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Wheelchair curling loses all UK Sport funding

By Matthew Campelli    27 Jun 2016
Great Britain's wheelchair curling team won a bronze at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics / ID1974/Shutterstock.com

Wheelchair curling has lost all its UK Sport funding for the 2018 Winter Olympics despite an overall funding increase for the Games.

Relegation from the World Wheelchair Curling Championships in 2015 and failure to requalify has demonstrated a lack of “credible medal potential” according to the elite sports quango, and further funding will be revoked.

In a statement, British Curling said it was "disappointed with the decision", but it understood the rationale behind it.

However, curling benefitted from an increase, from £5.4m (US$7.2m, €6.5m) to £5.7m (US$7.6m, €6.9m) over the cycle, while bobsleigh, figure skating, para alpine skiing and short track speed skating all received funding boosts.

Skeleton, ski and snowboard will continue to prepare for Pyeongchang 2018 with the same level of funding (see below).

Total investment for the Games now stands at £31m (US$41.1m, €37.3m).

UK Sport performance director Simon Timson – who is joining the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in November – said the organisation continued to “aspire and strive towards another record-breaking Games in Pyeongchang”.

SportPrevious PyeongChang cycle investment (13-17)Current PyeongChang cycle investment (13-17)

Bobsleigh£4,509,400£5,029,674
Curling£5,404,350£5,404,350
Figure Skating£1,082,881£1,382,881
Para Alpine Skiing£2,749,000£2,771,456
Short Track Speed Skating£4,247,400£4,379,564
Skeleton£6,549,617£6,549,617
Ski and Snowboard£4,890,326£4,890,326

UK Sport  Simon Timson  British Curling  Pyeongchang 2018 
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