Every medal won by the British Swimming team at the London Olympics cost a grand total of £8.4million each.
That's a hell of a price to pay, particularly when none of those lavishly funded gongs proved to be gold. The silver won by Michael Jamieson, plus Rebecca Adlington's two bronzes, were a truly grim return from £25,144,600 of public investment...
Did you know that Britain's swimming team are controlled by a chief executive living in Germany and a performance director based in Australia?
It's true. CEO David Sparkes and coaching supremo Michael Scott pop in and out of the country from their overseas homes.
The Mail, 6 February 2013:
British Swimming: A sports report on September 22, 2012, calculated that three medals won by the British team at the London Olympics had cost £8.4million each. In fact, the team's budget also funded diving, in which Tom Daley won a medal, and the Paralympic team, which won 39 medals. We also accept that David Sparkes, CEO of British Swimming, lives in the UK, not Germany, including for tax purposes, and apologise for any contrary impression given.
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"apologise for any contrary impression"?! Not "apologise for outright untruth"?
ReplyDeleteWriting, "chief executive living in Germany ... It's true," does not give an impression; it declares outright something intended to be conveyed as fact.
I apologise for any impression given that Mail "journalists" are lying bastards. (Not really: they are.)