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Diving is a particularly physically demanding sport, but elite athletes make it look easy. This is because they have stamina and strength as well as speed, agility and flexibility. The primary benefit for athletes training at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is the technical direction from world class coaches provided in a dynamic environment. Athletes also benefit from an integrated program of applied sports science and sports medicine.

They are also able to enjoy access to world-class training facilities while their training and competition performances are recorded and analysed by experts in the fields of biomechanics and physiology. Athletes are provided with an active recovery program and have their physical and mental health cared for by physiotherapists and psychologists. At the AIS, scholarship holders have access to world-leading services in all of these areas.

About AIS Diving

The primary goal of the AIS Diving program is to develop the skills of elite and potentially elite athletes so that Australia can maintain its current high international ranking.

The program began in November 1984. Diving was the first AIS sport to be located in Brisbane and the second sport located outside of Canberra. Before 1984, Australia's best divers trained in their home states with their respective club-based coaches.

The AIS Diving program was established as a centralised residential program based at the Sleeman Sports Complex in the Brisbane suburb of Chandler. The facility at Chandler, constructed specifically for the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, is still regarded as one of the best diving venues in Australia. Completion of the AIS Diving Dry Land Training Centre in October 1997 was another major improvement to the training facilities provided to scholarship athletes. A major refurbishment of the aquatic centre was recently completed for the 2001 Goodwill Games, which has further enhanced the training facilities in Brisbane.

Since its inception, the AIS Diving program has played a major role in Australia's rise to the status of top three diving nation in the world. Today, the efforts of internationally renowned coaches Hui Tong (Head Coach) and Wang Tong Xiang (Coach) ensure that the program continues to deliver all benefits of a world-class elite training centre to scholarship athletes.

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