Great Britain secured their third medal of the 2013 Modern Pentathlon European Championships as Kate French, Samantha Murray and Mhairi Spence won the women’s team gold in Poland today (Monday). And Freyja Prentice just missed out on an individual medal, coming home in fourth place in Drzonkow in her first major competition since recovering from a hamstring injury. Samantha Murray, the London 2012 Olympic silver medallist finished seventh in the individual competition, with Kate French...
The British trio of Katy Burke, Kate French and Olympic silver medallist Samantha Murray made the perfect start to the Modern Pentathlon European Championships by winning team relay gold in Poland today (Thursday). The British team, who train at the Pentathlon GB high performance centre at the Unviersity of Bath, led from the fencing at the start of the day and followed that with consistent performances in the swim, ride and run/shoot to take the...
Britain’s Jamie Cooke won the first Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of his career today (Sunday), and he did it in style, taking gold in Budapest. The 22-year-old, who won the World Junior Championships in Argentina in 2011, had to produce a gritty and spirited performance to battle back from 24th place after the fencing. But the world number 40 ranked athlete was the fastest in the pool, went clear in the ride and then...
University of Bath students and staff took the opportunity to pay tribute to athletes linked to the University who won medals at London 2012. Hundreds of students and staff attended the London 2012 medallists celebration event held at the Founders Hall. Seven athletes with University links who won medals at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games attended the celebration. They included Sports Technology graduate Heather Stanning, who learned to row at the University and...
Bath residents turned out in force to pay tribute to the city’s London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic heroes as they toured the city in a celebratory open top bus parade this morning (Wednesday). Twenty athletes took part in the parade – 13 Olympians across seven different sports and seven Paralympians who competed in four sports at London 2012. Bath city centre came to a standstill as residents turned out to cheer on the athletes, who...
Medals, records and some history in the making – that was the University of Bath’s story in the sporting arenas at the London 2012 Olympic Games, where athletes with Bath links had a hand in Great Britain’s first and last medals of the Games. Past and present students and athletes from the University were in impressive form at the Olympics. Some 25 athletes who train at the University were selected to compete across seven sports...
Samantha Murray is celebrating winning Team GB’s last medal of the London 2012 Olympic Games when she took modern pentathlon silver today (Sunday). The 22-year-old produced a terrific all round performance to capture the fifth Olympic medal won by Britain’s pentathletes from the four Games since the sport for women made its Olympic debut in Sydney. It was Team GB’s 65th medal of the London 2012 Olympics. Her success today followed the gold won by...
University of Bath based modern pentathletes Nick Woodbridge and Sam Weale finished 10th and 13th respectively at the London 2012 Olympic modern pentathlon. The GB pair train at the Pentathlon GB high performance centre at the University of Bath and were both competing their second Olympic Games. They both put themselves into strong positions by producing solid positions throughout the day, with Woodbridge going into the run/shoot in seventh and Weale ninth. But they both...
University of Bath-based athletes Jack Green and Dai Greene finished agonisingly close to the medals in the 4x400m relay, finishing just 0.13 seconds off the bronze medal place in fourth. Jack, a Sports Performance student, ran the second leg and handed the baton over to Dai, with Martyn Rooney taking the final leg and bringing Team GB home just behind the team from Trinidad and Tobago. Afterwards Dai, who had also finished fourth in the...
World champions Dai Greene and Mhairi Spence head an impressive list of 25 athletes preparing to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games who train at the University of Bath. Athletes who train at the University will compete in seven different sports at the Games – athletics, badminton, beach volleyball, judo, modern pentathlon, rhythmic gymnastics and swimming. The vast majority of Bath-based athletes at London 2012 will represent Great Britain, with one each for Egypt...
