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Originally Posted by gba93
If everyone took that view our Artistic Gymnastics team would never have got the funding a few years ago that brought us medals at London 2012 - if you've got a group of girls, coaches and parents like this (who are prepared to invest their own time and money) and they can achieve what they did (again look at their performance if you doubt me) then how much more is possible with the injection of funding and encouragement.
They deserve all the congratulations they get and I, for one, am looking forward to Rio 2016 to see what they can achieve there.
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Yeah but they were offered a chance to qualify and failed to get to the standard required didn't they? This is why they had such a hard time getting into the Olympics because the British Gymnastic association didn't put them forward as a result. Their performance (2nd from last) suggests this wasn't a poor decision and they are unlikely to get much funding to come.
There will be a cull of certain sports after these games. We're no longer the home nation and won't have as large a team going into 2016, naturally investment will be focused on sports where we can make an impact. Basketball and Handball are likely losers as well.
That's not to say that I don't admire their drive but I don't think the sporting authorities have any question to answer over their non-selection.