PLYMOUTH pentathlete Kerenza Bryson claimed a stunning bronze medal for Great Britain at the UIPM World Championships in Bath on Sunday. By making the podium at the prestigious event, Bryson has also secured Great Britain an Olympic quota place for Paris 2024. She also led her country to a team silver in Bath, while fellow … Continue reading
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Plymouth athletes named in Team GB squad for European Games in Poland
PLYMOUTH athletes Kerenza Bryson, Myles Pillage, Matthew Dixon and Ben Andrews have all been named in the Team GB squad for this summer’s European Games in Krakow-Malopolska in Poland. Team GB are only sending athletes to compete in the 18 of the 29 Olympic disciplines on offer, with three serving as European Championships, while Olympic … Continue reading
Plymouth athlete Doaa makes impressive international powerlifting debut
PLYMOUTH athlete Doaa Shayea enjoyed an impressive international debut for the British Weight Lifting team this weekend. Shayea, who has been competing in wheelchair racing for City of Plymouth Athletics Club since she was a teenager, is out in Tbilisi, Georgia, representing her country at the 2022 World Para Powerlifting (WPPO) European Championships. And she … Continue reading
Proud wins Great Britain’s first gold medal at World Championships
BEN PROUD secured Great Britain’s first gold of the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest with a stunning victory in the men’s 50m freestyle on Friday evening. Leading from the front after a phenomenal start, the 27-year-old former Plymouth College pupil got the fastest reaction time of the field, maintaining a half body-length lead down the … Continue reading
Plymouth’s Bryson named in Pentathlon GB squad for opening World Cup event
PLYMOUTH’S Kerenza Bryson has been named in an eight-strong Great Britain squad to compete at the first UIPM Modern Pentathlon World Cup of the 2022 season. The event will take place in Cairo in Egypt next week (March 22-27). Bryson recently won the British Championships, but due to the Covid pandemic she has not competed … Continue reading
Plymouth’s Dunn becomes Great Britain’s most successful athlete at the Tokyo Paralympics
PLYMOUTH’S Reece Dunn became Paralympics GB’s most decorated athlete in Tokyo on Thursday by winning a fifth medal at the Games. Dunn took bronze in the men’s S14 backstroke final with a 59.97 second swim. It followed on from winning gold medals in the 200m freestyle, 200m IM and mixed relay event and a silver … Continue reading
Plymouth’s Dunn claims yet another Paralympic gold medal and a world record
PLYMOUTH swimmer Reece Dunn secured a third Paralympic Games gold medal and a third world record in Tokyo on Tuesday morning. Dunn triumphed in the men’s S14 200m IM, having also won the 200m freestyle and helped Great Britain to gold in the mixed S14 4x100m relay. He also took silver in the 100m butterfly. … Continue reading
Plymouth Leander’s Dunn wins another Paralympic gold medal
PLYMOUTH’S Reece Dunn won a second Paralympic Games gold medal in the space of 24 hours on Saturday morning. Fresh from winning the individual S14 200m freestyle event on Friday, Dunn helped the Great Britain mixed S14 4x100m freestyle relay team to victory in Tokyo in a world record time. Dunn, who had also claimed … Continue reading
Plymouth’s Dunn delighted to win Paralympic title in world record time
PLYMOUTH’S Reece Dunn described winning a Paralympic gold medal as ‘amazing’. Dunn broke his own world record to triumph in the men’s S14 200m freestyle title in Tokyo on Friday morning. The Plymouth Leander swimmer clocked 1:52.40 to hold off the challenge of Brazilian Gabriel Bandeira, who had beaten him to gold in the 100m … Continue reading
Plymouth’s Dunn wins butterfly silver on his Paralympic Games debut
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Reece Dunn enjoyed a medal-winning debut at the Paralympics on Wednesday morning. Dunn took silver in the men’s S14 100m butterfly event, finishing just behind Brazilian Gabriel Bandeira. World record holder Dunn had broken the Paralympic record in the heats with a 55.99 swim. Although he went much quicker in the final, clocking … Continue reading