Saturday, August 23, 2008

Canada eyes top 10 in medals for 2012

Rudge says it's time to raise the bar as battle plans get drafted

BEIJING–Canada's strong second half at these Games has a top Canadian Olympic Committee official talking about a top-10 finish in 2012.

COC chief operating officer Chris Rudge told the Star yesterday it may be time for Canadians to aim higher.

"Quite frankly, the way we're going right now we're going to have to reassess what our goals and objectives are for London 2012, because there's a good chance we could achieve our London objective here," he said. "Our objective for London was top 12, but I think we're sitting (near that) right now in overall medals."

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