A seven-strong British team will contest the first Modern Pentathlon World Cup of the year, which gets underway at Palm Springs on Thursday (24 February). The British team train at the Pentathlon GB’s High Performance Centre at the University of Bath. Beijing 2008 Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell and Mhairi Spence, bronze medallist at last year’s Medway World Cup, head the British challenge in the women’s event. Spence topped the Pentathlon GB rankings list after...
University of Bath student Freyja Prentice featured in an article in yesteday’s Independent on Sunday- "Modern girl masters all the old skills." The 20-year-old Biology student is one of Britain’s strong group of women pentathletes training at Pentathlon GB’s high performance centre at the University of Bath.
University of Bath graduates Mhairi Spence and Louise Helyer helped Scotland to a silver medal at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships in Australia. The pair are members of Britain’s modern pentathlon team and train at the Pentathlon GB high performance centre at the University of Bath. They helped the Scotland team finish runners-up to the host nation in the women’s team epee competition at the championships in Melbourne. Scotland beat Singapore 45/30 in the quarter-finals and...
The University of Bath-based Britain women’s modern pentathlon team today (Saturday) won the team silver medal at the World Championships in China. Beijing 2008 Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell was the highest placed British finisher in the individual competition in eighth. Team-mate Freyja Prentice, aged 20, produced the third fastest run/shoot of the day, climbing from 16th going into the run/shoot to end the day in a creditable ninth. Twenty-year-old Samantha Murray, competing at her...
Britain’s Freyja Prentice won the individual silver medal and helped Great Britain capture team gold at the modern pentathlon World Junior Championships in Hungary today (Saturday). The 20-year-old climbed from fifth place going into the final event, the combined run/shoot, to cross the finish line second just four seconds behind Hungary’s Sarolta Kovacs. Prentice, who is studying for a Biology degree at the University of Bath and trains at the Pentathlon GB high performance centre,...
University of Bath Sports Technology graduate Sam Weale is celebrating winning the silver medal at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships in Hungary. The 28-year-old Beijing 2008 Olympian produced a terrific run/shoot to climb from seventh place to second at the championships in Debrecen. Weale becomes the first British man to win an individual medal at a Modern Pentathlon European Championships. Team-mate Nick Woodbridge finished 26th. Weale’s success means Britain have accumulated two medals at the...
Pentathlon GB has announced a 10-strong British team to compete at the 2010 modern pentathlon European Championships in Hungary. Four senior athletes – Heather Fell, Mhairi Spence, Katy Livingston and Louise Helyer - have been selected to compete in the women’s individual competition. Samantha Murray, Katy Burke and Freyja Prentice, who are all still juniors, will represent Great Britain in the team relay. All seven are currently in the top-32 in the world rankings. Beijing...
Three young British athletes will make their modern pentathlon World Cup Final debuts later this month (19-20 June). Freyja Prentice, Samantha Murray and Katy Burke feature in a five-strong British team for the competition in Moscow. They will be joined by Sam Weale and Nick Woodbridge, who contest the men's event. Prentice, Murray and Burke had to hold off a strong challenge from some of Britain"s more experienced pentathletes, including Beijing 2008 Olympians Heather Fell...
Britain’s pentathletes ended their European Junior Championships campaign on a high note by winning their second gold medal of the championships. Katy Burke, Samantha Murray and Lydia Rosling put in a strong all round performance to win the women’s team relay gold at the championships in Golega, Portugal. It was Britain’s second gold and their third medal of the championships. Burke had already won an individual silver medal in Golega while Burke, Murray and Freyja...
Three University of Bath students have struck gold for Great Britain at modern pentathlon’s European Junior Championships in Portugal. Katy Burke, Freyja Prentice and Samantha Murray won the team gold at the championships in Golega yesterday (Thursday). Burke meanwhile also won the individual silver medal, which she achieved just days before her 21st birthday on Tuesday (1 June). Burke has just completed a degree in Sports Performance at the University of Bath, while Prentice, who...
