BBC Breakfast visit University of Bath’s outdoor push-start track to learn more about skeleton’s formula for success

BBC Breakfast marked the end of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games by broadcasting live this morning from the UK’s only outdoor push-start track at the University of Bath. Intrepid reporter John Maguire tried his hand at skeleton as he found out more about the world-class programme run by the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) at the University that has now produced seven Olympic medallists from the last five Games. Three of those medals...

26 February 2018

PyeongChang 2018: Four-man bobsleigh crews bring Winter Olympic Games to a close

Team GB’s four-man bobsleigh crews brought the curtain down on the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games by finishing 17th and 18th respectively on Sunday. There were just three-hundredths of a second between the British crews after four rounds of competition in South Korea, with Brad Hall, Nick Gleeson, Joel Fearon and Greg Cackett (pictured) edging in front after a quicker final run on the last day of the Games. They clocked 3:18.26 overall, while Lamin Deen,...

25 February 2018

Team Bath Netball provide plenty of home cheer as they quell Storm in front of sell-out crowd

Team Bath Netball maintained their 100 per cent record for the 2018 Vitality Netball Superleague season by beating Surrey Storm in front of a delighted home crowd on Friday. In their first match this year at the Team Bath Arena, the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold were pegged back to 12-12 at the end of a fluctuating first quarter before giving a sell-out crowd of 1,420 supporters plenty to cheer during a stunning second period. With...

23 February 2018

PyeongChang 2018: Mica McNeill and Mica Moore record Team GB’s best-ever women’s bobsleigh Olympic result

Mica McNeill and Mica Moore achieved Team GB’s best-ever women’s bobsleigh result at a Winter Olympic Games when they placed eighth at PyeongChang 2018 on Wednesday. The 2017 Junior World Champions, who train with the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) at the University of Bath, went into day two lying sixth overall after two fine runs on Tuesday. They lost a couple of places in the third run but maintained eighth position in their fourth...

21 February 2018

Eight golds among 28-medal haul for University of Bath student-athletes at BUCS Nationals 2018

Student-athletes at the University of Bath won 28 medals across five different sports during a successful visit to Sheffield for the 2018 BUCS Nationals. Among the eight gold medals was a thrilling 200m title on the athletics track for Beth Close (pictured) after a storming finish. She then anchored the women’s 4x200m relay team to another tremendous victory as they retained the title for Bath. MJ Church ambassador Anna Hopkin’s 50m freestyle gold was one...

21 February 2018

British medallists Eilidh Doyle and David King selected for Birmingham 2018 IAAF World Indoor Athletics

University of Bath-based Eilidh Doyle and David King have been named in a 31-strong British Athletics squad for next month’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Doyle, who celebrates her 31st birthday today (Tuesday) booked her place by winning 400m gold at the SPAR British Athletics Indoor Championships on Sunday, again at Arena Birmingham, in a season-best time of 51.84. “I am delighted with that,” said the multiple international medallist, who is coached by Brian...

20 February 2018

Team Bath Netball tame Celtic Dragons to continue winning start to 2018 Superleague season

Team Bath Netball will go into their first home of the 2018 Vitality Superleague season this week on the back of two away wins after recording an impressive 54-35 victory at Celtic Dragons on Monday. The Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold won three of the four quarters and drew the other as they overcame spirited opposition from the Welsh franchise to continue their 100 per cent start to the season. As in the opening match at...

20 February 2018

PyeongChang 2018: Personal-best two-man result offers promising signs for four-man bobsleigh

Brad Hall and Joel Fearon believe the signs are promising ahead of this weekend’s four-man bobsleigh competition after securing a top-12 finish in the two-man on Monday at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The British duo’s combined time of 3:18.34 from the four runs was 1.48 seconds adrift of champions Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz of Canada but still a personal best two-man result for the pair at world level. “We dropped a few places...

19 February 2018

Gold and two bronze adds up to successful start to 2018 World Cups for Uni-based wheelchair fencers

University of Bath-based Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver enjoyed a medal-laden start to 2018 as they won gold and two bronze at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Eger, Hungary. Coutya, who was crowned as double World Champion in November, again struck gold in the men’s Category B epee competition after beating Italy’s Alessioa Sarri in the final. That came after he had won bronze in the foil discipline, just behind Ukraine’s Anton Datsko...

18 February 2018

PyeongChang 2018: Gold for Lizzy Yarnold and bronze for Laura Deas during sensational skeleton Saturday

Lizzy Yarnold made history as she defended her Winter Olympic Games title and Laura Deas bagged a brilliant bronze during a sensational Saturday for Team GB’s skeleton racers at PyeongChang 2018. Yarnold, who trains at the University of Bath with the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA), went into the final run two-hundredths of a second behind Janine Flock but then smashed the track record to put the pressure on her Austrian rival. Flock could...

17 February 2018