Up by 44% http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/swimming/20755022 Still gets less than Canoeing despite the medals. Basketball, Handball and Wrestling lost all of its funding.
really happy about this, can only be a good thing for our sport, nice to see boxing getting credit for a change
Good for boxing. The funding figures are mad though. Rowing gets the most funding and sailing fourth most? Do toffs not have enough advantages already?
Funding is allocated mainly on how many medals they believe it will produce. If taking a dump was an Olympic sport, and UK sport felt there was a strong chance of winning medals in it, they'd be throwing more money at it than flies to **** (in which case there would be both money and flies being attracted to it).