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Great to welcome Olympic Javelin Champion
@Neeraj_chopra1
onto campus for a training camp! 🇮🇳
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How it started vs. How it’s going now, Powerbase Gym edition🏋🏽♂️
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Ever wondered what a day in the life of an elite swimmer looks like? 👀
@WiffenDaniel
runs through his daily routine in preparation for competing in Paris 🇫🇷
Don’t miss Dan's performance tomorrow in the Men’s 800m Freestyle final as he aims for a place on the podium!
Full
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🏆 BUCS CHAMPIONS FOR 4⃣0⃣ YEARS RUNNING🏆
👏 to all our
@LboroAU
student athletes that have represented
@lborouniversity
over the past 40 years.
Without all of your hard work over the years we would never have achieved this historical milestone!
#WhereHistoryBegins
#BUCS40
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If only Loughborough was a competing nation… 9th and rising? 👀
@lborouniversity
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@Lborocollege
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@lboroalumni
#Lboro2Paris
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Awarded the Sports University of the Year 2017. See just some of our incredible sporting achievements over the last 12 months
#lborofamily
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Wimbledon Boys’ champion 🏆
Henry Searle, from our
@lborouniversity
National Tennis Academy put in an excellent finals performance, winning in straight sets, ending a 61-year wait for a British Boys singles winner at
@wimbledon
!
Loughborough is so proud of you, Henry 💜
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⚽💼Clapham checks in!💼⚽
A huge welcome to former
#itfc
left-back Jamie Clapham as he becomes
@lborofootball
's new Men's Head Coach.
With 500+ professional appearances to his name, this is a major coup for
@lborouniversity
.
Read more:
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The pool of dreams😍🌊
@lborouniversity
Pool is home to
@britishswimming
,
@BritTri
&
@Lboroswimming
🏊🏽♀️
We’ve been paying homage to some of the world’s leading swimmers, based here at Loughborough, in our latest revamp😍
Loughborough Sport is proudly partnered with
@ArenaPeople
💙
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Loughborough are
@BUCSsport
Champions for a 42nd consecutive year!🎉
With a record 9,311.5 points, we’d like to congratulate all the athletes, staff and practitioners on another winning season!
#WhereHistoryBegins
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Olympic Swimming Champion turned
@BBCStrictly
Dancer 🏊🏼♂️ ➡️ 🕺
@Adam_Peaty
shows professional Dance Partner
@Mrs_KatJones
around his training base of 10 years here at
@LboroUniversity
💜
Katya got to see our Olympic-size 'Pool of Dreams'🌊 and world-class Powerbase Gym🏋
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It's official - we're
@BUCSsport
champions for the 36th consecutive year! 🏆🍾
#LboroFamily
#WhereHistoryBegins
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Tell me the
#LboroFamily
is real without telling me the
#LboroFamily
is real 💜
LISTEN TO THE SUPPORT FOR
@WiffenDaniel
winning GOLD in Paris 🥹
#Lboro2Paris
#WhereHistoryBegins
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🏆SPORTS UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR🏆
We’re delighted to announce
@LboroUniversity
is officially the University of the Year for Sport 2022. Awarded by The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide this is our 3rd time receiving this award!🎉
Full story ➡️
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We would love to wish
@DillianWhyte
and his team the best of luck in his upcoming fight!
His documentary Dillian Whyte: Fighting to be Champ is being televised on BBC World this weekend.
Sat – 09:10 & 21:10
Sun – 02.10 & 15.10
@bbcnewsbeat
@eleanorrroper
#LboroFamily
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: 💪 Head of Strength and Conditioning💪
@lborouniversity
are delighted to invite applications for the role of Head of Strength and Conditioning (Performance Sport) here on campus.
Find out more:
#WhereHistoryBegins
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A huge, huge, huge congratulations to
@lboroalumni
@OreOduba
on winning
@bbcstrictly
#LboroFamily
#WhereHistoryBegins
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NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!
@lborouniversity
student
@WiffenDaniel
is a 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍🤩
He has set a NEW OLYMPIC RECORD - 7:38.19 🔥
@swimireland
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#Lboro2Paris
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With less than 24hrs until opening, we are proud to unveil the new Powerbase! 🔥
One gym, two sides, Power+Base.
