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UK Sport invests £1.7M in Paralympic sport

UK Sport has released details of a massive £1.7 million investment programme in Paralympic sport to support the British team for the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.

02 May 2002

UK Sport looks to the future

It may only be just over 24 hours since the Olympic flame was extinguished in Salt Lake City, but UK Sport today announced that it is already making plans for Turin 2006.

26 February 2002

Curlers stress value of Institute support

Rhona Martin, the newly-crowned women's Olympic Curling champion, today explained how cutting edge technology had a major part to play in the British team's dramatic gold rush.

22 February 2002

Martin skips curlers to Gold in Salt Lake

The women's curling team, led by skip Rhona Martin, won Great Britain's first Gold medal at a Winter Olympics since 1984 with victory over Switzerland in a dramatic final on Thursday.

22 February 2002

Alex Coomber wins Team GB's first medal

Alex Coomber won Britain's first medal in Salt Lake after finishing third in the Bob Skeleton on day thirteen of the Games. The women's curling team are assured of at least a Silver after making the final.

21 February 2002

The first seven years of Lottery funding

A new DCMS report examining the enormous impact that the National Lottery has had on sport at all levels since tickets first went on sale seven years ago has been released.

08 January 2002

Sports science boost for British sport

Sports science support available to Britain's leading athletes and coaches will be improved following an agreement between the UK Sports Institute and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science.

13 December 2001

UK Sport welcomes funding review

UK Sport Chairman Sir Rodney Walker today welcomed Dr Jack Cunningham's report into the funding of elite sport and promised that his organisation would approach the report's recommendations with an open mind.

11 September 2001

Key figures react to Beijing decision

The British Olympic Association has welcomed the IOC's decision to award Beijing the 2008 Olympics, and has said it will continue to investigate the possibility of bidding for the 2012 Games.

13 July 2001

£23m award for English Institute

Sport England have announced an award of up to £23,540,000 for the English Institute of Sport Sheffield project. This multi-sport facility forms part of the UK Sports Institute network.

05 July 2001

£1m scientific support for UK Athletics

A one million pound four-year plan was unveiled this week by UK Athletics to give the UK's leading athletes unprecedented scientific support through to the 2004 Olympic Games and beyond.

25 May 2001

Training opens new doors for sliders

British sliders have been given a performance boost in their ambition to dominate the sport of Bob Skeleton, following UK Sports Institute training in the use of video and coaching analysis software.

02 May 2001

The UK's Sporting Preferences

New UK Sport research, published recently, highlights the impact of the Sydney Olympics and Paralympics on the UK public's sporting preferences.

01 May 2001

British sports given coaching boost

British sport's Performance Directors were given the cutting edge business tools to help them win Gold at future major championships at a seminar organised by the UK Sports Institute.

26 April 2001

World Class Facilities for Nottingham

World Class athletes in the East Midlands region are boosted by the announcement that £2.7 million will be made available for elite training facilities that will form part of the UK Sports Institute.

08 March 2001

Swimming receives boost from Sports Institute

Sport England awards world class 50 metre training pool to Loughborough University, boosting swimming facilities available through the UK Sports Institute.

03 March 2001

UK moves into top five sporting nations

As the last sporting year drew to a close, news came that the UK can lay claim to being among the top five most successful nations in world sport.

01 January 2001

UK Sport announces UKSI Board

The key figures who will shape the development of the UK Sports Institute's services were unveiled today by UK Sport.

12 December 2000

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