It is exactly 500 days until the 2016 Olympic Games get under way – and elite athletes at the University of Bath are starting to map out their road to Rio. Nearly 40 athletes who train or trained at the Sports Training Village competed at London 2012 and hopes are high for another big Bath representation when the Olympic cauldron is next lit on August 5, 2016. Nick Woodbridge knows exactly what it is like...
University of Bath-based swimmer Chris Walker-Hebborn has been awarded a European Short-Course Championships silver medal after a Russian opponent was given a doping ban. The 24-year-old – who is coached by Dave McNulty and Graeme Antwhistle at the National Training Centre, based in the Sports Training Village – finished joint-third in the 100m backstroke behind Vitaly Melnikov at the championships in December 2013. However, Melnikov tested positive for banned substance EPO and has now received...
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor claimed the top FINA points prize and Lizzie Simmonds produced the fastest 200m backstroke time in the world this year during an encouraging weekend for University of Bath-based swimmers at the Edinburgh International Swim Meet. Eighteen-year-old O’Connor’s winning time of 2:10.12 in Saturday’s 200m individual medley final took her above World Champion Katinka Hosszu to the top of the 2015 rankings. She finished four seconds clear of the field in that race but...
Sajid Javid MP, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has praised the University of Bath for providing “an excellent combination of study and training”. Javid, the Conservative MP for Bromsgrove, was speaking to athletes during a visit to the Sports Training Village on Thursday. He was given a tour of the facilities by Stephen Baddeley, Director of Sport at the University of Bath, and Helen Nicholls, Performance Advisor for UK Sport. The...
Olympic and Paralympic titles, World Championship success and 27 Commonwealth Games medals are just some of the reasons that 2014 has been another unforgettable year of sport at the University of Bath. And the year ahead promises to be equally memorable, with the Modern Pentathlon European Championships and Australia’s Rugby World Cup squad both being hosted at the Sports Training Village. The undoubted highlight of 2014 came on Valentine’s Day when British Skeleton star Lizzy...
Commonwealth Champion Jazz Carlin has moved to the British Gas National Centre, Bath where she will base her preparations towards the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Carlin became Wales’ first female Commonwealth Champion in 40 years after winning the 800m Freestyle in Glasgow this summer and then crowned an impressive year with European titles in the 800m and 400m Freestyle as well as medals at the World Short Course Championships. She has begun training with Head...
University of Bath-based swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor completed an outstanding 2014 in fitting style as she won a hat-trick of silver medals at the FINA World Short-Course Championships in Doha. The 19-year-old was only denied gold in the 100m and 200m individual medley finals by Hungarian Katinka Hosszu, who set world records in both events in the process. O’Connor, who is coached by Dave McNulty and Graeme Antwhistle at the British Gas National Centre at the...
University of Bath-based swimmers Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and Chris Walker-Hebborn set two British records apiece on day two of the FINA World Short Course Championships in Doha. O'Connor’s time of 57.98secs in the 100m individual medley heats eclipsed her own previous standard of 58.26 and was the second fastest qualifying time of the morning. The 19-year-old had earlier teamed up with Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty and Fran Halsall to qualify fastest in the mixed 4x50m medley relay in...
Swimmers Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Chris Walker-Hebborn will be looking to end their medal-laden 2014s on a high when they represent the British Gas GBR Swimming team at this week’s FINA World Championships (25m) in Doha. The duo, who are coached by Dave McNulty and Graeme Antwhistle at the British Gas GBR National Centre Bath, are part of a select, 11-strong team, boasting ten Commonwealth and six European titles between them. O’Connor, who turned 19 last...
The University of Bath Swim Team came an overall second at the BUCS Short Course Championships in Sheffield over the weekend, including 17 top three finishes in the process and four gold medals - a result that pleased Team Bath/University of Bath swimming coach Mark Skimming. Three of the Bath gold medals went to European 400m bronze medallist Jay Lelliot, winning the men’s 200m Butterfly in a time of 1:56.14, the 400m freestyle in 3:46.06...
