Olympic gold medallists welcome sporting legacy investment boost
- Sport England awards £3.5 million to successful sports
- Olympic Champions Ed Clancy and Tim Brabants confident of strong sporting legacy.
Successful sports governing bodies are to receive extra investment from Sport England to boost their grassroots programmes and deliver a lasting sporting legacy beyond the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
A total of £3.5 million has been awarded to help drive up participation numbers in netball, cycling, running, canoeing and lacrosse.
Sport England Chief Executive, Jennie Price, said: "Cycling, running and netball are three success stories for community sport. They show how it can be done. We are recognising their success through this extra investment."
Minister for Sport and the Olympics, Hugh Robertson MP, said: "These sports bodies have delivered on our key objective of driving up participation. The £3.5 million of additional funding for these sports is so that they can continue this work, capitalise on the added interest that comes with hosting the Olympic Games and help create a real sporting legacy."
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