SIR STEVE REDGRAVE: I thought the National Lottery would make little change to Team GB's success... I did not think it would make the dramatic difference it has

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SIR STEVE REDGRAVE: I thought the National Lottery would make little change to Team GB's success... I did not think it would make the dramatic difference it has

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Only winning one gold medal at Atlanta 1996 was the moment that changed everything. In the media and in the eyes of the Government, it was a disaster. The Prime Minister, John Major, was adamant that something needed to be done about it. There were all sorts of different discussions, which I was involved in, including talk of copying the Australians by setting up sport academies. But we were already 10 to 15 years behind the curve.
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