clipped from: online.wsj.com The U.K. cut funding that sharpshooter and Olympic hopeful Georgina Geikie needed for training.
Her disillusionment reflects an unfortunate reality: Having fought for years to host its first Olympics in more than six decades, the U.K. is facing the daunting prospect of preparing for the Games amid the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression. While officials say the promised £9.3 billion ($15.3 billion) budget to build stadiums and put on the show remains intact, the government has quietly scaled down plans for Britain's own team, focusing its limited resources on those sports in which it believes it has the best chance of winning medals.
