MODERN pentathlete Kerenza Bryson will head into her debut Olympic Games on a massive high after becoming European champion. Bryson took victory in the women’s individual event in Budapest. She also helped Great Britain to make the podium in the team event, alongside Emma Whitaker and Alex Bousfield. Bryson has enjoyed a couple of seasons … Continue reading
SALTASH teenager Lola Tambling has been confirmed in the Team GB squad for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. The 16-year-old will join fellow teenager Sky Brown in representing her country in the women’s skateboarding event in France. Tambling was always expected to make the squad after finishing sixth at last year’s World Championships and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH pentathletes Kerenza Bryson and Myles Pillage will both make their Olympic Games debut this summer. The pair will join reigning Olympic champions Joe Choong and Kate French in the Team GB squad for Paris. Bryson has been in stunning form over the last 18 months, winning a number of World Cup medals and claiming … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH rowers Jacob Dawson and Chloe Brew will compete at a second successive Olympic Games. The duo were today named as part of a 42-strong Team GB rowing squad for this summer’s Paris Olympics. Former Plymstock School pupil Dawson will again be part of the GB men’s eight crew. He won a bronze medal in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH wheelchair rugby star Faye West is hoping to back up her title-winning success with the West Country Hawks by earning selection for Team GB’s Paralympic squad for Paris. West captained the Hawks to their first national title and now she is hoping for more glory this summer. She is in the GB training squad … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH pentathlete Kerenza Bryson has made an impressive start to Olympic year by winning the women’s individual event at the UIPM 2024 Pentathlon World Cup in Ankara, Turkey. Bryson, a medallist at last year’s World Championships in Bath, took victory by an impressive 26 seconds, with Changwan Seo of Korea taking silver. The gold medal she won … Continue reading
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
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 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
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