UK stars such as Dina Asher-Smith risk being unseen and underfunded unless the governing body gets back on track The best of times, the worst of times. In Dina Asher-Smith, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Jemma Reekie and Laura Muir, UK Athletics has four potential Olympic champions pounding loudly at the door. Yet its lucrative BBC TV contract worth more than £2m a year has ended, there are fears UKA may have to scrap its Diamond League meetings as a result and it is now staring at more red ink on ...
End to BBC deal risks best of British athletes running on empty | Sean Ingle
The Guardian - 7 Sep 2020 09:00
UK stars such as Dina Asher-Smith risk being unseen and underfunded unless the governing body gets back on track The best of times, the worst of times. In Dina Asher-Smith, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Jemma Reekie and Laura Muir, UK Athletics has four potential Olympic champions pounding loudly at the door. Yet its lucrative BBC TV contract worth more than £2m a year has ended, there are fears UKA may have to scrap its Diamond League meetings as a result and it is now staring at more red ink on ...
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