Olympic Champions Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker and fellow British Skeleton global medallist Marcus Wyatt have been officially inducted into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. The ceremony took place during a celebratory event, hosted by Bath & North East Somerset Council (BANES), which recognised the outstanding achievements of British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) athletes, coaches and staff at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The event, at The Guildhall in...
The University of Bath has been reaccredited as a UK Sport Elite Training Centre (ETC), recognising its ongoing role in supporting Olympic and Paralympic athletes to achieve success on the world stage. The accreditation, first awarded in 2023, highlights the University’s contribution to providing world-class daily training environments, bringing together high-quality facilities, expert practitioners and a strong performance culture to support athletes and coaches. As part of the UK Sport network of Elite Training Centres,...
University of Bath Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley has hailed the “phenomenal” achievements of the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) athletes who represented Team GB at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Matt Weston became Britain's most decorated male Winter Olympian when he won two skeleton golds in three days, following up his emphatic victory in the men’s race with a historic triumph alongside Tabby Stoecker in the first-ever Olympic mixed team event. Freya...
The British four-man bobsleigh team secured seventh place overall on the final day of competition at the Cortina Sliding Centre. Pilot Brad Hall, competing at his third Games, and his crew of Taylor Lawrence, Greg Cackett and Leon Greenwood were third after an excellent first run but slipped to seventh overnight after a difficult second heat. They moved back up to sixth after a solid third run before swapping places once again with Switzerland in...
Adele Nicoll and Leon Greenwood both made their Olympic debuts as the bobsleigh competition got under way in Cortina. Nicoll, who went to Beijing as a travelling reserve in 2022 but did not compete, made history as the first British woman to contest the monobob. She was 11th after the first three runs but while a disappointing final heat saw her slip to 18th, Nicoll is ready to push on with Ashleigh Nelson in the...
Bobsleigh pilot Brad Hall has been selected as one of Team GB’s two flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, taking place on Friday 6th February. Hall, who trains at the University of Bath, is heading to his third Olympic Games as the most successful men’s bobsleigh pilot in British history and will carry the Union Flag in the athlete parade in Cortina, the host venue of the sliding sports....
Thirteen bobsleigh and skeleton athletes who train at the University of Bath have today been selected to represent Team GB at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy. Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt, the only athletes to win gold on this season’s IBSF World Cup circuit, will go in the men’s skeleton, while GB has three Olympic debutants in the women’s skeleton – Amelia Coltman, Tabby Stoecker and Freya Tarbit. All five will be...
British Bobsleigh recorded two top-five finishes as they ended the 2025-26 IBSF World Cup season on a strong note in Altenberg, Germany. Brad Hall and his four-man crew, who train at the University of Bath, were the top non-home team on the notoriously tough track as they placed fourth overall, equalling their season-best result from Winterberg two weeks earlier. Hall, Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett teamed up with Ben Simons on Run 1 and Leon...
British Bobsleigh secured their first medals of Olympic season when Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence finished a fantastic third in the two-man race in St Moritz. That result meant the University of Bath-based duo collected two bronze medals as the IBSF World Cup also doubled as the 2026 European Championships. It was the first time the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympians had raced together in the two-man since last year’s World Championships after a calf injury...
Team Hall began Winter Olympic year with British Bobsleigh’s best result of the 2025-26 IBSF World Cup season to date when racing resumed in Winterberg, Germany after the Christmas break. With experienced brakeman Taylor Lawrence back in the sled after injury, Brad Hall steered the GBR1 four-man bobsleigh crew – which also included Leon Greenwood and Greg Cackett – to fourth place, moving up one position from the last World Cup of 2025 in Lillehammer....
