Winning Edge fails to deliver, so what now for Australia’s Olympic hopes?

[barryqwalsh]

In Rio, only 12 sports contributed to the final medal haul.


Rio 2016 is over and questions are being asked about why the Australian team didn’t perform any better. Making things worse is the fact that this worsening performance comes despite a new sports funding strategy that was supposed to boost the national medal tally.

Following a disappointing performance by the national team at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Australian Sport Commission implemented a new funding strategy called Australia’s Winning Edge. This approach projected a top-five finish on the medal table in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.



Winning Edge fails to deliver, so what now for Australia's Olympic hopes?

 

[Papageorgio]

It's Australia, they are irrelevant. Always will be.


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[Dekster]

You know it sounds a little like soviet-era Russia's "you must win or be punished" mentality.