Surf meets Snow

Michelle Steele
AIS Skeleton athlete Michelle Steele

21 Nov 2008

Imagine flying head-first down an icy winding 1200-metre bobsled track at speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour!

Journey through an Australian Institute of Sport success story by learning how a group of sun-kissed Aussies defied all the odds and joined the world's best on the Winter Olympic stage. 

Experience how they learnt to drive themselves head-first down the ice when you visit the new and adrenaline charged interactive Skeleton exhibit in Sportex.

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Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

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700 athlete scholarships offered on average annually at the AIS.
263 current and former AIS athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
143 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from the AIS since its establishment.
35 thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas while at the AIS.
0.5 million people visit the AIS each year