UK Sport Confirms London 2012 Targets
UK Sport has confirmed the performance expectations for each Olympic sport at the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer.
The organisation has set an overall tagert of at least 48 medals from 12 different sports, and confirmed the goal of top four in the medal table.
In return for more than £300m invested in Olympic and Paralympic sports and athletes over the past four years alone, each sport agreed a performance target range with UK Sport. The performance target range for each sport has been monitored over the past four years. Performance targets for the Paralympic Games will be released in August.
‘This is a significant milestone for British sport,’ said Baroness Sue Campbell, Chair of UK Sport. ‘Thanks to the backing of our government and the National Lottery over the past 15 years, and more recently the investment we have received from Team 2012, we are able to confirm that our goal of top four in the Olympic medal table at our home Games remains on track.’
Hugh Robertson MP, Minister for Sport and the Olympics, added: ‘Team GB goes into London 2012 as the best prepared team in British history. Funding from the Exchequer and the National Lottery has enabled UK Sport to put in place a high performance system that works, as demonstrated in Beijing in 2008 and by numerous fantastic performances since then. Expectations for medal success are high but I am sure our athletes will rise to the challenge. London 2012 is the culmination of many years of training and hard work and I wish all our athletes the very best of luck.’
