Board member Chris Grant laments ‘massive underrepresentation’ in terms of diversity in elite sports
Team GB is not representative of the diversity of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with too many sports still dominated by white, suburban sportspeople and too few encouraging athletes from urban areas, according to a Sport England board member.
While the BMX riders Kye Whyte and Bethany Shriever have been standout stories of the Tokyo Olympics, the latter had to crowdfund and work as a teaching assistant to travel to competitions before British Cycling funded her in 2019. Another inspirational competitor, Emily Campbell, who became the first British woman to win a weightlifting medal when she took silver in the over-87kg category, also funded herself to glory.
