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Media advisory: UK Sport funding announcement

From UK Sport

WHO: Baroness Sue Campbell, Chair, UK Sport, Hugh Robertson MP, Minister for Sport, Liz Nicholl, Chief Executive, UK Sport

UK-Sport-logoWHEN: Tuesday 18 December at 14:00

WHERE: UK Sport, 40 Bernard Street, London, WC1N 1ST

WHAT: UK Sport will be announcing its funding awards to Olympic and Paralympic sports for the 2013-2017 period, to support the preparation of British athletes for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond. As part of this announcement, UK Sport will also state its high level performance ambitions for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

To notify us of your attendance or for more information, please contact Grace Cullen, Press Officer: grace.cullen@uksport.gov.uk / 0207 211 5120

NOTES TO EDITORS

Please note we will not be able to provide any information under embargo in advance of this announcement.

In the meantime we can provide the following background information:

http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/funding-decisions

UK Sport’s investment principles can be found here:

http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/investment-principles/


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