TWO Bournemouth University students will represent Great Britain at the World University Championships in Taiwan later this month.

Noorin Gulam and Chloe Thomas will compete alongside more than 10,000 other athletes in one of the biggest multi-sport events in the world.

Sports psychology student and weightlifting scholar Gulam secured her place for Great Britain following some impressive recent results in national events.

Joining Gulam as part of Team GB is nutrition student and table tennis scholar Thomas.

Thomas, the 2016 Women’s British University champion, will represent BU and Wales before taking a year out from her studies to train for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.

BU’s strength and conditioning coach Stuart Martin has also been invited to attend as weightlifting coach for Great Britain.

Other successes for BU this year include the women’s cricket team, who came back from a four-year low to win their league under the tuition of Dorset cricket coach Rob Newton and golf scholar Robbie Thompson, who earned a top-25 place in the prestigious 69th Boyd Quaich tournament at St Andrews.

Martin Wells, sports development manager at BU, said: “We have seen a huge physical and emotional development with our athletes over the past few years and this is down to them wanting to engage with our professional support services as self-driven and motivated athletes.

"We look forward to the next generation of athletes coming to the university and continuing the legacy the current students have created.”

The World University Championships run between August 19 and 30.