But in the three-and-a-half years that have À̹ÌÅ×À̼ǽðè=À̹ÌÅ×ÀÌ¼Ç À̹ÌÅ×À̼ǽðè À̹ÌÅ×À̼ǹ̷¯±Þ passed since Rio 2016, a series of bullying and discrimination scandals embroiling some of the country's best-funded high-performance programmes has shown the risks of such an approach.
There has been the fear that in many cases, winning came at the expense of welfare ³²ÀÚ·¹Çø®Ä«»çÀÌÆ®=³²ÀÚ·¹Çø®Ä«»çÀÌÆ® and duty of care. The case of former sprint cyclist Jess Varnish - who claimed she had been the victim of discrimination when dropped from Team GB's Olympic squad - was a defining moment.
Until 2017 little thought was given to safeguarding in the mainstream media. But then - ·¹Çø®Ä«¹Ì·¯±Þ=·¹Çø®Ä«¹Ì·¯±Þ thanks to the courage of whistle-blowers like former Crewe player Andy Woodward - football's appalling non-recent child sex abuse scandal was finally revealed.