{"id":30648,"date":"2026-05-07T10:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/30648\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:27:19","slug":"british-judo-welcomes-additional-uk-sport-investment-ahead-of-la-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/30648\/","title":{"rendered":"British Judo Welcomes Additional UK Sport Investment Ahead of LA 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"single-post__date\"> May 07, 2026<\/p>\n<p> <img width=\"1044\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2024-12-16-at-14.50.35.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>British Judo has welcomed confirmation of additional investment from UK Sport as preparations continue for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"817\">As part of UK Sport\u2019s latest Annual Review process, close to \u00a34 million of additional funding has been allocated across Olympic and Paralympic sport to strengthen medal potential and support athletes on the road to LA 2028.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"1079\">British Judo\u2019s visually impaired judo programme will receive an additional \u00a3202,500 investment, helping provide greater access to international camps and competition opportunities for athletes competing on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1581\">Performance Director Kate Howey MBE welcomed the announcement and highlighted the importance of international exposure for the next generation of British athletes:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1585\" data-end=\"1926\">\u201cThis uplift in funding from UK Sport is a significant boost for our visually impaired judo programme and the athletes within it. It means more time on the mat at the right level, more international competitions, more high-quality camps, and more opportunities for athletes like Evie Gormley to test themselves against the best in the world.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1930\" data-end=\"2124\">\u201cThat exposure is critical. It accelerates development, builds belief, and ultimately gives us a stronger platform to deliver medals on the biggest stages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2351\" data-end=\"2680\">The investment forms part of UK Sport\u2019s wider ambition to maintain Great Britain\u2019s position among the world\u2019s leading Olympic and Paralympic nations, with funding aimed at supporting emerging medal opportunities, adapting to evolving qualification systems and strengthening athlete pathways.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2682\" data-end=\"2850\">British Judo remains committed to building on the progress made across recent Olympic and Paralympic cycles as the programme looks ahead to Los Angeles 2028 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Watch out for further news from British Judo by checking out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishjudo.org.uk\/news-hub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest news section<\/a>.\u00a0You can also catch up via our official social media platforms,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/britishjudo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BritishJudo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/britishjudo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 07, 2026 British Judo has welcomed confirmation of additional investment from UK Sport as preparations continue for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13336,4871,13337,13338,10232,13339,5,6,13340],"class_list":{"0":"post-30648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-la-2028","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-olympics","11":"tag-los-angeles-paralympics","12":"tag-olympics","13":"tag-paralympic","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-visually-impaired"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116532821586214553","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}