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Sam Dickinson: the race to Commonwealth gold

Published
Friday 12th August, 2022
Categories
Alumni

Sam Dickinson (Sports Science and Physiology 2019) returns from the Commonwealth Games 2022 with a gold medal from the triathlon mixed relay.

Team England triathlon mixed relay team stand on the podium to receive their medals

Female vegetarians at greater risk of hip fracture

Published
Thursday 11th August, 2022
Categories
Science
Health

A study of more than 26,000 middle-aged UK women reveals those with a vegetarian diet had a 33% higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters.

A cook mixes a bowl of freshly prepared vegetables

Saurav Ghosal: Star of India

Published
Wednesday 27th July, 2022
Categories
Alumni

Indian squash star Saurav Ghosal (Economics and Management 2008) honed his skills whilst studying at Leeds, and aims to add Commonwealth gold to his illustrious medal collection at Birmingham 2022.

Saurav Ghosal playing squash, swings his racket on court

Tyler Smith: a Bermudan triathlete made in Leeds

Published
Monday 25th July, 2022
Categories
Alumni

Bermudan triathlete Tyler Smith (Sports Science and Physiology 2020) goes up against Leeds teammates as he aims to help his nation to Commonwealth Games gold in Birmingham.

Tyler Smith runs out of the water during a triathlon race

True size of largest tropical peatland revealed

Published
Thursday 21st July, 2022
Categories
Global
Environment

A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought.

Prof Corneille Ewango of the University of Kisangani, DRC, takes notes in a peat swamp forest along the Ikelemba River in DRC.