our reporter katie falkingham has been looking at this and told me earlier about some of the figuresd. this study was in the form of an anonymous questionnaire was sent to 615 athletes and we got 1a3 responses. the numbers are quite stark. more than three quarters of those that responded to us said they earn less than £30,000 from their sport. according to the office for national statistics, that is almost £5,000 less than the average salary in the uk. i think there is this preconception that athletes and a lot of money, but the survey shows thatis lot of money, but the survey shows that is not really the case. only eight of those who responded said to us that they earned more than £100,000 was poor, more than three quarters who responded said as sportspeople, they felt they were not paid as much as their male counterparts. bbc sport has chosen to keep responses from athletes anonymous, but what have they been saying to you? but what have they been saying to ou? , ., , but what have they been saying to ou? , . , . , ., , you? they have been really honest with us. you? they have been

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