Commonwealth swimming champion Siobhan-Marie O'Connor started the Olympic Day Run to crown a successful Team Bath Community Activity Day at the University of Bath on Saturday. Nearly 1,000 guests of all ages paid a visit to the world-class Sports Training Village facilities, enjoying a wide range of sports and activities. The centrepiece was the annual Olympic Day Run over 5m and 3km, which got under way when London 2012 Olympian O’Connor – who trains at the...
Commonwealth swimming champion Siobhan-Marie O’Connor will act as official starter for the annual Olympic Day Run when it takes places at the University of Bath on Saturday. Being staged over a 5km course at the Sports Training Village or 3km for under-16s, the run will start at 2pm and is the centerpiece of the Team Bath Community Activity Day. Hundreds of people have taken part over the past few years in the run, an international...
University of Bath student Tom Toolis was the highest-ranked Pentathlon GB athlete at the weekend’s World Cup Final in Minsk, Belarus. Toolis, who is studying Sport & Exercise Science, overtook team-mate Jamie Cooke to finish 22nd overall on Saturday. Former World Junior Champion Cooke was two places further back, while Sports Performance student Joe Evans came home in 32nd place. Victory went to Italy’s Riccardo De Luca, who claimed the sole Rio 2016 Olympic qualification...
Samantha Murray has the chance to defend her Modern Pentathlon World Championship title after being named in an eight-strong Pentathlon GB squad for this year’s event. She will be joined in Berlin, Germany by fellow University of Bath graduates Kate French and Freyja Prentice, while Francesca Summers will make her debut at the Senior World Championships. In the men’s event, Britain will be represented by current University of Bath students Tom Toolis, Joseph Choong and...
University of Bath student Joanna Muir helped Pentathlon GB make a medal-winning start to the Junior European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Muir, who has just completed a Sports Performance degree, teamed up with Francesca Summers to secure a silver medal in the women’s relay competition on Tuesday, finishing behind Hungarian duo Rebeka Ormandi and Karolina Palkovics. The British men’s team of Thomas Lees and Luke Tasker, the latter also a Sports Performance student, narrowly missed out...
All four of Pentathlon GB’s women are through to the final of World Cup 4 in Kecskemét, Hungary after impressive performances in Thursday’s qualifying round. University of Bath graduates Samantha Murray, pictured, and Mhairi Spence – World Champions in 2014 and 2012 respectively – were in fine form in Group C and sat first and second after the fencing and swimming disciplines. They then eased through the combined run/shoot, with Murray eventually taking spot with...
The STV's newly installed 50m Legacy pool has been described as "fantastic" and "incredible" by some of its first users. Pentathlon GB athletes - based at the STV - were the very first swimmers to use the new Sport England-funded facilities - the redevelopment of which recent World Cup winner Jamie Cooke said "looks amazing". He said: “They have done a fantastic job with the refurbishment; it looks amazing and it was great to dive...
Mhairi Spence will be looking to stake her claim for a place at this summer’s Modern Pentathlon European Championships at the University of Bath when she makes her World Cup return this week. The 2012 World Champion, a Coach Education and Sports Development graduate who has trained at Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre in Bath for 12 years, is in an eight-strong British squad for World Cup 4 in Kecskemét, Hungary. It is her first...
Modern pentathlete Jamie Cooke, athlete Kirsten McAslan, aerial skier Lloyd Wallace and skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold are the latest winners of the Team Bath athlete of the month awards. The awards, which are supported by REVO Eyewear and Ellis & Killpartrick, once again showcased the outstanding calibre of sporting talent at the University of Bath. Cooke and McAslan won the February awards after enjoying success at home and abroad. A gold medal at the Sarasota World Cup...
The newly-refurbished London 2012 Legacy Swimming Pool at the University of Bath officially re-opened to the public at 6am on Wednesday after being put through final testing by Pentathlon GB’s elite athletes. Mhairi Spence, 2012 World Champion, was first to dive in and was joined by reigning World Champion Samantha Murray and fellow Olympian Nick Woodbridge as they trained in the world-class facility on Tuesday ahead of next week’s Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Hungary....
