World-class athletes have been invited to descend on Oxfordshire for training in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics.
Officials yesterday unveiled a list of more than 600 British venues that will feature in the official training camp brochure.
They include Alden Sporthorse on the Ridgeway, near Didcot, for equestrian training, Oxford University for athletics and hockey and Radley College, Abingdon, for archery, athletics, basketball and fencing.
The guide will be published at the Beijing Games later this year to help athletes from across the globe choose where they want to train for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Up to £25,000 is being made available by officials for each team that bases itself in the UK.
The athletes who choose Oxfordshire facilities would be expected to use the county as their base camp in the weeks or months preceding the Games.
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