UK Sport splashes cash in bid for success in Rio
- Published: 18 Dec 2012 at 23.46
- Online news: Sports
British athletes will benefit from a pound sterling347million ($563 million) funding boost as UK Sport chiefs aim to dominate the 2016 Rio Olympics after this year's successful London Games.
British gold medal-winning boxer Nicola Adams pictured during a parade in London celebrating Britain's athletes who competed in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on September 10, 2012. British athletes will benefit from a £347million ($563 million) funding boost as UK Sport chiefs aim to dominate the 2016 Rio Olympics after this year's successful London Games.
The record cash injection is an 11 percent increase on the funds made available for London 2012 and will be distributed over the next four years.
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