Brazil won a record number of medals at the London Games and is aiming for a Top 10 finish at the 2016 Games in Rio, when athletes will be competing at home backed by unprecedented funding. Team Brazil won 17 medals overall in London, two more than it did in 2008 in Beijing and in 1996 in Atlanta. It finished with the same three gold medals as in Beijing, two short of its record from the 2004 Athens Games, when Brazil was 16th overall, according to AP. The Brazilian Olympic Committee said Sunday it has already identified some of the sports in which Brazil will have to improve to try to finish in the Top 10 in Rio. The committee wants Brazilian athletes making more finals, including in swimming and athletics. -- SPA
