University of Bath salutes “phenomenal” achievements of British bobsleigh and skeleton athletes at Milano-Cortina 2026

University of Bath Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley has hailed the “phenomenal” achievements of the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) athletes who represented Team GB at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Matt Weston became Britain's most decorated male Winter Olympian when he won two skeleton golds in three days, following up his emphatic victory in the men’s race with a historic triumph alongside Tabby Stoecker in the first-ever Olympic mixed team event. Freya...

25 February 2026

From Team Bath Futures to Milano-Cortina 2026 – skier Hester Poole all set for Winter Games debut with ParalympicsGB

Bath skier Hester Poole has been selected to represent ParalympicsGB at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games, which take place in Italy from 6th to 15th March. The 18-year-old will race in the visually impaired class Para Alpine events, partnered by guide Ali Hall with whom she has skied since 2023. Hester is a familiar face around the Team Bath Sports Training Village (STV), where she has trained and enjoyed sport for almost a decade....

25 February 2026

Bath-based GB squad begin 2026 Para Fencing World Cup campaign with fantastic five medals in Pisa

The University of Bath-based British Fencing squad won five medals when Italy hosted the first Para Fencing World Cup of 2026. Dimitri Coutya took Category B foil gold and epee bronze in Pisa, beating home favourite Michele Massa 15-13 in the foil final, and fellow Paralympic gold-medallist Piers Gilliver won Category A epee silver. There were also bronze medals for Oliver Lam-Watson and Gemma Collis in Category A sabre and epee respectively. Britain fielded 13...

24 February 2026

University of Bath partners with University Degrees Abroad to deliver world-class football pathway for US student-athletes

University Degrees Abroad (UDA) is proud to announce a new partnership with the University of Bath to support the expansion of its professional football (soccer) academy operations in the United Kingdom. The collaboration will provide student-athletes from the United States with the opportunity to pursue a world-class undergraduate degree while training within one of the UK’s leading high-performance sporting environments. The University of Bath is consistently ranked among the UK’s top universities and is home...

23 February 2026

Seventh spot for Team Hall in four-man bobsleigh after British pairing finish strongly in two-woman competition

The British four-man bobsleigh team secured seventh place overall on the final day of competition at the Cortina Sliding Centre. Pilot Brad Hall, competing at his third Games, and his crew of Taylor Lawrence, Greg Cackett and Leon Greenwood were third after an excellent first run but slipped to seventh overnight after a difficult second heat. They moved back up to sixth after a solid third run before swapping places once again with Switzerland in...

22 February 2026

British Judo Champs double-medallist Amelia Alder is first Rengen Athlete of the Month Award winner of 2026

Judoka Amelia Alder has been named as the first Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month Award winner of 2026. The Biology student, who trains in the Sports Training Village dojo with Team Bath Judo, won -52kg silver at the British Judo Senior Championships just a day after bagging bronze in the Junior competition. Those performances earned Alder, coached by Adam Hall, a place in both the British Junior (U21) and Senior national squads, as...

20 February 2026

Duo get debuts under their belts ahead of big weekend of bobsleigh competition

Adele Nicoll and Leon Greenwood both made their Olympic debuts as the bobsleigh competition got under way in Cortina. Nicoll, who went to Beijing as a travelling reserve in 2022 but did not compete, made history as the first British woman to contest the monobob. She was 11th after the first three runs but while a disappointing final heat saw her slip to 18th, Nicoll is ready to push on with Ashleigh Nelson in the...

18 February 2026

Super six golds among 27-medal haul for University of Bath student-athletes at BUCS Nationals 2026

University of Bath student-athletes won 27 medals, six of them gold, across four different sports when they represented The SU Bath at BUCS Nationals 2026 in Sheffield. The top-performing individual athlete was swimmer Jack Skerry who won both the 50m and 100m backstroke titles at Ponds Forge. The US Foundation Scholar also struck gold for Bath in the 4x100m medley relay with Christian Ryan, Matt Ward and Cam Brooker. The latter, an Ivor Powell Scholar,...

16 February 2026

Double gold for Matt Weston as he and Tabby Stoecker win first-ever mixed team skeleton title

Tabby Stoecker and Matt Weston have become the first-ever Olympic mixed team skeleton champions after a thrilling victory in the brand-new event. Freya Tarbit and Marcus Wyatt went mighty close to joining them on the podium, finishing just 11-hundredths outside the medal places in fourth. The result means Weston, an emphatic winner of the men’s title on Friday, is only the second British slider to win two Olympic titles – emulating double women’s champion Lizzy...

15 February 2026

British women’s skeleton trio all record top-10 finishes on Olympic debuts

Tabby Stoecker, Freya Tarbit and Amelia Coltman all recorded top-10 finishes in the women’s skeleton on their Olympic debuts. Stoecker was the leading Brit as she completed her four runs in 3:50.48 to secure fifth place overall, with Tarbit three-tenths of a second behind her team-mate in seventh. The trio all recorded top-four placings across the individual heats, Coltman doing so during a strong final run to finish ninth overall. Stoecker said: "I just feel...

14 February 2026