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 | | The new funding formula is intended to redress what many Canadian athletes, coaches and high-performance officials have long argued is a primary reason for elite Canadian athletes underachieving in Olympic competition: inadequate funding for training and competing relative to other countries. |
 | | But delegates from some of Canada's smaller, developing federations argue that it's really a form of reverse Robin Hood, stealing the already meagre funding of struggling sports and handing it over to sports that are already successful. |
 | | Under the new guidelines, 30 per cent of sport funding will be tied to Olympic and Pan-Am Games results; a gold medal will bring $45,000, with $40,000 for a silver, and so on, down to $10,000 for an eighth-place result. |
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