Samantha Murray produced a strong swim to soar up to joint sixth place after two disciplines. Her time of 2:10.95 was a personal best and was only bettered by Elodie Clouvel of France. The 1232 points that Murray accumulated pushed her 15 places up the rankings. But it was Helyer who continued to lead the British challenge. Her 2:17.69 for the 200m freestyle was eighth fastest and worth 1148 points, putting her to fourth. Prentice...
Britain’s Mhairi Spence today (Sunday) won the bronze medal in a thrilling climax to the Medway modern pentathlon World Cup. It was the 24-year-old’s first World Cup medal and the first individual World Cup medal won by a Briton since the introduction of the new climax to the modern pentathlon, the combined run/shoot, at the start of last season. And in a terrific day for the British team – in which a record eight British...
British modern pentathlete Heather Fell added the World Cup Final silver medal in Portugal on Saturday (4 October) to her Beijing 2008 Olympic Games silver medal. Compatriot Katy Livingston, seventh in Beijing, finished just outside the medals in fourth, with Mhairi Spence sixth in another outstanding day for British pentathletes. The three Brits were among 28 athletes from 16 nations taking part in the competition in Caldas da Rainha. And they marked the end of...
Team GB's Heather Fell made sure of continuing the nation's outstanding Olympic track record in modern pentathlon by winning silver today. The medal; coming on the back of Steph Cook and Kate Allenby's gold and bronze in Sydney and George Harland's bronze in Athens; is a tribute to the PentathlonGB programme which is run from the University of Bath Sports Training Village's specialist sports facilities by Performance Director Jan Bartu and his team of coaches....
University of Bath based Nick Woodbridge and Sam Weale will tomorrow become the first male modern pentathletes to represent Team GB at an Olympic Games since Atlanta 1996. The action begins for Team Bath's Katy Livingston and Heather Fell; the following day (Friday 22 August) with the start of the women's event. Team GB has a formidable Olympic track record, having won half of the medals on offer since the women's event was added to...
A total of nine athletes and four coaches representing three countries competing at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games train at the University of Bath's state of the art facilities. Beijing 2008 was the fifth Olympic experience for University of Bath Swimming Club's Mark Foster, who was Team GB flag bearer along with Maltese judoka Marcon Bezzina, who had the honour of leading the Maltese contingent out at the Opening Ceremony. The entire Team GB modern...
