Record funding package announced for Britain's winter athletes

LONDON, Aug 4 : Britain's Olympic and Paralympic winter sports athletes will receive a record £33 million funding package in the cycle leading up to Alpes 2030 after enjoying unprecedented success at this year's Games, funding body UK Sport said on Tuesday.The three gold medals at this year's Milano-Cortina Olympic Games was the best total for Britain, who had never returned from any previous Games with more than one."Milano-Cortina showed what British winter sport is capable of, with incredible performances across more sports than ever before, our best-ever Winter Olympic medal haul and a nation gripped by the amazing feats of our athletes," Kate Baker, Director of Performance and People at UK Sport, said."With another Winter Games on European soil and an incredibly talented crop of athle