Support for Scotland’s elite athletes will continue asnormal, but under the new arrangements the Institute of Sport that supports themwill have more secure and stable funding as a result of moving to government fundingrather than the unstable lottery funding on which it has had to rely to date.The structure of the new organisation will ensure ourathletes have the very best of support and the SIS will have the primary responsibilityfor delivering on the elite athlete programme.The high-performance hub will remain in Stirling and will be encouraged and supported to continue operatingin the innovative and unique way appropriate to the performance sport environment.The institute’s objectives will remain to put more ofScotland’s best athletes on the podium at major international sports events.The de-centralisationof the delivery structure will also ensure that we have the right people in theright place across the whole of Scotland.