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UK Sport to double investment in winter sports up to 2018
Great Britain's success at the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics has led UK Sport to double its funding for winter sports over the next four years.
UK Sport will invest up to £31m in eight sports after Team GB won 10 Olympic and Paralympic medals in Sochi.
It is a rise from the £14.2m invested in the run-up to the 2014 Games.
"The record £31m investment announced reflects the belief we have in the potential of our winter sports," said UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl.
UK Sport will invest up to £31m in eight sports after Team GB won 10 Olympic and Paralympic medals in Sochi.
It is a rise from the £14.2m invested in the run-up to the 2014 Games.
"The record £31m investment announced reflects the belief we have in the potential of our winter sports," said UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl.
Britain's Sochi Olympic team surpassed the three-medal target set for them by UK Sport.
Lizzy Yarnold's skeleton gold, silver for the men's curlers, plus bronzes for the women's curlers and Jenny Jones in snowboard slopestyle equalled the record of four medals Britain won at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924.
In the Paralympics, Great Britain enjoyed their most successful Games since Innsbruck in 1984 with six medals - one gold, three silvers and two bronzes.
"Our Winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes performed exceptionally in Sochi," added Nicholl.
"Inspired by our summer teams' performances at London 2012, our winter athletes followed suit; proving that our UK system is working and we can create a nation of winners."
Lizzy Yarnold's skeleton gold, silver for the men's curlers, plus bronzes for the women's curlers and Jenny Jones in snowboard slopestyle equalled the record of four medals Britain won at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924.
In the Paralympics, Great Britain enjoyed their most successful Games since Innsbruck in 1984 with six medals - one gold, three silvers and two bronzes.
"Our Winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes performed exceptionally in Sochi," added Nicholl.
"Inspired by our summer teams' performances at London 2012, our winter athletes followed suit; proving that our UK system is working and we can create a nation of winners."
Source: BBC
