World News – USA – Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Funding: Who Are The Winners And Losers?

Wherever there is money there are winners and losers, and despite a looming global and national recession, there is still a lot of dosh floating around the British Olympic and Paralympic system, writes Tom Harle.

UK Sport has a guarantee to fund Tokyo 2020 and a record $ 352 million. GBP announced to be distributed to 43 sports for Paris 2024.

After Wheelchair Rugby finished fifth at the Paralympics in Rio, he had to find sponsors for JustGiving and hold charity events after raising $ 3 million in funding at the end of 2016. GBP had been reduced to zero.

« We will do everything we can to strengthen the trust placed in us and to move from fourth in the world to a medal position, » said David Pond, CEO of GB Wheelchair Rugby.

The sport was resumed for Paris in 2024 and was awarded £ 3. 15m for their Olympic athletes and £ 1. 1m for Paralympic supplies.

Adrian Christy, CEO of Badminton England, said: “We are confident that we have players who are capable of reaching podiums in 2024 and who have always believed in our talent. ”

A lack of support from the UK sport for basketball, a hugely popular participatory sport, has lasted a long time and they are one of ten sports that have received new progression funding.

After the women’s team 330. £ 500 were allocated to qualify for Tokyo 2020 and British Basketball, they will now receive £ 1. 35m from the progression pot.

« With this money we can pursue a longer-term strategy to rebuild the national governing body after a difficult financial phase, » said BBF interim chairman Toni Minichiello.

Skateboarding was confirmed for Paris 2024 this month and is one of seven progression sports along with other new Olympics climbing and surfing.

« This is a landmark for the sport and allows us to work with the skateboarding community to lay the foundations for talent and world-class performance programs that complement the culture of skateboarding, » said James Hope-Gill, CEO of SkateboardGB.

The British archery athletes exceeded expectations in 2019: the women’s team won bronze at the world championships and Jess Stretton took silver at the para-archery world championships.

This was rewarded with the largest increase for any sport remaining in the world-class program, an increase of 129% to 2. 134. 257 GBP

« We are pleased that our efforts and hard work over the past few years have been recognized, » said Olympic Director David Tillotson.

It follows shortly after the controversial decision by the ICF to cut the sprint discipline in which Briton Liam Heath is the reigning Olympic champion.

“We have to make some modifications within the sprint discipline. We’ll be rolling out a new Sprint Racing Performance Strategy in early 2021 that includes plans to increase participation. ”

This is extremely disappointing news, especially given Jack Buckner’s strategic vision, British Swimming

Judo plans to cut the visually impaired program significantly after Paralympic athletes lost more than half of their funds.

« Reducing funding will make our development much more difficult, but we will still find a way to deliver the best program for our fighters, » said Performance Director Nigel Donohue.

The modern Pentathlon is « urgently » looking for clarification as to why its funding has been reduced by 20% to just under £ 4. 4m and have already indicated their intention to appeal.

The sport, which has been converted to a 90-minute elimination format for Paris 2024, has delivered medals for Team GB in four of the last five Olympic Games.

« This decision puzzled us about the lack of parity in all of the sports that receive this crucial funding, » said Sarah Heath, CEO of Pentathlon UK, in a strong statement.

“We absolutely disprove the notion that the funding cut reflects what our world-class program at Pentathlon UK is capable of, nor the high ethical and operational standards that we maintain across our organization. ”

British artistic swimming duo Katie Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe have received aspiration funding for Tokyo, but funding for Paris 2024 has been cut and water polo is also missing.

« This is extremely disappointing news, especially given the strategic vision we have for the sport and the success of our duet, » said Jack Buckner, CEO of British Swimming.

“Nevertheless, the feedback for both disciplines was positive and we hope to have the opportunity to successfully bid for other investments in the future. ”

Leeds will face United in the league for the first time in more than 16 years.

Keep up to date with the latest updates from Selhurst Park as Premier League action kicks off over the weekend.

Beth Hepple leads Durham’s promotion offer in the Liverpool duel. Durham’s top scorer can focus on her promotion challenge against Liverpool as her pub role is constrained by Covid-19 restrictions.

Players must arrive in Australia by mid-January to end the quarantine and participate in warm-up tournaments.

Steven believes that having more players talking about their struggles can only do something to ease the pressure of being in the spotlight.

Arsenal will be hoping to end six Premier League games without a win at Goodison Park against Everton at Goodison Park this afternoon. Pressure has increased on Mikel Arteta, who hasn’t seen his team win in the league since beating Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford in early November. Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw against Southampton ended at least four straight domestic league defeats but did little to alleviate the feeling of crisis in north London.

Ramsdale has one more conceded goal since returning from Bournemouth in August.

Manchester City still have Sergio Aguero fitness concerns ahead of today’s clash with Southampton. Aguero have only made the Premier League starting grid twice this season, playing the final 15 minutes of Tuesday’s 1-1 draw against West Brom. An illness kept him out of the Manchester derby last weekend and Pep Guardiola says Aguero is unlikely to be in St. Mary’s will start.

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Welcome back to the Evening Standard’s LIVE coverage of the latest transfer news as clubs plan ahead for the January window, which is now less than two weeks before it opens. Chelsea spent over £ 200m in the summer window and signings like Kai Havertz, Timo Werner and Edouard Mendy have faced mixed fortunes at Stamford Bridge which could see Frank Lampard doing more business in the New Year. Arsenal will be desperate for new signings in January after a hot form that has put pressure on manager Mikel Arteta. The Gunners are said to close a deal for Hertha Berlin’s Omar Rekik after missing RB Leipzig-bound Dominink Szoboszlai.

Moyes has had a positive start to the season. The Hammers have scored 21 points in their first 13 games.

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