Seven Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) athletes have been selected in the Australian team for the first ever Youth Olympic Games (YOG) taking place in Singapore from 14 to 26 August.

AIS athletes named in the Australian team are:

• Alice Ingley - archery
• Ben Nott - archery
• Mikhaela Donnelly - basketball
• Damien Hooper - boxing
• Jessica Fox - canoe/kayaking
• Hannah Thek - diving
• Zoe Johnson - swimming.

Australia's next generation of young sporting talent will take on some of the world's best junior athletes aged between 14 and 18 years old. There will be more than 3600 athletes representing 170 nations in 26 sports. 

Former Olympian and Chef de Mission for the YOG, Nick Green, said that Australia’s best junior athletic talent from a range of disciplines had been selected in the national team.

'The Youth Olympics will offer our young athletes an experience which proves a valuable step in their journey to represent Australia at the Olympic Games,' Green said. 'Accompanying them are 27 coaches, ten of whom are Olympians or have experience at this level.'

AIS athlete Mikhaela Donnelly will team up with Olivia Bontempelli, Hannah Kaser and Rosemary Fadljevic to play in a modified three-on-three basketball tournament.

Donnelly, a former member of the under-17 Australian basketball team is thrilled to be representing the green and gold.

'It will be an amazing opportunity to compete for Australia and to improve my game and skills under the three-on-three rules,' Donnelly said.

'The game will obviously be much quicker under the modified rules. We are going to have to shoot quickly, with less passing,' Donnelly said. 'We will be required to use different skills and play a range of positions under the modified rules.'

AIS archers Ben Nott and Alice Ingley have their sights set on recording strong performances at the Games.

Nott joined the AIS Archery program in 2008 and is excited to be named in the Australian team.

'It's a great opportunity to be representing Australia at this international level,' Nott said.

'I had my first junior world champs just a few months after arriving at the AIS and I was blown away by the high quality of archers competing,' Nott said. 'The experience was a positive one for me because it reinforced the quality and focus that you must display at the big meets to be amongst the medals.

'Coming to Canberra has been such a positive move for me, training with Australia’s best archers brings the best out of you.'

Australia is sending 100 athletes to the games.