⏰ 6:30AM
🗓 Tuesday 21 March
⭐️ Open to Gold Loughborough Sport Members
📱 Book your slot via the Loughborough Sport app!
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We look forward to hosting The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the absolutely incredible apprentices of the
@WeAreCoachCore
program on the 24th September.
#WhereHistoryBegins
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will join more than 200 young Coach Core apprentices for the
@WeAreCoachCore
Awards at
@lborouniversity
on Monday 24th September.
#CoachCore
aims to harness the power of sport, and its ability to change lives and empower young people.
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Huge congratulations to the team at Loughborough University National Tennis Academy following yesterday’s success
@wimbledon
🎾
It’s fantastic to see Henry’s coaches and support staff in attendance having worked closely with him throughout his journey so far
#wherehistorybegins
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PEATY BREAKS WORLD RECORD 🥇
Loughborough trained Adam Peaty and student James Wilby win first and second place at the European Championships with Peaty smashing the world record in 57 seconds 💪
#WhereHistoryBegins
⬇️⬇️⬇️
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We're wishing
@lboroalumni
's
@jamescutt
a warm welcome back to campus as he joins
@Lightningcric
as its new Regional Director of Women’s Cricket 🏏👏
Read here📰:
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𝐁𝐔𝐂𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝟒𝟑 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 🎉
We’re delighted to have been crowned
@BUCSsport
title winners for the 43rd consecutive year with a record-breaking 𝟗,𝟒𝟗𝟐 points 👏
Congratulations to all students, staff, athletes, officials, committee members,
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FULL TIME | Your
@BUCSSuperRugby
Final Champions are
@lbororugby
.
This is what is means for African Violet to secure the cup for the first time since 2010 💜
Exeter Rugby 31 - 35
@lbororugby
#EXELOU
#FINAL
#LBORORUGBY
#LWOW
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We are thrilled to announce that
@ScottSneddon10
has been named as the new Head of Men’s Rugby at
@lborouniversity
Read more ➡️
#LboroFamily
@LboroRugby
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Congratulations to alumnus Kieran McKenna &
@IpswichTown
on their promotion to the Championship! 👏
We were proud to host the League One side ahead of their 22/23 season as the team staged a pre-season training camp here on campus!
Read about our hosting capabilities below! 👇
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Huge congratulations to maths student
@willledwards
who has signed an
@EnglandRugby
professional Sevens contract
📝
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Loughborough Sport is delighted to announce that Olivia Murphy and Rich Ellis have been promoted to the roles of Deputy Director of Sport (Performance Director) and Deputy Director of Sport (Head of Sport Commercial Partnerships and Facilities) respectively.
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BREAKING:
@LboroLightning
are delighted to unveil
@runlikeforrest
as the new Director of Netball for the 2019 Season
📝 Full Story:
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Was great to have
@AliBrownleetri
&
@jonny_brownlee
on campus using the pool and Powerbase this morning 🏊🏼🚴🏼🏃🏻
#WhereHistoryBegins
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Just another normal day on campus!
Today we are joined by Russell Wilson
@DangeRussWilson
who is the quarterback for
@NFL
team
@Broncos
🤩
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WHAT A RACE for current
@lborouniversity
student
@WiffenDaniel
🔥🔥🔥
This one will go down in history for a long time.
#Lboro2Paris
Team Ireland's Daniel Wiffen becomes an Olympic champion with an Olympic record in the men's 800m freestyle!
#BBCOlympics
#Olympics
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📢BREAKING NEWS📢
We are sad to announce that our Director of Rugby, Alan Buzza will leave
@lborouniversity
at the end of the month to pursue a career in teaching!
Today marks Alan's last outing with
@LboroRugby
side after 25 years of service to rugby
📝
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John Steele, our Executive Director of Sport, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, for services to sport. 👏👏
#QueensBirthdayHonours
Read more here 👇
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It's tears of joy at
#TeamTrials2017
for Human Biology student
@jessjuddxx
- she finishes 2nd in the 1500m to book her
@London2017
spot
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⚡️Loughborough Lightning Women’s football performance programme is delighted to confirm the appointment of Charlie Baxter as its new Head Coach.
