Athletics especially the sprinters get way too much funding versus their success.

One more point

The whole episode stinks. I watched the competition, he (Hubbard) showed little intent to win. His 2nd lift looked good and his team could have appealed, nothing. Having failed for a 3rd time, he was not the least upset Publicity stunt? Possibly. How about the theory that by failing against women the IOC can say, no advantage was gained. Be prepared for more and more of this, women’s sport is on a rapidly downward spiral.
The IOC have decided to leave transgender participation up to individual countries. Wait for a team of transgender Chinese/Russians playing in the rugby

Yes, that's the funny thing about this Olympics. The sports I should I wasn't give a fig about were the exact ones I was almost spellbound by. Those bmx lot were something else. Shameful that some had to 'crowd fund' to even get there.

It must be a difficult decision to choose who and what to fund. Its really about potential of winning a medal and formally rowing was great for us. Not forgetting that the host can choose not to include certain sports so years of investment could go down the swanny. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Partly that, and partly wanting to win the prestige events (why sprinters tend to get more funding). Let's hope that the BMX lot get access to funding next time around, since they've shown that they're world class in their field.

You never know, maybe we should push for conkers, doubt any other countries have heard of it , or indeed have the skill we have aquired!