Going for gold at the Olympic Games is great – but sport for all is even better Letters
about 1 year in The guardian
Readers respond to an article by Barney Ronay on Team GB and elitism in sportThere is certainly much to agree with in Barney Ronay’s piece (Do not adjust your reality: how slick Team GB played its part in dividing Britain, 10 August). However, we should welcome the many successes of Team GB over the last quarter of a century (largely fuelled of course by the National Lottery) and not throw away the many positive aspects of what has been achieved.The clear problem here is that this elite-level sporting success has not been followed up during the same period with the equivalent and necessary levels of investment in grassroots sport at every level. Continue reading...
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