A total of four gold, four silver, and eight bronze medals were amassed across swimming, triathlon, rowing, athletics, and cycling respectively.

The enviable haul would see Loughborough sit 16th in the overall medal table if reclassified as a country.

This glowing total places the University ahead of nations Brazil, Austria, South Africa, and Jamaica in the official standings.   

In a championship that lived up to every inch of the pre-game hype, Loughborough’s highlights will live long in the memory, including Daniel Wiffen’s 800m swimming gold, Sophie Capewell’s incredible team cycling gold, and Loughborough’s huge involvement in the Men’s 4x400m bronze success, to name but a few.

Away from the podium places, all Loughborough athletes had a championship to be proud of with many also qualifying for Semi-Finals and Finals in their sports with a plethora of personal bests and season bests also achieved.

Alex Yee (Great Britain) and Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) were also selected as flag bearers for their countries during the closing ceremony.

Loughborough’s full list of medallists can be found below:

Gold:

Daniel Wiffen (Ireland), Swimming – Men’s 800m Freestyle, current Loughborough University student

Cassandre Beaugrand (France), Women’s Individual Triathlon, Loughborough College student, training base at the university, works extensively with Loughborough Sport Support Services

Alex Yee (Great Britain), Men’s Individual Triathlon, training base at the university

Sophie Capewell (Great Britain), Cycling – Women’s Team Sprint, current Loughborough University student

Silver:

Adam Peaty (Great Britain), Swimming – Men’s 100m Breaststroke, training base at the university

Paige Madden (USA), Swimming – Women’s 4x200m Relay, current Loughborough University student

Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Great Britain), Athletics – Heptathlon, training base at the university

Daryll Neita (Great Britain), Athletics – Women’s 4x100m Relay, former Loughborough College learner

Bronze:

Beth Potter (Great Britain), Women’s Individual Triathlon, Loughborough University alumna

Annie Campbell-Orde (Great Britain), Women’s Eight Rowing, Loughborough University alumna

Alex Haydock-Wilson (Great Britain), Athletics – 4x400m Mixed Relay, current Loughborough University student

Paige Madden (USA), Swimming – Women’s 800m Freestyle, current Loughborough University student

Daniel Wiffen (Ireland), Swimming – Men’s 1500m Freestyle, current Loughborough University student

*Beth Potter (Great Britain), Mixed Triathlon Relay, Loughborough University alumna

*Alex Yee (Great Britain), Mixed Triathlon Relay, training base at the university

Richard Kilty (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 4x100m Relay (heats), Loughborough College alumnus

*Alex Haydock-Wilson (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay, current Loughborough University student

*Charlie Dobson (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay, Loughborough University alumnus

*Lewis Davey (Great Britain), Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay, Loughborough College alumnus

*relays constitute one team medal

The university will look to add to its overall Paris tally with The Paralympic Games starting on 28 August.

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Notes for editors

Press release reference number: 24/131