UK Sport’s ‘no compromise’ policy finally comes up for debate | Sean Ingle

Ed Warner’s call for change in the ‘bloated’ and ‘flawed’ Olympic sport funding system puts the focus on medals in the spotlight

The battle for UK Sport’s soul has raged for years but it has been a one-sided skirmish. The policy of “no compromise” – which rewards successful sports and rips funding from those that fail – has always triumphed. Why, its supporters argue, tamper with a system that has taken Britain from 38th in the medal table at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 to second at Rio 20 years later?

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