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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Andy Hampson

Deaf swimmer Nathan Young accuses funding bodies of discrimination

One of the UK’s fastest deaf swimmers has accused the country’s funding bodies of discrimination over the lack of cash for elite deaf athletes.

Nathan Young, who is ranked fourth in the world in some of his events, is not entitled to any Government or National Lottery money to fund his pursuit of gold.

The reason is that UK Sport, the agency which allocates funding on behalf of those entities, is focused solely on Olympic and Paralympic sports.

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