Woodward demands 'new mindset'

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A year into his job as Team GB's performance director, Woodward said in an interview with BBC Sport that the "clock is seriously ticking".

"Some sports don't need touching but we've got to crank up other sports and we've got to do it quickly," Woodward said. "There are some fantastic programmes out there - cycling, rowing, sailing, I've just gone 'wow' - but there are a lot of sports that we're going to have to move into a whole new mindset and way of doing things."

He added: "The clock is seriously ticking.

"There's obviously a lot of talking going on - I just hope they've been working hard at their jobs too and not just wondering what I'm doing."

Woodward, who led England to their triumph in the Rugby World Cup four years ago, was appointed the British Olympic Association's elite performance director last September.

He rejected criticism of his first year in charge.

"It would have been wrong to go charging in to all the sports saying 'this is what I think' or talking about rugby. That would have wasted everyone's time."