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AIS Accelerate cohort eager to ‘make a difference’
From record-breaking results to Olympic and Paralympic performances, the 2024 Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Accelerate cohort has achieved incredible success over the course of their careers — and they're not finished yet.
AIS Win Well Podcast: Maddison Keeney and Domonic Bedggood
Diver Maddison Keeney is feeling on top of her game as she prepares to represent Australia at her second Olympics in Paris.
AIS launches new online concussion course for healthcare practitioners
Healthcare practitioners across Australia will now be able to increase their knowledge about the assessment, management, and treatment of sports related concussions, thanks to a new, free online course launched by the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS).
Breaking barriers through sport: The experience of people from refugee backgrounds
Coming to Australia was a “dream come true” for David Jongkuch Ayuen, a football player from South Sudan who grew up in a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya.
AIS Win Well Podcast: Danni Di Toro and Melissa Tapper
Melissa Tapper has a busy few months ahead of her, with the table tennis player to once again represent Australia in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
AIS hosts She Hoops scholarship camp
Some of Australia’s brightest basketball talent have spent the past three days at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra as part of a She Hoops Leadership and Confidence Scholarship camp.
AIS Win Well Podcast: Spencer Turrin and Angus Widdicombe
Two of the Australian Men’s Rowing Eight – Spencer Turrin and Angus Widdicombe – take control of the AIS Win Well Podcast in Episode 4 and reveal how they keep it all in perspective while competing on the world’s biggest sporting stage.
The role of the athlete in concussion in sport
Concussion affects athletes at all levels of sport from the part-time recreational athlete through to the full-time professional. Paralympian Sam Carter is one our athletes who has shared his story as part of the 2024 AIS Concussion and Brain Health Position Statement online resources.
Learning from experience
Nine high performing women are gaining hands on international experience and being fast tracked on their coaching journeys through the AIS Experiential Learning Program (ELP).
Athletes around the world to benefit from Virtual Internships program
Snow Australia athletes Samantha Gaul and Fedele de Campo spend more than half the year training and competing overseas, but thanks to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Virtual Internship program, the pair will be able to undertake vital work experience over the next few months.
AIS Win Well Podcast: Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine
London 2012 medallist Olivia Price had been retired from sailing for five years when, during a socially distanced walk during the COVID-19 pandemic, family friend Evie Haseldine asked her to help her win Olympic gold.