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Originally Posted by Damien
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.
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And shooting which we always do well in but as the guy on the beeb said, its funding has been stopped and rightly so. Why rightly so, I'm no fan of the sport particularly but for years now I've been hearing.and seeing these people labelled gun nuts in rags and on the Telly and frankly I'm sick of it, God knows how people who enjoy or used to participate in it put up with it.