‘Better than Beijing’ is Britain’s main medal target (Reuters)

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is unlikely to improve on the home haul of 65 medals in London four years ago and the main target for next month’s Rio Olympics is ‘better than Beijing’, UK Sport said on Thursday. The high performance sports agency said its target was to come home with at least 48 medals. The 2008 Beijing Games saw Britain’s best showing to date at an overseas Olympics with 47 medals — the bottom of the current target range that has 79 as the best possible outcome.