The full Great Britain Men's 4x400m squad celebrate with their bronze medals. Image provided by PA / Alamy.
Brilliant bronze for Loughborough in Men’s 4x400m Relay
Loughborough athletes were instrumental in the Men’s 4x400m Relay, helping Great Britain to win a stirring bronze medal on the penultimate night of sporting action in Paris.
Current PhD student Alex Haydock-Wilson, alumnus Charlie Dobson, and Loughborough College alumnus Lewis Davey all duly delivered alongside team-mate Matthew Hudson-Smith as the quartet clocked a European record of 2:55.83 to hit the podium.
Haydock-Wilson, who also won bronze in the Mixed 4x400m earlier in the week, ran a storming opening leg in 44.51 seconds before passing the baton to Hudson-Smith (43.09) who handed over to Davey (44.90), before Dobson’s anchor leg (43.33) saw GB over the line and in the medals.
The USA took gold in 2:54.43 with Botswana taking silver in 2:54.53.
After the race, Alex Haydock-Wilson told BBC Sport: “It’s an honour to run out here - the city of love we felt the love tonight. Every single one of us has been preparing for this for a very long time and when we were in the call room we knew exactly what we had to do and it’s a pleasure to deliver for the UK public here today.”
Charlie Dobson said: “The rest of the boys did all the work for me really, I just had to get it round and I did very well with that I think and we secured it. These guys did the hard work and I had to roll with it. It was incredible.”
Tonight’s bronze concluded Loughborough’s Paris haul with an incredible 16 medals – four gold, four silver, and eight bronze.
The university will look to add to its tally with The Paralympic Games starting on 28 August.
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Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme and named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings – the eighth year running.
Loughborough is ranked 6th in The UK Complete University Guide 2025, 10th in the Guardian University League Table 2024 and 10th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’, and in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 over 90% of its research was rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
The full Great Britain Men's 4x400m squad celebrate with their bronze medals. Image provided by PA / Alamy.
Loughborough athletes were instrumental in the Men’s 4x400m Relay, helping Great Britain to win a stirring bronze medal on the penultimate night of sporting action in Paris.
Current PhD student Alex Haydock-Wilson, alumnus Charlie Dobson, and Loughborough College alumnus Lewis Davey all duly delivered alongside team-mate Matthew Hudson-Smith as the quartet clocked a European record of 2:55.83 to hit the podium.
Haydock-Wilson, who also won bronze in the Mixed 4x400m earlier in the week, ran a storming opening leg in 44.51 seconds before passing the baton to Hudson-Smith (43.09) who handed over to Davey (44.90), before Dobson’s anchor leg (43.33) saw GB over the line and in the medals.
The USA took gold in 2:54.43 with Botswana taking silver in 2:54.53.
After the race, Alex Haydock-Wilson told BBC Sport: “It’s an honour to run out here - the city of love we felt the love tonight. Every single one of us has been preparing for this for a very long time and when we were in the call room we knew exactly what we had to do and it’s a pleasure to deliver for the UK public here today.”
Charlie Dobson said: “The rest of the boys did all the work for me really, I just had to get it round and I did very well with that I think and we secured it. These guys did the hard work and I had to roll with it. It was incredible.”
Tonight’s bronze concluded Loughborough’s Paris haul with an incredible 16 medals – four gold, four silver, and eight bronze.
The university will look to add to its tally with The Paralympic Games starting on 28 August.
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme and named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings – the eighth year running.
Loughborough is ranked 6th in The UK Complete University Guide 2025, 10th in the Guardian University League Table 2024 and 10th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’, and in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 over 90% of its research was rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
