SYDNEY: Two of Australia’s biggest Olympic sports, swimming and athletics, had their annual high-performance funding cut yesterday by the government-backed Australian Sports Commission (ASC). Swimming, the best-funded of Australian sports saw its 2013-14 allocation from the ASC reduced by 5.8 percent to A$8,165,000 (US$8,389,000). Athletics Australia’s high-performance funding was cut by 3.8 per cent to … Continue reading Australian Olympics sports, swimming and athletics get funding cuts