Team GB’s Olympic rowing performance sparks funding questions
Podcast |
Best of Today
Publisher |
BBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Jul 30, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:06:42
Britain’s performance in rowing at the Tokyo Olympics has raised questions about how the team has fared since the departure of coach Jurgen Grobler last year. Some critics have also questioned the huge funding which British rowing has benefited from – especially in light of the success of the athletes in newer Olympic sports like BMX racing. Nick Robinson spoke to Simon Morton, Chief Operating Officer of UK Sport and first to Tim Foster, Olympic champion in the coxless fours in Sydney. (Image, Great Britain’s Men’s Eight, Credit, Press Association.)

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