Top-10 finish the aim for Brazil with one year to go


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 05 Aug 2015

The full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Foreign coaches, big investment and a focus on new sports are Brazil's weapons as the 2016 Olympics hosts target a top-10 place in the medal table for the first time at the Rio de Janeiro Games a year from now.

Brazil hopes to win medals in at least 13 different sports with a quantum leap in performance.

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