Former University of Bath swimmer Sascha Kindred won his seventh title in his last-ever Paralympic race on Monday as he smashed the SM6 200m individual medley world record at Rio 2016. Ellie Simmonds, who has a honorary degree at the University, matched his achievement in the equivalent women’s final during a stunning 38-minute spell that saw ParalympicsGB win three gold medals in the pool. Kindred won the first two of his Paralympic titles back at...
University of Bath-based Nicole Walters guided visually-impaired Melissa Reid to a dramatic PT5 bronze medal as para-triathlon made a successful debut at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. An excellent swim in the Praia de Copacabana and a strong ride put Reid and Walters firmly in medal contention after the first two stages of Sunday’s competition. They lost ground on the leaders in the run and were overtaken by Elizabeth Baker and Jillian Petersen of the...
University of Bath-based athlete Polly Maton finished a fine seventh on her Paralympic Games debut as she contested the T47 long jump final on the opening day of Rio 2016. The 16-year-old, coached by Colin Baross at the Sports Training Village, produced her best clearance of 5.10m with her opening jump of the competition in the Olympic Stadium. That ensured she was one of the top eight jumpers in the 12-strong field to progress to...
University of Bath graduate Nicole Walters will enjoy a moment of sporting history this week when para-triathlon makes its debut appearance at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Walters will be guide to visually-impaired triathlete Melissa Reid in the PT5 competition on Sunday, September 11. After a 750m swim in the Praia de Copacabana off the iconic Copacabana Beach, they will then cycle 20k before running 5k. The ParalympicsGB duo, who won gold on their debut...
The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games start today and there are high hopes of medal success among the University of Bath-based athletes past and present competing for ParalympicsGB over the next 11 days. Polly Maton, a 16-year-old athlete coached at the Sports Training Village by Colin Baross, is in action when competition gets fully under way on Thursday and will contest the T47 long jump final at 10.11pm BST. She returns to the Olympic Stadium on...
Britain’s wheelchair fencers will fly out to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games today in peak condition after attending a final preparation camp at the University of Bath. Piers Gilliver and Dimitri Coutya, ranked number one and two in the world in their respective disciplines, were joined by last-minute call-up Gemma Collis for a five-day get-together at the Sports Training Village. As well as train in the fencing salle, the Paralympics GB trio also received advice...
University of Bath-based long jumper Jazmin Sawyers beat a field including Olympic and World Champion Tianna Bartoletta to claim victory at the ISTAF Berlin meeting in Germany on Saturday. Sawyers, who had finished eighth at the Zurich Diamond League two days earlier, cleared 6.62m to take top spot. Next up for the Rio 2016 Olympian, coached by Alan Lerwell, is the IAAF World Challenge event in Zagreb, Croatia, on Tuesday. Olympic bronze-medallist Eilidh Doyle, who...
Two Malaysian powerlifters have been stepping up their preparations for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games by training at the University of Bath. Jong Yee Khie, a bronze-medallist at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and Shahmil Md Saad, who also competed in Scotland, spent two weeks using the world-class facilities at the Sports Training Village (STV). As well as weight training in the Team Bath Gym, Khie and Saad – who have both earned qualification for...
Put yourself in the shoes of an athlete heading to a major Games: you're weeks away from potentially the biggest competition of your life, you're up against the most successful rivals in the world and all you want to do is train as hard as you can in order to give your event the best shot possible. There's only one problem: training harder than ever severely runs the risk of injury. The specialists in charge...
University of Bath-based athletes played their part in helping Great Britain achieve one of the most remarkable Olympic results in its history according to Team Bath Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley. Team GB ended the Games second in the medal table with 67 total medals including 27 golds - one more than third-placed China. Athletes who base their training at the University's Sports Training Village contributed six medals towards the haul - four silvers and two bronze. Swimmers Siobhan-Marie...
