Bex Rimmington Blog
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:38:01 EST - Category: News
Melton's Bex Rimmington has been rewarded for her superb performances this season with a place on the newly formed Great Britain Paralympic Academy programme.
Bex, who rides for Melton Olympic, has enjoyed great success on the road and track, winning a bronze at this years World para-cycling road race championships.
Bex will join the rest of the squad from 2... |
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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:17:00 EST - Category: News
Melton Olympics Bex Rimmington and Lora Turnham represented Great Britain at the World Para-cycling Championships in Manchester over the weekend. To start their campaign the tandem pair competed as a last minute entry in the 1-kilometer time trial, they posted another fantastic time of 1.12.875 taking half second off what they posted 2-weeks ago. Waiting anxiously their time was good enough to secure fourth place, with the Americans posting a time of 1.12.222 for silver and the Germans 1.12.475. Paralympic and reigning World Champions Ellen Hunter and Aileen Mc... |
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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:14:23 EST - Category: News
Melton Olympic's Bex Rimmington and Lora Turnham made their track debut at the British Track Championships at the weekend. Competing in the Invitational Tandem Kilo, the girls surprised everyone by posting a time of 1.13.189, a time that would place them in the top 10 in the world.
More renowned for their endurance abilities, the tandem pairing have showed that they can mix with the best of the sprinters and the British selectors have included them as a late entry fo... |
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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:04:51 EST - Category: News
Melton Olympics Bex Rimmington has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Para-cycling Track Championships to be held in Manchester on 6th-8th November.
Piloting visually impaired rider Lora Turnham on the tandem, the pair will be hoping to build upon their recent success at the World road championships in Italy, competing on the final day of the championships in the 3km pursuit.
The girls ar... |
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:04:28 EDT - Category: News
Great Britain clinched seven medals, including three golds, at the Para-Cycling World Road Championships in Italy.
Paralympic champion Sarah Storey won both the time trial and road race in her LC1 category.
"I was second in 2006 and missed the 2007 event with a broken collarbone so this is great to win," she said.
Darren Kenny edged out great rival Javier Ochoa from Spain by two seconds to win the CP3 road race.
Ochoa had won the time trial earlier in the week, with Kenny finishing third, but the Bri... |
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:59:42 EDT - Category: News
September 13, 2009; Bogogno, Italy; by Barney Storey
Report - DAY 4 - Afternoon session
Tandem time - McGlynn & Hunter (left) and Rimmington and Turnham (right) prepare for the off
The final race of the Paracycling World Road Race Championships with Great Britain representation was the VI Tandem Women's road race. GB had two tandems in t... |
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:53:41 EDT - Category: News
By Chris Harby
WEDNESDAY 5PM: Cyclist Bex Rimmington has given her Paralympic ambitions a massive boost with a world championship bronze last weekend.
The Melton sportswoman and visually impaired tandem partner Lora Turnham powered Great Britain to a ... |
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:44:59 EDT - Category: News
Melton Olympics Bex Rimmington competed in the Rudy Project National Time Trial series with tandem partner Lora Turnham, near Worcester at the weekend. Competing over a 16.4mile undulating course the pair posted a time of 42.08, to place second only 20-seconds behind double paralympic gold medallist Simon Richardson.
The next stop was the Bridlington CC Tandem 10-mile Time Trial. In wet and windy conditions the pair posted a time of 22.13, Bex and Lora... |
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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:53:31 EDT - Category: Events
Melton Olympics Bex Rimmington has been selected for the 2009 World Para-cycling Championships in Bogogno, Italy in September. The pairing of Rimmington and Lora Turnham impressed the GB selection panel with their results from the recent Europa Cup, to be selected for both the road race and the time trial.
Further good news followed, when both athletes were selected by British Cycling for the newly formed Paralympic Development Program which provides riders with the support they need to become world class athletes. Bex commented "I'm a... |
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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:52:45 EDT - Category: Events
Bex Rimmington was representing Great Britain at the Para-cycling Europa Cup in Piacenza, Italy at the weekend. Riding with visually impaired stoker Lora Turnham on the tandem the pairing started Saturday with the 72km criterium around the town centre. In 38 degree heat, it was the pairings first international outing against most riders who were in Beijing. The first few laps were active with different countries trying to separate the group, however it was the Irish and German pairings that got away leaving Bex and Lora with the Italians, Spanish and Canad... |
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