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Olympics and Paralympics: GB athletes to get extra authorities funds in run-up to Paris Video games in 2024

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Olympics and Paralympics: GB athletes to get more government funds in run-up to Paris Games in 2024

A Crew GB Homecoming Live performance shall be proven on BBC One at 19:30 BST on Sunday

The federal government will improve its funding of Nice Britain’s Olympians and Paralympians by £23.4m yearly to £77.4m a 12 months to assist preparation for the Paris Video games in 2024.

The cash shall be offered along with Nationwide Lottery funds, and athletes hoping to compete on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics may even profit.

Nice Britain completed fourth within the desk after profitable 65 medals on the Tokyo Olympics.

The Paralympics start on 24 August.

An announcement from the Division for Digital, Tradition, Media and Sport stated funds would even be used to “assist kick-start the seek for the following technology of Olympic and Paralympic champions”.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated: “Crew GB confirmed us the perfect of this nation in Tokyo – demonstrating sportsmanship, exhausting work and record-breaking performances.

“From the pool to the observe to the velodrome, our Olympians gave us so many causes to be proud, and to rejoice their extraordinary success.

“This elevated funding will assist Crew GB to ship their very best performances in three years’ time in Paris.”

Dame Katherine Grainger, chair of UK Sport – the organisation that can obtain the funding – stated: “This dedication from our authorities, in addition to the unbelievable assist we obtain from Nationwide Lottery gamers, provides us higher certainty of delivering extra extraordinary moments to succeed in, encourage and unite the nation in Beijing and Paris, and likewise units us up completely for the ‘best decade’ of sport that we hope to ship within the years to return.”

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