More from our interview with UK Sport chief Sally Munday below.
Asked her if the funding agency was qualified to commission an independent review into concerns raised by British gymnasts about mistreatment, given the litany of other athlete welfare scandals in recent years
Asked Munday if it was time to re-visit @Tanni_GT recommendation in 2017 for an independent sports ombudsman to handle athlete welfare issues.
Says she’s wary of more bureaucracy, but is open to the idea and it will be discussed by UK Sport board
Munday on why it was right for British Gymnastics to step away from the independent review into abuse allegations, and why UK Sport can be trusted to commission it
Asked Munday whether the time has now come for the British Athletes’ Commission @TheBAC to have more funding and be independent of @uk_sport
Says she’s “open” to idea
“I believe it was conducted ethically.”
Asked UK Sport chief Sally Munday about @sportingintel @draper_rob story that GB Olympians at London 2012 secretly tested experimental substance DeltaG - a synthetic version of a naturally-occurring body acid called ketones.
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