Great Britain's Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Amber Anning celebrate after winning a bronze medal in the 4 x 400m Relay Mixed Final at the Stade de France. Credit: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Loughborough take stunning double bronze on exhilarating night in Paris
Loughborough athletes added another two bronze medals to the tally after an electrifying night in Paris.
As the heavens opened over a packed-out Stade de France for the athletics, it wasn’t just the weather brewing up a storm.
Step forward current Loughborough PhD student Alex Haydock-Wilson who duly delivered as Great Britain claimed bronze in the 4x400m Mixed Relay.
Running an explosive third leg, Haydock-Wilson made incredible ground as Great Britain crossed the line in a national record of 3:08.01 to win a stunning bronze. The Netherlands took gold in 3:07.43 with the United States taking silver (3:07.74).
Setting off in lane eight, Great Britain’s team consisted of Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Amber Anning.
Over in swimming, current student Paige Madden’s dream games continued in earnest after claiming a gutsy bronze medal in the Women’s 800m Freestyle. Only two days after winning silver in Women’s 4x200m, Madden claimed a superb maiden individual games medal for the USA.
Madden’s personal best time of 8:13.00 was met with a rapturous reception from the crowd inside the La Défense Arena. USA compatriot Katie Ledecky took gold and Australia’s Ariarne Titmus won silver.
Paige Madden (left) on the podium with her bronze medal. Image provided by PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo.
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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.
Great Britain's Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Amber Anning celebrate after winning a bronze medal in the 4 x 400m Relay Mixed Final at the Stade de France. Credit: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Loughborough athletes added another two bronze medals to the tally after an electrifying night in Paris.
As the heavens opened over a packed-out Stade de France for the athletics, it wasn’t just the weather brewing up a storm.
Step forward current Loughborough PhD student Alex Haydock-Wilson who duly delivered as Great Britain claimed bronze in the 4x400m Mixed Relay.
Running an explosive third leg, Haydock-Wilson made incredible ground as Great Britain crossed the line in a national record of 3:08.01 to win a stunning bronze. The Netherlands took gold in 3:07.43 with the United States taking silver (3:07.74).
Setting off in lane eight, Great Britain’s team consisted of Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Amber Anning.
Over in swimming, current student Paige Madden’s dream games continued in earnest after claiming a gutsy bronze medal in the Women’s 800m Freestyle. Only two days after winning silver in Women’s 4x200m, Madden claimed a superb maiden individual games medal for the USA.
Madden’s personal best time of 8:13.00 was met with a rapturous reception from the crowd inside the La Défense Arena. USA compatriot Katie Ledecky took gold and Australia’s Ariarne Titmus won silver.
Paige Madden (left) on the podium with her bronze medal. Image provided by PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo.
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.
