News
15 July 2021- ASC
Taekwondo gold medallist champions athlete wellbeing
Lauren Burns OAM knows what it means to rise to a challenge, claiming Australia’s first Olympic gold medal in Taekwondo when the sport made its debut at the Sydney 2000 Games.
14 July 2021- ASC
Athletes to help shape future of female performance and health in sport
An athlete advisory group comprising Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes has been launched with the AIS to help guide the direction of female performance and health in Australian sport.
12 July 2021- ASC
Independent panel supported by Australian Sports Commission
The Australian Sports Commission is supporting the work of Swimming Australia to create a safer swimming community.
09 July 2021- ASC
Olympians send joy of sport to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
Cyclist Sarah Gigante and Hockeyroos player Mariah Williams have joined with the AIS Share a Yarn Initiative and the Happy Boxes Project to help women in remote Australian communities experience the joy and the benefits of sport and activity.
08 July 2021- ASC
NAIDOC Week 2021: "Going home is such a refresh. I feel brand new."
To proud Wiradjuri woman and AIS Share a Yarn Ambassador Gabby Coffey, her family is what helps her stay connected to country.
02 July 2021- ASC
Race car technology powers our Paralympic basketballers
AIS Engineering is using Formula 1 race car technology to put Australia’s wheelchair basketballers in the driver’s seat for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
01 July 2021- ASC
New tool to check and enhance wellbeing in sport
National Sporting Organisations will be able to measure and continually enhance their approach to athlete and staff wellbeing thanks to a new tool being launched by the Australian Institute of Sport.
30 June 2021- ASC
New Sport Australia program helping sports boost capability
Sport Australia is supporting the growth of small-to-medium Australian sports through its new $600,000 Capability Building program.
30 June 2021- ASC
Reset moment still driving Olympic surfer Sally Fitzgibbons
Just weeks before her Olympic Games debut, champion surfer Sally Fitzgibbons has revisited the 2015 moment that still drives her success, as part of the new IGTV series on Instagram called AIS Reset.
29 June 2021- ASC
“Sport is for everyone”: AIS partners with Pride in Sport
The AIS has strengthened its commitment to creating a safe and supportive community for LGBTIQ+ athletes, coaches and staff by becoming a Principal Partner Member of Pride in Sport.
25 June 2021- ASC
Hockeyroos at home at upgraded recovery centre
The opening of a new state-of-the-art change room and recovery facility has given Australia’s women’s hockey squad, the Hockeyroos, a huge boost ahead of the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games.
25 June 2021- ASC
COVID-19 still affecting Australia’s return to sport
COVID-19 remains a deterrent when it comes to rates of participation in organised sport but the pandemic has driven up rates of participation in socially-distanced sports and recreational activities.