LONDON (AP) — British athletes have been given a goal of winning at least 10 medals at the European Championships to keep the country on track for fourth place at the London 2012 Olympics.
Funding body UK Sport wants Britain to finish fourth in the medal table for a second straight Summer Games and says athletes could win as many as 15 at the July 26-Aug. 1 European Championships in Barcelona.
UK Sport chief executive John Steele acknowledges the goal is “challenging” but that reaching the halfway point between the 2008 Beijing Games and London 2012 will “sharpen the mind even more.”
UK Sport expects British swimmers to win 35 medals at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October.
