University of Bath student Dom Parsons was today named in a four-strong GB skeleton team to compete at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Parsons is studying for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University and took up the sport of skeleton as an undergraduate at the University. “Sochi has been my goal for so long that I'm very relieved to have been selected, and excited about the opportunity to represent Team GB at...
Ten bobsleigh athletes who train at the University of Bath were today 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, who...
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...
Britain’s Lizzy Yarnold continued her fantastic start to the skeleton season with a gold medal in race four of the World Cup at Lake Placid in the USA. It means the 25-year-old has now secured podium places in all four of her World Cups to date following her gold at Calgary in Canada, silver at Park City in the USA, and a bronze at the first of two back-to-back Lake Placid races. She said: “Of...
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 of Bath, 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...
Team Bath have announced a squad with an exciting blend of youth and experience to defend their Netball Superleague title in 2014. Team Bath are the most successful team in the history of the Superleague – their 62-56 Grand Final victory over Celtic Dragons in May earned them a fifth title from just eight Superleague campaigns. Head coach Jess Thirlby’s 15-strong squad for the 2014 campaign features six senior England internationals and eight current University...
Two athletes who train at the University of Bath are celebrating medals at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Bulgaria. Laura Gallagher joined forces with Emma Smith, Kat Driscoll and Bryony Page to win gold in the women’s trampoline team final in Sofia. Silver went to Canada with Belarus coming third. Laura, who also finished 14th in the individual competition, only returned to action at the end of June after eight months out through injury....
Team Bath judo player Emmanuel Nartey has captured the second World Cup gold of his career, winning his class at the African Open in Mauritius. The Ghanaian London 2012 Olympian beat fighters from Gabon and Poland en route to the final of the under-73kg class. He rounded off his campaign with victory over Ireland’s Caoimhin Thompson in the final. “After four years switching between silvers and bronzes, I finally won by second World Cup gold,”...
British Skeleton, which has its headquarters at the University of Bath, has named the athletes that will compete on the World Cup and Intercontinental Cup circuits in the lead-up to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The announcement comes after two days of selection racing on the Altenberg track in Germany. Lizzy Yarnold won the women’s selections races with Ed Smith winning the men’s competition. University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Performance graduate Shelley...
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,...
