PHAR Talent’s Giles Scott wrapped up the 2014 Finn Europeans in La Rochelle, France, with a win in the medal race to take the championship by an impressive 50 point margin, ahead of defending champion Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) and Ed Wright (GBR). Scott summed up his week: “It has been a great championship, with some …
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PHAR Talent’s Giles Scott defended his Finn title on the final day of the ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca on Saturday 5th April, as British sailors claimed a total of five medals on the final day of competition. With this Palma victory, Finn star Scott has remained unbeaten since his full-time return to Olympic campaigning …
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PHAR Talent’s Christine Ohuruogu has been named Sunday Times & Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Year for 2013. The awards are testament to Christine’s tremendous year on the track, where most famously she became the first British woman to win two Athletics World Championship crowns when she clinched gold in Moscow in August. Congratulations Christine!
PHAR Talent’s Iain Percy OBE, will speak at the World Yacht Racing Forum, in Gothenburg, Sweden on December 10-11. Team manager of the America’s Cup team Artemis Racing, representing Sweden, Iain will be attending the America’s Cup session and sharing his vision about the future of the event. Speaking ahead of the event, Iain said …
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One Year to Go! Dell Marks Countdown to the Commonwealth Games with New Athlete Ambassadors• Athletics team member Lynsey Sharp, cyclist Elinor Barker and Paralympic gold medallist swimmers Sam and Oliver Hynd (MBE) join ‘Team Dell’ • Bringing “The Power to Do More” to life, athletes will underline the role technology plays in training for …
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Christine Ohuruogu produced another thrilling late surge in the 400m to become the first British female to win two World Championship titles. The 29-year-old also broke Kathy Cook’s long-standing British record by two hundredths of a second as she beat defending champion Amantle Montsho in a photo finish. Both Ohuruogu and Montsho clocked 49.41 seconds, but …
With 12 months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland, Dell has announced the four athletes who will act as its UK brand ambassadors. Benefitting from a diverse range of disciplines and experience levels, each athlete will work closely with Dell to show how integral technology is to …
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Steph Twell put her Olympic heartbreak behind her after an emphatic victory in the 5,000m at Sainsbury’s British Championships. It was a Scots one-two with Laura Whittle finishing second. Twell’s winning time was 15 minutes 55.01secs, with Whittle half a second over the 16-minute mark. 2008 Olympic champion, Christine Ohuruogu, comfortably won the women’s 400m in 50.98, and …
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Man at Sea is the latest of Alfred Dunhill’s ‘Portraits of Achievement’. An ode to the sea and one man’s life long passion for sailing on it, Man at Sea follows Iain Percy OBE, British Sailor and Olympic Champion. Setting sail from Lymington in the New Forest district of Hampshire in the yacht Strega, Iain …
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Luke Patience, the 2012 Olympic silver medallist, and double silver medallist Glanfield picked up their first gold medal together since joining forces at the beginning of this season – their third medal from four events from 2013. On his first gold medal of the year, Patience said: “I have had quite a fair few strings …
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