Preparing Britain for the London Olympic Games target of 10 European Championship medals

According to Associated Press: British athletes at the European Championship on the task to be accomplished at least 10 gold medals to win in order to ensure that the British Olympic Games in London in 2012 to retaining its position as No. 4.

Sponsors ------ England UK Sport hopes that the British team to second consecutive Olympic medals in the summer to keep 4th place finish, and that athletes may be on July 26 to August 1 held in Barcelona, won 15 European Championship medals.

UK Sport chief executive John - Steele (John Steele) acknowledged that this goal is "challenging", but the end of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to London, opened in 2012, preparation time is more than half the athletes that will make "more a sense of urgency. "

UK Sport expects the British swimmers are expected in October at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, won 35 medals.