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Sports Minister bets Team GB鈥檚 gold medal haul will outweigh Australia鈥檚

Hugh Robertson鈥檚 wager with Australian Sports Minister.

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and The Rt Hon Hugh Robertson
Published
26 July 2012
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Sport and Olympics Minister and his Australian counterpart have both shown how confident they are in their respective countries amassing more Gold medals than the other this summer, by betting on who will get the most.

If delivers the most Gold medals, keen rower Kate Lundy has vowed to pick up her oars to row , dressed in GB colours.

If the pick up more Gold medals than Team GB, then Hugh Robertson has promised to don the Aussie hockey strip and team stick to dribble a ball around Australia House.

Close rivals

In the , Team GB scooped 47 medals, including 17 Golds, which placed them fourth overall in the medal table. Australia came sixth with 46 medals, including 14 Golds.

UK Sport has set a for Team GB in the London Games, however in some quarters the .

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Published 26 July 2012