News Archive, Month: August 2008

University of Bath-based Heather Fell wins modern pentathlon silver at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

22 August 2008

Team GB's Heather Fell made sure of continuing the nation's outstanding Olympic track record in modern pentathlon by winning silver today. The medal; coming on the back of Steph Cook and Kate Allenby's gold and bronze in Sydney and George Harland's bronze in Athens; is a tribute to the PentathlonGB programme which is run from the University of Bath Sports Training Village's specialist sports facilities by Performance Director Jan Bartu and his team of coaches....

Nine athletes and four coaches from University of Bath representing three countries at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

14 August 2008

A total of nine athletes and four coaches representing three countries competing at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games train at the University of Bath's state of the art facilities. Beijing 2008 was the fifth Olympic experience for University of Bath Swimming Club's Mark Foster, who was Team GB flag bearer along with Maltese judoka Marcon Bezzina, who had the honour of leading the Maltese contingent out at the Opening Ceremony. The entire Team GB modern...

Bath-based Mark Foster and Marcon Bezzina lead out nations at spectacular Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

09 August 2008

The University of Bath based duo of swimmer Mark Foster and Judo player Marcon Bezzina stepped out in front of 91,000 screaming spectators to lead their contingents into the impressive Bird's Nest Stadium at yesterday's Opening Ceremony. The 38 year old Foster, competes at his fifth Olympic Games flew the flag for Team GB, while Bezzina, who represents Malta for her second consecutive Games had the honour of leading out the Maltese team. "Walking around...

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