MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has hit out at funding cuts to minor sports announced on Monday, saying they would create "enormous problems" for planning and budgeting ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games.
The government-funded Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) announced a new investment model which will boost high performance funds for a number of sports but cut funding to others deemed to have lower medal-winning chances.
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