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The Olympic dream, so beloved of Australians, is receding. After next year's Beijing Olympics, government funding ought to be concentrated on sports in which Australia stands a chance of winning a medal, marginalising others, says an influential administrator.
In an interview in today's edition of Inside Sport, Australian Sports Commission chief executive Mark Peters says this only makes sense. "Unless there is a major investment of funds for sport, we have no alternative but to go the way of specialising (in sports and events)," Peters says. "That may appear very un-Australian, but it is just the reality of our situation.
"If we continue at the same investment level, we can either support a whole lot of sports and be mediocre, or we can invest in a smaller number of sports and continue to be successful."
But as a federal election campaign begins, Labor is having none of having less. "It is disturbing that the sports commission is mooting cuts to programs in this way," said sports spokesperson Senator Kate Lundy. "From the ALP's point of view, we would maintain the elite sports budget and maintain the current programs. I would be seeking guarantees from the commission that it would not be cutting funding."
The ASC is the body that distributes government money to sport. Its budget of about $250 million a year is divided among 68 sports, including 28 Olympic sports. Funding to Olympic sports totalled $33 million last year, $60 million this year.
Australia punches above its weight at the Olympic Games. It finished fourth on the medals table in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004, behind superpowers the US, China and Russia, all with vastly more people and money.
But the rest of the world has woken up to Australia's success and its ways. "We are now seeing a number of the biggest countries, such as China, Russia, France and Great Britain, pouring massive resources into sport," says Peters. "At the other end of the scale, there are African, Asian and smaller European nations which are taking a professionalised approach to sports whereby they are deciding to put all their resources into specific sports."
Australia must also be smarter, says Peters. That would mean plenty of money still for swimming and cycling, for instance, since they are traditional strengths. It might mean focusing on technical athletics disciplines such as long jump and triple jump, in which Australia still has advantages in resources and facilities. It would mean not taking on the Kenyans, for instance, at distance running, or the Americans in the sprints.
It would mean priority for individual sports over teams. Team sports are costly but can only win one medal at a time (though it would be brave to cut funding to hockey). It would mean leaner times for sports at which Australia rarely succeeds. Inside Sport gives as examples badminton, fencing, handball, table tennis, wrestling and weightlifting.
Australia Weightlifting Federation chief executive Matthew Curtain said yesterday his sport was under no illusions. Typically, a team consisted of 15 lifters, but in the future might be limited to the three or four with chances, he said. "Just because we've always done it a particular way doesn't mean we always have to."
A spokesman for Sports Minister Senator George Brandis said: "There has been record investment in sport by the Howard Government, with a 135 per cent increase in funding for the Australian Sports Commission since 1996. The Coalition is unashamedly proud of its commitment to sport in Australia."
AOC chairman John Coates was not available.

The Australia Women's National Basketball Team (nicknamed The Opals) is the women's National Basketball team for Australia. They won Gold at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006 defeating New Zealand's Tall Ferns in the final match with a score of 77-39. They then followed it up with a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women, beating Russia 91-74. The Opals became the first non-American team since Soviet Union in 1983 to become world champions with their victory over the Russians. They then won a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics losing to America,92-65.

GOLF AUST (Sydney)
Adam Scott will go head-to-head with Stuart Appleby for the 2009 Australian Open title in the final round at NSW Golf Club.
Scott moved to 15-under after a third round five-under 67 as he continues his late resurgence after an ordinary year.
Appleby couldn't quite match his heroics of the first two days when he carded consecutive rounds of 66, but a third-round 71 left him on 13-under and right in the hunt for his second national championship.
CRICKET AUST (Adelaide)
Australian batsman Shane Watson is on the verge of his breakthrough Test century when the second Test continues against the West Indies in Adelaide.
The Aussies will resume at none for 174 with Watson not out 96 and his opening partner Simon Katich on 71.
WATSON has yet to make a Test ton but with Katich has made an emphatic start in reply to the West Indies' first innings total of 451.
MOTOR V8 (Sydney)
Ford star Jamie Whincup has secured his second straight V8 Supercar driver's title with a fifth place finish in the opening race of the Sydney 500 event.
The TeamVodafone star, who only needed to finish higher than 28th in the 250km race of the 3.4km street circuit at Olympic Park, was always comfortable in an incident-filled event.
Holden's Garth Tander won the 74-lap race from Ford duo Mark Winterbottom and Jason Bright.
SOCCER AL COAST (Gold Coast, Qld)
Gold Coast United have grabbed a gutsy 2-1 A-League win over Central Coast Mariners at Skilled Park.
Gold Coast came from 1-0 down to defeat the high-flying Mariners with second half goals from Shane Smetlz and Andreww Barisic.
Matt Simon scored for Central Coast.
SOCCER AL SYDFC (Sydney)
Two Alex Brosque goals have helped reignite Sydney FC's A-League campaign as the Sky Blues cruised to a comfortable 4-1 home win over North Queensland.
Sydney, who went into the game on the back three successive defeats, went up 2-0 at the break thanks to goals from John Aloisi and Brosque
CUP WA (Perth)
Luke Ronchi and Mitchell Marsh have guided Western Australia to a five-wicket one-day win over Victoria in Bunbury.
In reply to the Bushrangers' 8-277, the home side reached 5-279.
WA's 18-year-old sensation MARSH again led the way, this time with a mature knock of 60 off 80 balls with just two boundaries to follow up his blistering 60 off 29 balls last Wednesday.
CUP TAS (Launceston, Tas)
An outstanding innings from Tasmanian skipper George Bailey has carried his side to an unconvincing win over NSW in the one-day match in Launceston.
Bailey top-scored with an unbeaten 74 off 89 balls to help the Tigers to 7-178 with five overs to spare in reply to NSW's 177.
Steven Smith was the best of the NSW bowlers with 3-43 off his 10 overs.
GOLF EUROPE (Sun City)
Retief Goosen has extended his lead heading into the final round at the Sun City Challenge after shooting a 5-under 67 to sit two shots clear of Australian Robert Allenby and Angel Cabrera.
Goosen holed a 25-footer from the fringe for an eagle on the ninth and added three three birdies to be at 12-under 204 after three rounds.
Allenby and Cabrera both shot a 68 to be at 10 under.
RUGBY BARBARIANS (Twickenham)
Bryan Habana has scored a hat trick of tries to lead the Barbarians to a 25-18 win over New Zealand at Twickenham.
Habana speed and Matt Giteau's kicking accuracy—the Australian five-eighth booting two conversions and a penalty—were the difference between the two teams.
WC10 TICKETS (Cape Town)
Football fans have begun applying for one million tickets to 2010 World Cup matches after yesterday's group-stage draw.
The latest online sales phase has opened after the 32 teams were assigned their first-round matches in South Africa.
Fans must apply by January 22, with oversubscribed matches are allocated by lottery.

