Weightlifter Zoe Smith led the way with a gold medal as University of Bath-based athletes collected five medals on day three of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. It means athletes linked to the University have now won medals on each of the first three days of the Games. Smith, the bronze medallist for England in Delhi four years ago, made it gold this time around in the women’s under-58kg class. She lifted 92kg in the...
It was a golden day for University of Bath-based athletes at Glasgow 2014 today, with both Megan Fletcher and Chris Walker-Hebborn topping the podium on day two of the Commonwealth Games. Team Bath judo player Fletcher led the way, becoming the first athlete training at the University to strike gold at the Games when she beat New Zealand’s Moira De Villiers in the final of the women’s under-70kg class. The England judo player had earlier...
Eighteen-year-old Siobhan-Marie O’Connor became the first University of Bath based athlete to win a medal at the Glasgow 2014 Games when she struck silver in the 200m freestyle tonight. O’Connor, who trains at British Swimming’s National Training Centre at the University of Bath, came home second with a time of 1:55.82, just behind Australia’s Emma McKeon, who took gold in 1:55.57. O’Connor then wrapped up the evening in the pool by helping the England's 4x100m...
University of Bath-based swimmer Amelia Maughan says is excited to be selected to represent Great Britain at this summer’s Youth Olympic Games in China. The 18-year-old, who trains at British Swimming’s National Training Centre, Bath, was today (Wednesday) named in Team GB's 33-strong team for the Games. The event runs from 16 to 28 August in Nanjing and will see 3600 young athletes from more than 200 countries compete across 14 sports. “I’m really looking...
Some 70 athletes with University of Bath links have now been selected to compete at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games – including 13 current students and 20 alumni. They will represent 10 countries – England, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – and compete in 10 sports – athletics, badminton, gymnastics, hockey, judo, netball, shooting, swimming, triathlon and weightlifting. The most recent announcements have seen the selection of...
A punchy new preview to the BBC’s Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games coverage featuring two athletes based at the University of Bath has now gone live. Film crews working for the BBC filmed swimmer Michael Jamieson and judo player Emmanuel Nartey at the University of Bath Sports Training Village for the preview film. Jamieson, who trains at British Swimming’s National Centre for Swimming at the University, has been selected to compete for Scotland at Glasgow 2014...
Bath-based swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor won gold in the 200m individual medley at the Mare Nostrum swimming international in Barcelona over the weekend. O’Connor, who trains at the National Centre for Swimming at the University of Bath, also set a Championships record of 2:09.63. She was part of a strong British Gas-backed British Swimming squad who came home with 13 medals, including three golds. O’Connor led the final throughout and was close to a British record....
Two further University of Bath-based swimmers were today (Tuesday) added to the Wales squad for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Calum Jarvis, a University of Bath graduate, and Rachel Williams have been added to a 23-strong Wales swimming squad for Glasgow, where they will both make their Commonwealth Games debuts. They join Jemma Lowe, who also trains at British Swimming’s National Centre Bath and was selected for the Welsh team last year. Lowe competes at...
University of Bath-based swimmers were in impressive form as they continued their preparations for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games at the Mare Nostrum Tour meet in Monaco. Lizzie Simmonds (right), who trains at British Swimming’s National Centre Bath, led the way, winning a pair of gold medals in the 100m and 200m backstroke. Simmonds, who has been selected to represent England at Glasgow 2014, swam a season’s best to win the 100m backstroke title. Jemma...
Students and alumni feature among the 32 athletes with University of Bath links selected to compete at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. And with 50 days to go until the start of the Games, many more Bath athletes are expected to win places at this year’s biggest multi-sport event. The 32 selected athletes will represent seven different countries and compete in seven sports at the Glasgow Games, which run from 23 July to 3 August....
