UK Sport increase funding under revamped programme designed to deliver more medals in Rio than at London 2012 Cycling, athletics, boxing, canoeing, diving, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, rowing, sailing, shooting and taekwondo all received funding boosts under the four year £347m elite sports funding. Other sports like hockey, modern pentathlon, synchronised swimming, triathlon, women's beach volleyball, women's water polo and weightlifting received marginal increases. UK Sport has deliberately changed its funding strategy in the wake of the home Games. Where previously sports across the board were funded to help produce a credible performance at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the new focus is specifically on producing medals for Rio 2016 and the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. Sports have had be specific about their future chances and even name potential medallists to justify their slice of the funding pie. Chair Baroness Sue Campbell said UK Sport had learned about investing money strategically since the introduction of National Lottery funding into sport since 1997. "It is not about being popular, it is about making tough decisions," said Baroness Campbell. It is about investing in governing bodies, athletes and the system that will produce results we want to see. It is athlete centred, and continue our no compromise approach to investment. We want to continue our pursuit of medals at the Olympics and Paralympics and build a high performance system that brings us sustainable success beyond Rio and into the future. Many sports that have suffered a funding cut under the UK Sport formula were underpinned with increased funding from Sport England earlier in the week. The Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson said it was no accident that Sport England announced its funding yesterday and UK Sport today. "There has been a real effort to align the two strategies, the talent funding of Sport England is now closely aligned to UK Sport funding and it allows us to spend that money more effectively," Robertson said. But reaction from the sports that have been cut were swift. Team GB handball player Christopher McDermott said on twitter: "I am devastated, I am absolutely gutted."