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A successful summer of sport

Sport doesn’t stop when the academic year comes to an end at UoN. Many of our student athletes and alumni have been competing over the summer and doing us proud: British high jumper and Biosciences alumna Isobel Pooley got her season off to a flying start, topping the UK all-time outdoor rankings with a 1.97m jump …

Isobel Pooley wins silver

Biosciences student Isobel Pooley put in a fantastic performance last night in the women’s high jump final at the Commonwealth Games at Hampden Park. She was in fine form in front of a capacity crowd, clearing each successive height at the first attempt and getting herself into medal contention. Her previous lifetime personal best was …

Commonwealths – Days 7 & 8

Wednesday 30 July In the high jump qualifiers, Biosciences student Isobel Pooley (pictured right) cleared 1.76 metres, 1.81 and 1.85 at the first attempt to qualify for Friday’s final. She will be the only English athlete in the final and if she can reproduce her season’s best jump of 1.91 she should put herself into …

Isobel’s flying high

University of Nottingham student and international high jumper Isobel Pooley won gold at the British Athletic Championships held in Birmingham on Saturday. The third year Animal Science student beat off strong competition from Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Morgan Lake, who finished second and third respectively, to claim the British title with a jump of 1.90m — just …