RIO 2016: One year out from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Chef de Mission of the Australian Olympic Team, Kitty Chiller, says it is time some other sports “stepped up” and won medals to ease the pressure on our swimmers. 

“The swimmers should not carry the burden of medal success for the entire Team,” she said.

“History shows the swimmers win around a third of our medals at the Games. In London they won 10 and we finished with 35 medals. There have been big developments and if the swimmers produce 15 medals in Rio that points to us winning around 45 medals.

“An excellent result but I feel we need to take the pressure off the swimmers, we should not rely on them to always deliver the bulk of our medals. It is time the other sports stepped up.”

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