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Team GB suffer gold medal slump despite improved overall haul

Funding for UK’s Olympic sports, adjusted for inflation, has fallen around 17 per cent since 2008

The British Olympic team suffered a significant drop in gold medals at the Paris games even while increasing its total medal count, a mixed result that follows concerns about funding pressures in UK sport.

Team GB finished with 65 medals as the Games ended with a spectacular ceremony at the Stade de France on Sunday evening, one above the haul in Tokyo three years ago and towards the top end of the stated target range of 50-70 announced last month.

However, the 14 gold medals in Paris marked the lowest number of British Olympic champions since the nine in Athens two decades ago. British athletes won 22 golds in Tokyo, and 27 in Rio in 2016.

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