Charlie joins Lightning after a successful spell as assistant manager at Ipswich Town and will take over the team in March 💜⚡️
#lboro
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What a fantastic achievement by our
@lborouniversity
National Tennis Academy athlete Henry Searle!
Wimbledon Boys’ Singles champion without dropping a set throughout🎾🏆💜
#wherehistorybegins
The first player from Great Britain to win the Boys’ Singles title at
#Wimbledon
since 1962!
Henry Searle, a 17-year-old from Wolverhampton who’s added his name to the history books 🙌🏆
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That victory feeling😍
@BUCSsport
Champions
@LboroHockey
💜
Take me home, to the place I belong, it's Loughborough, see the purple🎶
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Did somebody say...Lightning Football? 🤩⚡⚽
The University’s performance team & the
@LboroFoxes
have officially combined to launch a new Lightning programme!
Read more here 👇
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CHAMPIONS!!!
Doris Greenwood scores the final penalty for
@Lborofootballw
, crowning them your
@bucssport
National Champions
#BUCSBigWednesday
#wherehistorybegins
#bleedpurple
#lborofootballwomens
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Huge congrats to
@Hockey_Brett
who moves to a key job in international hockey 👏
He'll be massively missed here & we send him a huge Lboro 'thank you'.💜
🗣️"We stand on the shoulders of giants...I’m excited to see who will get this privilege next."
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Want to know what a day in the life of
@adam_peaty
looks like?
Answer coming next week 📽
#LboroFamily
#WhereHistoryBegins
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Loughborough swimmers were✨UNREAL✨in Budapest!
🥇GOLD = 7
🥈SILVER = 5
🥉BRONZE = 3
If
@Lboroswimming
were a country, it would have finished *fourth* overall in the medal table on the number of total medals won.🤩
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Netballers take the win! 🏆
Congratulations to
@lboronetball
who beat University of Bath in their BUCS Championship final! FT score: Bath 48 - 64 Loughborough.
A fantastic performance & great achievement for all involved!💜
@KukriSports
@StillSportPhoto
#wherehistorybegins
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We're delighted to announce that
@Rk89Sav
has been appointed as our new Director of Football 👏
Rebecca has enjoyed an extensive career in the sport and will join
@lborofootball
in April.
Read more ⤵️
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Everyone here at
@lborouniversity
is backing
@adam_peaty
&
@Mrs_katjones
!💜
Tune in to
@bbcstrictly
in 10 minutes time to watch their latest performance👀
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Parliament got to hear about our sporting excellence here at
@lborouniversity
📢 with a speech highlighting our Paralympic and Olympic successes, 40th consecutive
@BUCSsport
win and our outstanding
@EAC_hotel
🏅🏩
#WhereHistoryBegins
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One of the most incredible displays of Rugby Loughborough has seen.
In an enthralling encounter,
@LboroRugby
were narrowly edged out by Exeter at StoneX after extra time, in what’s been dubbed the greatest game in
@BUCSSuperRugby
history.
You should be beyond proud, lads
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Welcome to the
#LightningFamily
Loughborough Lightning Wheelchair Basketball⚡️➡️
Exciting news announcing the
@BritWheelBBall
inaugural Women’s Premier League🔝 - a game changing moment for the sport as the first professional para-sport league in the UK!
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At the end of the month, we'll say a fond farewell to our Director of Football, Richard Allen.
After 4 years at
@lborofootball
, Richard is joining
@yokohama_fc
in Japan.
We wish him all the very best in his next chapter 👏
Read more:
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Huge thanks to
@JudyMurray
for delivering her
@TennisOnTheRoad
programme at
@lborouniversity
today, and for a truly inspiring Q&A 👏
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WOW! 10.04 (+1.7m/s) & 10.08 for
@JoelFearon6
&
@HarryAA100m
in the men's 100m final here in Loughborough
#LEAP2016
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Congrats to
@LboroSwimming
's Jamie & Reiss, who each swam 11,500m - 1m for each woman who loses their life to breast cancer each year💕
They each hit their distance in under 3 hours🥳 & have raised over £3400 in aid of Breast Cancer Now!💸 Donate ➡️
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“Gone are the days where netball stops when you become a mum”🏐💜
@lborolightning
fan favourite⚡️, Lauren ‘Steaders’ Nicholls, shares her story as a sportswoman and new mum to baby girl Maya🧑🍼 Read the full story ➡️
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THIS. IS. HUGE!!!
