Athletics puts you on the map. No one gives a rats arse about rowing and canoeing when it comes to exposure and sponsorship.
Which is idiotic, of course. Fund successful athletes and force other people to earn their cheque.
I guess we'll have to see how well the athletics stars start doing in the next couple of years. Adam Gemili (22), Cindy Ofili (22), Morgan Lake (19), Sophie Hitchon (25), Katarina Johnson-Thompson (23), Charlie Grice (22), Jazmin Sawyers (22), Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (22), Dina Asher-Smith (20), Bianca Williams (22), Holly Bradshaw (24) etc. They're all young still but some of them are barely heard of even though they've made finals and it's because they rarely win medals in those finals.
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