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Old 11-04-06, 05:17 PM
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Beat me to it, Joe! I was just about to post:

News: Cash boost for British Olympians
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/othe...12/4897538.stm
Quote:
UK Sport has awarded an extra £65.3m to Olympic and Paralympic events as a first step ahead of London 2012.
Summer Olympic sports are to receive an extra £58.8m up to 2008 and summer Paralympic sports will get £6.5m.
It means all Olympic sports other than ******** and tennis will receive at least £465,000 a year.
The article then lists specific sports. Of our sport it says:
Quote:
Archery
Funding '06-09: £2,371,000
% increase in '06/07 on existing award: 66%
Gold medals available: 4
Team GB Max Squad size: 6
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