Wales celebrates 200 days to London 2012

Paul Dancey on 14/01/2012

When earlier this month the UK celebrated 200 days to go until the grand opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Chair of Sport Wales, Professor Laura McAllister, said: "Today marks 200 days to go to the London Olympics and it is very exciting to reach the home straight with the goal now clearly in sight.

"The Beijing Olympics were extremely successful for Wales and we will be looking to build on that with the likes of hurdler Dai Greene, triathlete Helen Jenkins, sailor Hannah Mills, boxers Fred Evans and Andrew Selby, and rower Tom James.

"Don't forget that Wales also won a quarter of Team GB's Paralympic gold medals in 2008, so we have justifiably high expectations for the London Paralympics too.

"We want Wales to be world renowned as a successful sporting nation, where winning is expected, but we're also keen that we make the most of what will be the biggest marketing campaign for sport and being active. We all need to be ready to capture the sporting demand that the Games will create - in our communities and in our schools. We must make the most of the fact that the Games is on home soil."

Source: Sport Wales

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