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Well, she has sponsors, shoota, and I expect they get something from the Olympic association, but they have to pay a lot themselves.
I don't know how or why the sports authorities expect Team GB to do well, when they get so little support. It's hard enough coming from a country with no real practice facilities, but to then be expected to take an EasyJet winter break just to get to the Games ... Grrr!!
The trouble is, too much of the money in sport goes to sports like football, in which our poncy prima dona team win sod all, rather than winter sports, in which we sometimes get a Gold medal.