Three further athletes – Emile Cairess (coach: Renato Canova, club: Leeds City), Mahamed Mahamed (Idris Hamud, Southampton) and Rose Harvey (Alistair, Cragg, Clapham Chasers) – have been announced by the British Olympic Association (BOA) today as the final marathon athletes selected to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They join already selected Phil Sesemann,
Opening up tennis this summer
Annual Wheelchair British Open will take place in first week of Wimbledon on grass at Roehampton with tickets on sale today, Wednesday 24 April Tickets also on sale for the cinch Championships Qualifying weekend – with a new Fan Day, incorporating an exhibition event, scheduled for Sunday 16 June in aid of the LTA Tennis
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Kerenza Bryson wins UIPM Pentathlon World Cup gold
Pentathlon GB’s Kerenza Bryson built on her best-ever fencing performance to claim the second UIPM World Cup gold of her career with a stunning performance in Ankara, Turkey. The University of Bath-based pentathlete, who had won bronze in the opening World Cup of the Paris 2024 Olympic season, was in magnificent form in the fencing
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adidas unveils Team GB kit for 2024 Olympics and Paralympics
Today, as official sportwear provider of Team GB and ParalympicsGB, adidas has unveiled the team kit that the athletes will wear at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. With one central design story, Team GB and ParalympicsGB’s athletes are united under a design DNA that celebrates the unique aspects of Great Britain, while
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Team GB select fantastic five University of Bath-based swimmers
Swimmers Freya Anderson, Kieran Bird, Leah Crisp, Tom Dean and Jacob Whittle have today become the first University of Bath-based sportspeople to be officially selected by Team GB for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. All five are members of the Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre squad, coached by David McNulty and Jamie Main at the
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Bath University recognised as UK Sport-accredited ETC
The University of Bath’s status as a UK Sport-accredited Elite Training Centre (ETC) was officially recognised on Friday at a ceremony attended by Olympic and Paralympic Champions, high-performance coaches and staff. Professor Ian White, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, received the prestigious ETC award from Sally Munday, Chief Executive of UK Sport, during a
Dame Jess Ennis-Hill and Team GB House hosts confirmed
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill confirmed for Team GB House alongside hosts Nick Bright, Nicole Holliday and Perri Shakes-Drayton Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is the first to join the bill for Team GB House, Team GB’s home-from-home at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with sport and entertainment presenters Nick Bright, Nicole Holliday and Perri Shakes-Drayton to host the
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Pentathlon GB launches strategic hubs of excellence
Pentathlon GB, the national governing body for the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon, has launched a series of seven hubs across the UK to help increase participation. The hubs, which also intend to decentralise talent from its historic home base of Bath, will launch in April. The hubs will be located at: Millfield School in
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Bath-based swimmers win 11 medals at Aquatics GB Champs
Olympic Champion Tom Dean and Paralympian Suzanna Hext both recorded Paris 2024 nomination times when University of Bath-based swimmers contested the Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London. University of Bath Swimming Club’s Ben Proud also booked his place at a third Olympic Games in fine style, while Tokyo gold-medallist Anna Hopkin is heading to
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IIH UK partners with 1FitLife to launch online wellbeing videos
Volunteer led charity, IIH UK has partnered with digital workout creator, 1FitLife, to create specialist activity videos as part of the charity’s ongoing work to encourage people living with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) to improve their wellbeing. IIH is a rare neurological condition associated with raised fluid pressure around the brain, causing disabling daily headaches,
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