Laura Wetzker is a female épée fencer currently studying in Germany and competing for the German national team and Bayer Leverkusen. The young athlete is coming off winning to two gold medals at German national tournaments, and gave an insight on her disciple and goals for the future. After winning two gold medals in the […]
Olympics
LATEST FROM BEIJING: GB women’s curling team bounce back to beat defending Olympic champions in second match, Irene Schouten wins her second goal medal in speed skating
Great Britain’s women’s curling provided an immediate response after defeat earlier today, by thrashing Sweden 8-2 in their second round robin match. Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Hailey Duff were unlucky to lose 6-5 to Switzerland in the early hours of this morning, but responded well with a clinical win against the reigning […]
LATEST FROM BEIJING: Hossein Saveh Shemshaki becomes the first athlete in the Winter Olympics to return a positive doping test, Alessandro Haemmerle wins gold by narrow margins, and GB athletes begin to show fight.
In the Winter Olympics so far, team GB have had a medal drought, and the Skeleton might be their last hope. GB has historically found success in the sport, with Gloucestershire local Lizzy Yarnold earning gold medals in the competition at the past two Winter Olympic games, 2014 and 2018. Team GB’s skeleton athletes for […]
A three time gold medalist and a dressage legend: Gloucestershire’s Olympic Highlights
With the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics taking place this summer, there will be a number of Gloucestershire-based athletes hoping to return back to England with a medal around their neck. Gloucestershire boast a number of impressive athletes who have won varying medals over the years. Here is a list of some local athletes who have […]