I really question how much funding really affects performance. Can funding turn a canadian champion into world-champion? Does better funding help a world-champion canadian not make stupid mistakes like getting out of their rowing lanes or not slipping out of the starting blocks?
Personally, I'd rather see government money put toward encouraging healthy living, particularly within youth. It would have a trickle-down effect that would, over time, lead to better Olympic performances, simply by having more youngsters persuing athletics. A country like, for example, the Netherlands, doesn't win a lot of medals in the Olympics because they spend a lot of money on their athletes, they win because they have a healthy population and produce more athletes with the potential to get to that elite level.
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