A young boy eats an ice cream below portraits of the BMX athlete Shanaze Reade and celebrated diver Tom Daley, both funded by the National Lottery, an exhibition featured in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. As the tally for gold medals climbed, so the argument over government funding for the young gathered pace. In times of austerity, schools and sports clubs had their budgets for sport reduced and Team GB's success raised more concerns for the future of British youth as potential medal winners.
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