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Olympics: Confidence riding high for London 2012
Posted By kirstypage On 07.11.10 @ 6:34 pm In news | No Comments
A two day summit that brought together the Team Leaders of the sports that, collectively, will comprise Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics, concluded at Loughborough University this week.
Led by Chef de Mission, Andy Hunt, members of Team GB’s Leadership presented the blueprint for success in 2012 and delivered a detailed review of the high performance, operations and logistics plans to support Team GB before, during and after the London Olympics.
Talking about the summit, Hunt commented, “The Team Leaders will play an absolutely vital role in supporting and delivering Team GB’s vision to maximise the once in a lifetime opportunity presented to us at London 2012. The meeting helped to further shape, define and add detail to our planning and preparations for 2012.”
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Athletics: Kelly Sotherton drops heptathlon in favour of 400m [1]
Cycling: Riders selected for 2010/2011 Olympic Acadmey selected [2]
Junior Sport: School Olympic Games to take place across England [3]
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Cycling Team Leader, Dave Brailsford, said, “This Team Leaders meeting has demonstrated the positive change in the management and leadership of Team GB that has taken place over the last two years. I have great confidence in the quality of comprehensive planning and preparations being put in place for Team GB.”
Full list of Team Leaders:
Swimming – Micheal Scott
Diving – Alexei Evangulov
Open Water – Mark Perry
Synchronised Swimming – Biz Price
Water Polo – Joanna Wray
Archery – Sara Symington
Athletics – Charles van Commenee
Badminton – Andy Wood
Basketball – Chris Price
Boxing – Rob McCraken
Canoeing – John Anderson
Cycling – Dave Brailsford
Equestrian – Will Connell
Fencing – Graham Watts
Football – Hope Powell
Gymnastics – Tim Jones
Handball – Lorraine Brown
Hockey – David Faulkner
Judo – Margaret Hicks
Modern Pentathlon – Dominic Mahony
Rowing – David Tanner
Sailing – Stephen Park
Shooting – Phil Scanlan
Table Tennis – Richard Yule
Taekwondo – Gary Hall
Tennis – Paul Hutchins
Triathlon – Heather Williams
Volleyball – Kenny Barton
Weightlifting – Fiona Lothian
Wrestling – Shaun Morley
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[1] Athletics: Kelly Sotherton drops heptathlon in favour of 400m: http://www.sportsister.com/2010/11/03/athletics-kelly-sotherton-drops-heptathlon-in-favour-of-400m/
[2] Cycling: Riders selected for 2010/2011 Olympic Acadmey selected: http://www.sportsister.com/2010/10/31/cycling-riders-selected-for-201011-olympic-academy-programme/
[3] Junior Sport: School Olympic Games to take place across England: http://www.sportsister.com/2010/10/08/junior-sport-school-olympic-games-to-take-place-across-england/
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