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Head coach Dave McNulty examines the footage from the new underwater cameras. The plant room, which ensures that the pool water circulation system operates efficiently, has also been modernised and the changing room facilities have been upgraded. The extensive refurbishment of the pool took 15,000 man hours to complete and saw the whole tank replaced. Speeches were made by Mr Baddeley, James Buller, Relationship Manager – Capital Projects with Sport England, and Tim Jones, National Performance Pathway Manager for British Swimming. “We are looking for Olympic medals here, so we need every little bit of one per cent improvement we can get.” “There are 24 cameras and two big plasma TVs, so we can really look at the fine details of the technique with the swimmers on a big screen. UK Sport has also supported the project with funding for technology and analysis, including a £30,000 state-of-the-art camera system which allows elite swimmers to analyse their stroke in training.īritish Swimming National Training Centre Bath Head Coach Dave McNulty explained: “The cameras pick up things that, as a coach, we just don’t see – we watch training from above and a little from the side but this allows us to see it from every angle. Michael Jamieson cuts a blue and gold ribbon to officially open the London 2012 Legacy Pool. I also have to thank Sport England for allowing us to have the London 2012 Legacy Pool here at the University and, of course, British Swimming.”Īlso in attendance at the official opening were representatives of Sport England, who provided the University of Bath with the Olympic-sized legacy pool itself and funding for major renovations. “The pool here in Bath has been home for five-and-a-half years now and every medal I have won on the international stage has been down to the facilities and the staff here. “I am privileged to have performed the official opening,” said Jamieson. Jamieson was watched by his team-mates from the British Swimming National Training Centre, Bath, which is based at the University’s £30million Sports Training Village – one of only two such National Centres in the country.
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The University of Bath Sports Performance graduate, who famously won 200m breaststroke silver at the London Olympic Games, was shown a commemorative plaque by Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley before ceremonially cutting ribbons of blue and gold – the colours of sport at the University – to start a relay exhibition race. Olympic medalist Michael Jamieson today officially opened the newly-refurbished £1.6million London 2012 Legacy Pool at the University of Bath.
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Olympic medalist Michael Jamieson officially opens London 2012 Legacy Swimming Pool