How the UK is caning us in sport

By Harriet Alexander
Updated June 9 2017 - 9:44am, first published May 22 2017 - 11:52pm
City2Surf :SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - August 14: SMH News: City2Surf :Action from the 46th Sun Herald City 2 Surf Fun Run from Sydney's CBD to Bondi Beach. (Photo by James Alcock/Fairfax Media)

aBC9T2563.jpg Photo: James Alcock
City2Surf :SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - August 14: SMH News: City2Surf :Action from the 46th Sun Herald City 2 Surf Fun Run from Sydney's CBD to Bondi Beach. (Photo by James Alcock/Fairfax Media) aBC9T2563.jpg Photo: James Alcock

It may be anathema to Australians to take sporting lessons from the British, but a stagnating national exercise rate has prompted policy-makers to turn to the mother country for help.