Uk Sport

uk: Under UK Sport's new blueprint for elite sport, which will come into force after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, more athletes will be funded across more sports, according to The Guardian. UK Sport urged to change funding model for Olympic and Paralympic Games Read more One major change is UK Sport will change its rules to allow it to fund sports with a realistic chance of making an Olympic podium in four to eight years even if its current crop falls short. No compromise, which was introduced 20 years ago, brought huge success at Olympics and Paralympic Games but it also led to increasing questions about whether investing in fewer and fewer sports was the right way to inspire a nation. It will also set up a new progression funding stream to benefit up-and-coming sports and athletes. People still believe in our principal objective of success in Olympic and Paralympic Games, the London 2012 rowing gold medallist said. The UK Sport chair, Dame Katherine Grainger, insisted the organisation's main focus would still be to win as many medals as possible. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.