After a press preview on Monday of NBC’s Olympics coverage, Burke told the Los Angeles Times that the company has hit its sales target for the Rio Games, which he said will end up being be “the most profitable Olympics in history”.
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And the Paralympic stars need to deliver at least 121 gongs – MORE than the record achieved at London 2012.
UK Sport has set 47 medals as the minimum target with a haul of 79 viewed as the best outcome.
Team GB finished London 2012 with 65 medals, a big improvement on the previous best of 47 gained four years previously in Beijing, but the intended tally for this year has again increased on previous events.
“We have sold over 70 percent of available tickets”, a spokesman for the Rio 2016 organizing committee said in an emailed statement.
Liz Nicholl, chief executive of UK Sport, said: “Targeting a record-breaking away Olympic Games and a Paralympic medal haul that surpasses that of London 2012 shows the ambition and talent within our high performance system”.
UK Sport targets cycling for the most medals, at least eight, followed by track and field (seven) and rowing (six).
The line-up was officially approved on Thursday by the Polish Olympic Committee.
Explaining the reviewed target, Timson added: “Throughout the cycle we have been working with the sports on an individual basis and refining more precise medal targets”.
Tennis and golf, both of which are not funded by UK Sport, have been set medal targets of between one and two. More than 48,700 muggings took place in Rio previous year, almost three times the number reported by NY, which has 30% more residents.
There will be a total of 84 athletes representing Croatia in 16 different sports at this summers’ Olympic Games in Rio…
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In 2012, Indonesia sent 22 athletes to the London Olympics with 19 of them passing qualifications and the rest with wild cards. “But we have a great opportunity to have a fantastic Games that will unite the nation”.