@lborouniversity
has secured a landmark deal with the Lawn Tennis Association 🎾
📝
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We are thrilled to announce that
@lboroalumni
@robtaylor1989
will be taking the top job at
@LightningKSL
this season 🏏
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We are thrilled to welcome
@sarah_hunter8
back to the office after leading
@EnglandRugby
#RedRoses
to a 3-0 whitewash of Canada and earning her 100th cap 💜
#LboroFamily
#WhereHistoryBegins
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Congratulations to our own
@lborohockeymens
Head Coach,
@Jerome_7
on winning the
@_UKCoaching
2022 Coaching Chain award!
The award honours the coaches behind the growth and development of Great Britain’s most decorated hockey athlete of all time:
@LauraUnsworth4
! 👏
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8⃣0⃣2⃣6⃣ points!
@lborouniversity
has continued its dominance at
@BUCSsport
by winning an unprecedented 41st consecutive title! 🏆
Thank you to all our athletes, coaches, practitioners, and partners!
#WhereHistoryBegins
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We speak to James "Super Maz" Mazarelo about
@LboroHockey
's Championship win today😍
"absolutely unbelievable, 3 years of really hard work and we finished well"🏆
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Good luck to
@LboroRugby
Programme Manager Dave Bassett who is leaving us for an exciting role at
@LeicesterTigers
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What a win for
@lborofootball
🏆
A draw at full time but a 7-6 win on penalties sees them progress through to the 5th round of the FA Vase.
Their record breaking run in the competition continues, they are now only 3 wins away from the final at Wembley!
#WhereHistoryBegins
FULL TIME
The boys couldn’t have given any more, outstanding work rate and resilience from this team.
Penalties will decide who will progress to the Fifth Round of the FA Vase.
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A race to remember!! 😍
Congratulations to current
@LboroCollege
student
@CassandreBeaugr
who takes GOLD in the Women's Triathlon🥇
@lborouniversity
alumna
@beth_potter
takes BRONZE 🥉
What an incredible showing for our Loughborough-linked athletes!
@WorldTriathlon
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🏆 CHAMPIONS! 🏆
@LboroLightning
are your 2023
@NetballSL
Grand Final winners!
They delivered a fight back performance to be proud of, beating London Pulse 48 - 57 at the Copper Box Arena.
Congratulations to all players and staff involved 💜
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Welcome to the
#lborofamily
, Simon!
We're delighted to announce that Simon Barbour will be joining us from Leicester Tigers as our new Performance Analysis Lead 👏
Read more here 👇
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Great to have
@BBCSport
on campus this afternoon helping
@bobbsclay
share her extremely powerful story. Thanks also to Dr
@CarolynPlateau
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A pleasure to see
@johnsonthompson
in her third event of the day at LIA. Running leg 2 she has the lead for
@EnglandAthletic
in the Women's 4x400m 🔥
#LIA2024
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After close rounds between
@johnsonthompson
and Thea Brown (
@BritAthletics
),
@johnsonthompson
has cleared 1.86m, a season best, and secured herself🥇.
The ball is in her court as to how she wants to continue in the event.
#LIA2024
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HUGE! HUGE! HUGE! Loughborough's
@felixauboeck
is World Champion after a stunning swim at the
@fina1908
World Champs! 🏊🔥
Read more⤵️
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Congrats to
@alicedearingx
making Olympic history becoming the first black woman to swim for Team GB🇬🇧
Dearing competed in the women’s 10km marathon, we know her legacy will live long proving that swimming is “available to anyone”🏊🏾♀️
Read more ➡️
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George Gandy had an extraordinary commitment to supporting athletes over a 50-year period.
