Team GB pitch for more funding to join elite of Winter Olympics

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Great Britain’s Olympic chiefs have launched an impassioned defence of their £28m winter sport funding and are undeterred in asking for more money for the four-year cycle to Beijing 2022.

Team GB landed at London Heathrow airport on Monday afternoon, most operating on very little sleep after attending a Pyeongchang karaoke party fuelled by drink and adrenaline to celebrate a record‑breaking Games.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2ESLnfc