Olympic swimming's first heat just went off

After Eddie the Eagle "soared" in Calgary British funding for Winter Sports was severely cut. This sort of behavior is pretty standard anywhere; the Brits have probably got their fair share of bureaucratic twerps. e.g. Look what they did to Mark Foster for the last Olympics. It has been my experience that many sporting bureaucrats have big egos too and like to throw their weight around, making their presence felt.

After Eddie the Eagle "soared" in Calgary British funding for Winter Sports was severely cut. This sort of behavior is pretty standard anywhere; the Brits have probably got their fair share of bureaucratic twerps. e.g. Look what they did to Mark Foster for the last Olympics. It has been my experience that many sporting bureaucrats have big egos too and like to throw their weight around, making their presence felt.