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I prefer to listen to the other experts who say that the Aussie taxpayer paid 12c per Aussie per year to make up the $10 million, while the Australian Olympic Committee paid $10 Million raised through independant investments and sponsorships. According to Fox Sports columnist John Lehman, Corporate Australia has spent $38 million on the London and Sochi Olympic campaigns combined. He also made the point "We better give up on the Paralympics too as federal taxpayers will be giving $9,101,250 this financial year towards Paralympic sport – more than three times as much as our winter sport investment."
The Australian Newspaper's Nicole Jeffery also defended the performance of our Winter Olympians; "Australia has spent less than half of the money that Britain has to earn one less medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics."
So now we have to wait and see what happens next as because Australia didn't get a Gold Medal at this olympics, rumour has it they will undergo similar structural changes that the Summer Olympic team went through when their performance at London wasn't up to scratch.
Aussie snow journalist Rachael Oakes-Ash shared on her Miss Snow It All blog 60 reasons why we should applaud our winter olympic team, even if we didn't win Gold at Sochi. Have a read and remember that in every sport there are those that play for fun and those want to compete with the best in the world proudly wearing their country's colours.
I say congratulations to all of our Olympians for even managing to get to this level. I know I'll never be there and recognise the hard work and sacrifices made by these sports men and women to get where they have.
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| Australia's Winter Olympic Team prior to the Sochi Closing Ceremony. | Photo from https://www.facebook.com/AUSOlympicTeam |
