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Line 45: \| remarks = }} '''UK Sport''' is the government agency responsible for investing inmoney sourced from the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)\|National Lottery]] and the government, into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="Au">{{cite web \|title=About us \|url=https://www.uksport.gov.uk/about-us \|publisher=UK Sport \|access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-sport\|title=UK Sport\|work=GOV.UK\|access-date=2018-12-03\|language=en}}</ref> It is an executive [[non-departmental public body]] sponsored by the [[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]].<ref name=":0" /> It was created following a "rock bottom" showing at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] where [[Team GB]] won just one solitary gold medal.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/24/london-2012-team-gb-atlanta\|title=London 2012: how Team GB's fortunes turned around after disaster in Atlanta\|last=Gibson\|first=Owen\|date=2012-07-24\|website=The Guardian\|language=en\|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref> Team GB and [[British Paralympic Association\|Paralympics GB]] went on to place third in the medal table at [[2012 Summer Olympics\|London 2012]]<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/19232685\|title=London 2012: Team GB finish third in Olympic medal table\|date=2012-08-12\|work=BBC Sport\|access-date=2018-12-03\|language=en-GB}}</ref> and second in the table at [[2016 Summer Olympics\|Rio 2016]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37150155\|title=Rio Olympics 2016: How did Team GB make history?\|date=2016-08-22\|work=BBC Sport\|access-date=2018-12-03\|language=en-GB}}</ref>

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