British bobsleigh driver Nicola Minichiello has collected three World and European medals in just two days in St Moritz, Switzerland. Minichiello collected the bronze medal in round five of the World Cup yesterday (Thursday) – a race arranged to replace the cancelled World Cup round in Italy just before Christmas. She produced a repeat performance with another bronze in World Cup round six today at the same track. That race also doubled as the European...
The British bobsleigh crew of Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke won their first World Cup medal of the season by taking silver at the Konigssee track in Germany at the weekend. The British pair finished just 0.14 seconds behind the USA1 crew of Shauna Rohbock and Valerie Fleming over two runs. It means driver Minichiello, who does some of her training at the University of Bath, climbs to fifth in the overall 2008/9...
University of Bath coach and student Rob Ellchuk has won a top national athletics coaching award. Rob was named winner of the Norwich Union Power of 10 Coach Award for Disability Athletics. He was presented with his award at the UK Athletics awards dinner in Birmingham. "I was really pleased to receive the award," said a delighted Rob, who is pictured with his award. Rob combines coaching at the University of Bath with furthering his...
Four University of Bath students are preparing to represent Great Britain at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, which takes place in Sydney next month. Hockey players Harriet Pearce and Lewis Prosser have been named in the GB squads for the event, while Jake Sheaf and Adam Smith will compete in the beach volleyball tournament. They are members of TeamGB's 119-strong squad for the bi-annual festival, which takes place between 14 and 18 January. Two University...
Olympic and Paralympic swimmers will be among the athletes in action at this weekend's University of Bath Grand Prix. University of Bath swimmer Andrei Cross, who represented Barbados at the Olympics, is due to contest three events at the Grand Prix, which gets underway on Friday (5 December) and concludes on Sunday. And Louise Watkin, winner of four medals for Great Britain at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, will also be in action in the...
The British women’s bobsleigh crew of Nicola Minichiello and Jackie Gunn achieved a top-10 finish in their first World Cup event of the 2008/9 season. The pair, who do some of their training at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, came ninth overall in round one of the World Cup in Winterberg, Germany. Nicola and Jackie were 10th fastest after the first run, but were almost half a second quicker in the second run...
University of Bath-based triathlete Julie Dibens successfully defended her XTERRA World Championships title in Hawaii yesterday (Sunday). The 33-year-old won the gruelling off-road race in Maui – a race that features a 1.5km rough water sea swim, a 32km mountain bike ride and a 12km trail run. Dibens dominated the race, leading from the start and crossing the finishing line in 3:03.57 – a minute ahead of Canada’s Danelle Kabush in second place. It means...
British modern pentathlete Heather Fell added the World Cup Final silver medal in Portugal on Saturday (4 October) to her Beijing 2008 Olympic Games silver medal. Compatriot Katy Livingston, seventh in Beijing, finished just outside the medals in fourth, with Mhairi Spence sixth in another outstanding day for British pentathletes. The three Brits were among 28 athletes from 16 nations taking part in the competition in Caldas da Rainha. And they marked the end of...
After storming to a sensational silver in the T36 100m final on his Paralympic debut, the University of Bath's Ben Rushgrove has today learned that he will not be competing in Monday's 200m heats. The 20 year old sprinter aggravated a foot injury in his medal winning display and walked up to collect his medal on crutches. He could have risked long term damage and decided not to compete on the advice of the ParalympicsGB...
Super University of Bath student Ben Rushgrove stormed to 100m silver in the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing earlier today, bringing Britain's athletics squad a little ray of light on a gloomy morning. Rushgrove won Britain's first track medal of the day when he powered to second in the T36 100m behind Ukraine's Roman Pavlyk. The 20-year-old Team Bath ahlete responded superbly after a sluggish start and with a late surge grabbed the silver in...
