University of Bath graduate Craig Pickering said he was ‘devastated’ to miss out on competing at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games after suffering a slipped disc. Pickering sustained the injury to his back on Sunday (2 February) training at GB Bobsleigh’s Olympic preparation camp in Konigssee, Germany. It means that at least for the time being, he misses the opportunity to become one of the few athletes to have represented Great Britain at both a...
University of Bath graduate Craig Pickering is set to join a select group of athletes who have competed at Summer and Winter Olympic Games after swapping the athletics track for the bobsleigh track. Pickering made his Olympic debut in the iconic Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing at the 2008 Olympic Games as a member of Britain’s 4x100m relay team. Six years on the University of Bath Sport and Exercise Science graduate is poised to return...
Wine expert Peter Richards swapped wine tips for the unfamiliar world of the skeleton and bobsleigh push-start track at the University of Bath to help give this weekend’s Saturday Kitchen an Olympic Winter Games theme. Peter, Master of Wine on the BBC One hit show Saturday Kitchen, had several runs on the skeleton sled under the guidance of Team Bath track controller Nathan Bryer. And you can see the results on this Saturday’s (8 February)...
Ten bobsleigh athletes who train at the University of Bath were today (Wednesday) named in the British team to compete at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. British Bobsleigh has its headquarters at the University of Bath and many of Britain’s top bobsleigh athletes do some of their training at the Sports Training Village. Team GB will have two four-man bobsleigh crews in action in Sochi, a two-man crew and one two-woman crew. Craig Pickering,...
The GBR 1 four-man bobsleigh crew, piloted by John Jackson, are celebrating winning Britain’s first four-man World Cup medal for 16 years. The crew of Jackson, Stu Benson, Bruce Tasker and Joel Fearon took silver at the Lake Placid World Cup in the USA finishing just 0.07 seconds off the USA team, piloted by Vancouver 2010 Olympic champion Steve Holcomb. Their remarkable performance was GB’s first World Cup podium finish in the four-man event since...
The British skeleton team produced another strong set of results in the lead up to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Lizzy Yarnold, who does some of her training at the University of Bath, added a silver medal at the second World Cup of the season at Park City in the USA to the gold she won in the opening competition in Calgary, Canada. University of Bath graduate Shelley Rudman, the reigning world champion, made...
It was a terrific weekend for Bath-based British Skeleton athletes with Lizzy Yarnold winning gold and University of Bath student Dom Parsons taking bronze at the opening World Cup event of the season. Yarnold, who trains at the University, finished second behind Noelle Pikus-Pace in Calgary, Canada, but was upgraded to gold after the American was disqualified. “I'm really pleased, it’s a good start to my first Olympic season,” she said. It feels like it...
Fifteen talented student athletes, including a world champion, a world junior champion, a European Junior Championship medalist and World Youth Championship medalists are among the latest recipients of University of Bath scholarships. University of Bath students who have displayed potential to succeed both academically and in their chosen sport can apply for the scholarships. They receive a cash award that runs over the period of their course and helps them meet the demands of training,...
Paula Walker will be partnered by Rebekah Wilson in the GBR1 bobsleigh crew for the 2013/4 Olympic season, British Bobsleigh announced today (Tuesday). The pair, who train at the University of Bath, struck gold for Great Britain at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Park City, the USA, in 2011. Walker competed at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, finishing 11th. Fellow Olympian John Jackson will drive the men’s GBR1. He has a crew that...
British Bobsleigh, which has its base at the University of Bath, has selected the athletes for the 2013/4 Olympic qualification season. The chosen athletes will go forward for a period of on-ice assessment and pre-season training ahead of individual crews being selected. Great Britain have qualified three quota slots for women’s crews and two spots for both the two-man and four-man crews for the 2013/14 FIBT World Cup Series. Performance Director Gary Anderson said: “This...