Sydney Sports
The gongs just keep coming for Stephanie Rice, with the glamour girl of Australian sport named a list of the nation's top 100 Olympians of all time.
The list was compiled by the Australian Olympic Committee's esteemed historian Harry Gordon.
Eye-catching medley swimmer Rice rocketed to stardom this year on the back of her stunning deeds in the pool, culminating in three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics.
The 20-year-old from Brisbane was joined on the list by fellow Beijing champions such as diver Matthew Mitcham, triathlete Emma Snowsill, pole vaulter Steve Hooker and kayaker Ken Wallace.

Two clearly and provably false statements. What else has he said that is wrong?
Now, I don’t want to deny that Amway Australia, like Amway North America and Amway UK, has been struggling for growth in recent years. In my opinion, over the last decade Alticor and IBO leadership have been a little too focused on new market openings and not made changes when and where they’ve been needed in existing markets (such as dealing with Internet reputation issues). But if there are problems, as evident looking at the real data, why the falsehoods and doomsaying in the comments of Orrin Woodward’s blog? Why not just deal in the facts? Well, as I said, it’s my belief the commentator is Trevor Chatham. Chatham was kicked out Amway Australia for what Amway thought was unethical practices. The language style and claims are virtually identical to those Chatham has already been found guilty of ignoring a court order for spreading. What’s he doing now? MonaVie. Yup, he’s just bad mouthing the competition, aided and abetted by Orrin Woodward.
Meanwhile, Amway Australia moves on. They’ve introduced the Amway Australia Business Centres, which I think are a great initiative, and I’ve recently learned an extremely well known Australian sports star has been signed as a new member of Team Nutriway (Nutrilite is marketed as Nutriway in Australia, New Zealand, and Scandinavia). Nope, not the fellow to the right (more on him below). Like Asafa Powell, Ronaldinho, Sanya Richards, Liu Xiang, and Jen Stuczynski, the new spokesperson will be promoting Nutriway products. This month’s Amway Australia Because Magazine reveals however that another Australian sports star is doing more than just acting as a product spokesperson. Yup, the fellow to the right. Rugby Union and Rugby League football champion Mat Rogers and his girlfriend, model and television personality Chloe Maxwell, were recognized this month as a new Platinums. Here’s what they had to say about the business

Sports CONNECT is a program created by the Australian Sports Commission and supported by Bowls Australia and Bowls SA. It is about creating sporting options for people with disabilities, in this case ‘Bowls’.
Sports Connect was created to define inclusive sport – that sport should be about having access to a wide range of options – thus providing people with disabilities with choices. It’s about finding ways for sport to include more people with disabilities in what they do – in whatever role people with disabilities chose. It’s about helping disability groups understand the many benefits of sport and about demystifying how difficult it is to get involved. Essentially, it is about ensuring those all important links between sports and disability groups are effective and result in more people with disabilities being involved in sport.
Bowls SA is committed to providing a positive experience for all bowlers with disabilities through the Sports Connect Program. Our Networks include State Disability organisations such as Wheelchair Sports SA (www.wheelchairsports-sa.org.au), the South Australian Sport and Recreation Association for People with Integration Difficulties (SASRAPID) (www.sasrapid.com.au) and the South Australian Blind Bowlers (Ray McKay   p. 8265 0891). There are also events and programs specifically for bowlers with disabilities.
There a many training programs for coaches, officials and volunteers who are looking to work with bowlers with disabilities and these can be found on the Office for Recreation and Sports Training Page

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