Eight years on, graduate Marilyn Okoro is finally set to receive an Olympic medal

University of Bath graduate Marilyn Okoro is set to receive an Olympic medal as a result of retrospective drugs tests for athletes competing at the Beijing 2008 Games. Okoro was part of the Great Britain women’s 4x400m relay team that finished fifth in that year’s final, along with Christine Ohuruogu, Kelly Sotherton and Nicola Sanders. They have already been upgraded to fourth after Russia were disqualified in August of this year when Anastasiya Kapachinskaya tested...

26 November 2016

Improved second half gives men’s 1st XV positives to take from BUCS Super Rugby reverse

An improved second-half performance was not quite enough to prevent the University of Bath men’s 1st XV slipping to a 26-17 BUCS Super Rugby home defeat against University of Exeter on Wednesday. The hosts were slow to get into their stride in blustery conditions and allowed Exeter to open up an 11-0 lead at the break through Matt Elliet’s early try and two Ted Landray penalties. Landray and Hugo Stiles exchanged penalties in the opening...

23 November 2016

Champions crowned as world-class Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament concludes at University

Britain’s Lucy Shuker was among the winners as the University of Bath Sports Training Village hosted five fantastic days of world-class competition at the inaugural Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament. Shuker, a double Paralympic medallist from Taunton, maintained her unbeaten record with Diede de Groot of the Netherlands as they claimed the women’s double title with a 6-2 6-1 win over second seeds Marjolein Buis and Katharina Kruger in the final. De Groot also took...

21 November 2016

Hawks flying high as University of Bath students win first-ever international touch rugby title

The University of Bath Hawks touch rugby team continued their hugely-successful start to the season by claiming their first-ever overseas title at the Mallorca Touch International Mixed Tournament. It is only the second time that a university team has won at a European club tournament and follows on from the Hawks’ victories in the opening two rounds of the England Touch Universities Touch Series (UTS). Their only defeat of the season so far came during...

21 November 2016

Dutch judoka get to grips with life as performance athlete during annual University of Bath visit

Promising young judoka from the Netherlands have been experiencing life on an elite training programme after spending the week with the performance squad at the University of Bath. The students from Judo Yushi, based in Haarlemmermeer near Amsterdam, trained alongside Olympians Ben Fletcher and Emmanuel Nartey plus Commonwealth Games medalists Megan Fletcher and Gary Hall in the Sports Training Village dojo during their five-day visit. It was the third year running that Judo Yushi had...

20 November 2016

Student Emily Donovan on the up after helping Yeovil Town achieve title goal

University of Bath student Emily Donovan is looking forward to taking on the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea after helping Yeovil Town Ladies win the FA Women’s Super League 2 title this season. The 19-year-old midfielder, who is studying Sport & Social Sciences, will be playing in the top flight during 2017 after the Glovers clinched the championship and promotion with a 3-0 home win over Sheffield Ladies. “I think a huge part of...

19 November 2016

Swim coach Mark Skimming hits the heights on Everest trek to raise money for children’s hospital

University of Bath Head Swimming Coach Mark Skimming scaled new heights to raise £7,500 for Bristol Children’s Hospital by trekking 3,000m to Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Mark took on the 12-day challenge to thank the doctors and nurses that saved the life of his young son. Now an active three-year-old, Albert was born 13 weeks early and spent his first three months in intensive care after been diagnosed with chronic lung disease. Mark described...

18 November 2016

Champs to be crowned as Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament reaches final stages

There will be plenty of British interest when the first finals of the inaugural Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament are contested at the University of Bath on Friday. James Shaw faces Israel’s Itay Erenlib in a battle between the top two seeds in the quad singles final, starting at 10am on Court 1 in the Sports Training Village. The afternoon session will see double Paralympic medallist Lucy Shuker and Dutch partner Diede De Groot contest...

18 November 2016

Rio Olympian Ben Fletcher among athletes helping to mentor local school children at BANES Talent in Sport Day

Some of the most prominent athletes based at the Sports Training Village were involved in providing insight, guidance and support to year 10 school children on Thursday as part of a local initiative. The day, organised by Team Bath Tribe and the BANES School Sports Partnership, featured Olympic judoka Ben Fletcher, Team Bath Netball player Paige Reed, Lily West and Becky Wilde (swimming) and David Canepa Talamas (ultimate frisbee) who provided talks, practical sessions and...

17 November 2016

Double Olympic judo medallist Kate Howey inducted into Hall of Fame for Sport

Kate Howey, the only British woman to have won two Olympic judo medals, returned to her former training base today to become the latest inductee into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport.  Howey won bronze in 1992 at Barcelona and silver in 2000 at Sydney – the latter while studying Sports Performance at the University – before carrying the British flag at the Athens 2004 opening ceremony, her fourth Games. She was...

16 November 2016