CANBERRA, March 27 (Xinhua) — The head of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has warned the nation might fail at future Olympic Games with out a funding increase.
In a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra on Monday, AOC chief govt Matt Carroll known as on the federal authorities to ascertain a devoted division of sport to deal with a decline in sport funding.
Carroll mentioned within the lead-up to the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane, the federal government should make investments an extra 200 million Australian {dollars} (133.1 million U.S. {dollars}) yearly to make sure Australian athletes stay aggressive on the worldwide stage.
In addition to the 2032 Olympics, which would be the third time the Games have been held in Australia following Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000, the state of Victoria will even host the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Carroll mentioned with out funding “what governments in Australia want sport to achieve for the community is not going to happen.”
As an instance, Carroll cited Australia’s males’s volleyball group.
The Volleyroos had their funding lower by the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) after failing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics and have since fallen from thirteenth on the earth rankings to thirty ninth.
“As an industry sector, we are fiscal contributors to the nation’s well-being through the critical role sport plays in our collective health,” Carroll mentioned.