Please join us to reflect on George’s life at the George Gandy Memorial Service on the
@LboroUniversity
Campus at 11am on Saturday 24 July 2021.
Sign up here:
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Last week saw
@LSWFC_
Head Coach Sam James take home the 'Outstanding Commitment to
@LboroSport
award' at the annual
@LboroCVA
awards night.
Sam has transformed the women's football club with his player-first approach seeing club reach new heights.
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Great to see our
@Lufbrarugby
1st team training with the
@EnglandRugby
senior side this morning at St Georges Park!
http://t.co/yoQYc9JH6s
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Huge congratulations to
@lborouniversity
alumnus Kieran McKenna on winning back-to-back promotions with
@IpswichTown
👏
What an incredible achievement 🙌💜
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We're delighted to confirm that we'll be hosting the
@UEFA
European Under-17 Championship final tournament in May
📝
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Congrats to Will Findlay on joining
@LeicesterTigers
as First Team Strength & Conditioning Coach!🏉
Will is a third year
@LboroSSEHS
student🧬 He credits
@LboroUniversity
for allowing him to gain a degree, play rugby and pursue a career in S&C💜
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🏆 BUCS Big Wednesday 2019 🏆
The
@lswhc_
1’s defended their crown and clinch🥇against Birmingham winning 3-2!
#WhereHistoryBegins
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Thank you
#LboroFamily
💜 We asked our Instagram followers to shoutout those going above & beyond for the return of sport!🚴♀️
Over 100 staff, students & volunteers were highlighted🎉, we're sharing some of them with you!🥰
@lborohockey
@lswhc_
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BUCS SUPER RUGBY CHAMPIONS 🏉
@LboroRugby
made history last night, winning
@BUCSSuperRugby
for the first time!
Special thanks goes out to our partners
@SISPitches
, who provide elite playing and training environments, and have been pivotal in this success.
#wherehistorybegins
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⭐️History Makers⭐️⚽️
Huge congratulations to
@Lborofootballw
, who became the first team in history to retain the BUCS Premier Division North title, beating Nottingham to the prize last night. 💜
#lborofootball
#wherehistorybegins
#bucs
#womensfootball
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George Gandy, a Loughborough legend💜
🎓
@lboroalumni
MSc Human Biology
🧬
@LboroSSEHS
Staff
🏃
@LboroAthletics
Director & Lead Endurance Coach
🥇 Coach to our Chancellor Lord Sebastian Coe
🏆 Loughborough Sport Hall of Fame
Read George's obituary here:
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NEW WORLD RECORD 🥇
Current
@lborouniversity
student Daniel Wiffen has broken the 800m freestyle world record to clinch his third gold medal at the European Short Course Championships.
Wiffen broke the 15 year old record by over two seconds!
@arenaUK_
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We're delighted to have been selected as a new Talent Hub by
@EnglandAthletic
💜
Read more on this great initiative below 👇
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Lightning Wheelchair Basketball make history by lifting the first EVER trophy of the
@BritWheelBball
Women’s Premier League!⚡️
🏆1st place & undefeated, regular season
🏆1st place & undefeated, play-offs
@Lightningwbbl
are proudly sponsored by
@ComputacenterUK
💙
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Congratulations to John Steele, our Executive Director of Sport, who received his OBE from the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle 🏰
He was joined by alumnae Mel Marshall, National Lead Coach for
@britishswimming
, who received an MBE.
Read more ➡
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Great to have
@ColinJackson
on campus today interviewing
@Adam_Gemili
, who uses
@lborouniversity
as his training base
http://t.co/9tR9EqvcSJ
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A simply remarkable
@BUCSSuperRugby
cup final between
@ExeterUniRFC
and
@LboroRugby
.
Congratulations to
@LboroRugby
on securing their first win since 2010 and to player of the match, Dan Eckersley💜
#EXELOU
#FINAL
#LBORORUGBY
#LWOW
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Huge congratulations to
@LboroLightning
who beat reigning champions Manchester Thunder 65 - 59 in tonight’s semi-final at Sir David Wallace⚡️
Lightning will play London Pulse in the
@NetballSL
Grand Final on Sunday, 4:15pm and will be broadcasted live on
@SkySports
💜
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