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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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Related Stories:

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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