The World Class Performance Programme is aimed at providing support for the UK's top athletes in the Olympic sports. It is a Lottery funded programme administered by UK Sport.
The Programme operates at three levels:
- Podium - supporting athletes with realistic medal winning capabilities at the next Olympic/Paralympic Games.
- Development - support for athletes who have realistic medal winning capabilities for 2012 and newly funded sports that are demonstrating the ability to be competitive by 2012.
- Talent - designed to support the identification and confirmation of athletes who have the potential to progress through the World Class pathway with the help of targeted investment.
For further information see UK Sport's World Class Performance web page ( www.uksport.gov.uk).