'MORE MEDALS AND MORE MEDALLISTS' IS THE AMBITION
AS UK SPORT SETS OUT TOKYO 2020 INVESTMENT FIGURES
UK Sport, the nation’s high performance sport agency, today revealed its ambition for British athletes to deliver more medals and medallists at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to inspire the nation, underpinned by a £345m investment of Government and National Lottery funds.
UK Sport’s strategic leadership and investment approach over the past 20 years, working in partnership with the British Olympic and Paralympic Associations, led to record-breaking performances by Britain’s National Lottery funded athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.
Great Britain became the first host nation in history to better both its Olympic and Paralympic medal haul at the next Games, and finished in second place on both medal tables with 214 medals overall and 255 medallists. 214 medals represented Great Britain’s best ever overseas combined Olympic and Paralympic medal haul.
In preparation for the next Games, UK Sport began working with sports over a year ago on their individual strategies for success at Tokyo 2020 to ensure that the momentum continues from Rio to Tokyo, providing a significant competitive advantage.
The ongoing commitment from Government to supporting the nation’s ambitions for success on the Olympic and Paralympic stage has seen sustained levels of overall investment for the Tokyo cycle, at a challenging time for National Lottery good causes revenue.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
World Cup of
Gymnastics
April 8
ITU World Triathlon Series
June 10-June 11
Men's Hockey World
League Semi-Final
June 15-June 25
WORLD CLASS TO WORLD LEADING
A group of nine coaches have graduated from UK Sport’s Elite Programme, which aims to take high performance coaching from world class to world leading.
TAEKWONDO WORLDS COMING TO THE UK
Great Britain will host the World Taekwondo Championships in 2019 as part of a successful bid for a series of events to be staged in the lead up to Tokyo 2020.
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