first medal on the world stage at the World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday. Bleaken, coached by Malcolm Arnold, landed a superb silver medal in the 4x400m relay in a strong British quartet that pushed the USA close, but finished second. Their time of 3:32.00 was the second fastest by a British junior women’s team. In the final event of the championships fellow Bath athlete Elliot...
A trio of University of Bath-based Paralympians have been selected to represent Great Britain at next month’s IPC Athletics European Championships. Paul Blake, Sophie Kamlish and Ben Rushgrove are all members of the 56-strong GB team for the competition, which takes place in Swansea from 18 to 23 August. The trio are all coached by Rob Ellchuk. Blake and Rushgrove will both run the T36 100m with Blake also tackling the T36 400m, while Kamlish...
As the countdown to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games continues, athletes with University of Bath links say they can’t wait to compete at the Games. The Opening Ceremony takes place in less than two weeks time on Wednesday 23 July and will be followed by 11 action-packed days of sport featuring 4500 athletes from 71 countries and territories. Some 70 athletes with University of Bath links have been selected for Glasgow 2014, where they will...
