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  • Australian Paralympian Stella Barton at Paris 2024 Games
    04 Sept 2024

    Versailles a dream venue for Australia’s Para equestrian team

    Stella Barton began riding at the age of seven, but it was the idea of competing against the stunning backdrop of Versailles that really sparked her dream of making her Paralympic debut at Paris 2024.

  • The Wheeling Diggers, Team Invictus Australia’s wheelchair rugby team, embrace after their bronze medal game in Düsseldorf 2023.
    • ASC
    04 Sept 2024

    ASC-Invictus partnership to showcase power of sport

    The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) will work with Invictus Australia to help veterans and their families improve their health and wellbeing through sport.

  • Woman joining video call with others
    • ASC
    02 Sept 2024

    Longstanding ASC program helping elevate women leaders in sport

    Women in administration, coaching, official and volunteer roles in sport can apply for a share of $200,000 in grants to help them progress their careers thanks to an Australian Sports Commission (ASC) program.

  • Madison de Rozario testing out her wheelchair with AIS Engineering
    • ASC
    30 Aug 2024

    The customised equipment helping our Paralympians go for gold

    For many Paralympians, the equipment they use plays a crucial role in their performance – it’s what enables them to compete and push boundaries in their sport at the elite level.

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    • ASC
    28 Aug 2024

    Anu Francis embarks on double mission in Paris

    Para triathlete Anu Francis has two goals in Paris: to bring home gold and raise the profile of rainbow athletes on the world stage.

  • Two girls smiling at the camera at the Olympics LIVE Watch Party
    • ASC
    28 Aug 2024

    AIS Arena hosts Paralympics LIVE Watch Party

    The AIS Arena will once again come alive with kids activities, sport demonstrations and challenges, big screens and bean bags when it hosts a Paralympics LIVE Watch Party this Saturday 31 August from 10am to 2pm.

  • Philo Saunders celebrates with Jaryd Clifford as he is presented with his gold medal after winning the Men's 5000m T13 Final race at the IPC World Para Athletics Championships 2019.
    • ASC
    27 Aug 2024

    High performance at high altitude for Paralympic prep

    Aussie Paralympians are in the final stages of their preparations before the Paris Games, and AIS physiologist Philo Saunders is ensuring our athletes are in peak condition. 

  • Alexa Leary celebrates in the pool after finishing a race
    • ASC
    22 Aug 2024

    61 rising stars ready to make their mark in Paris

    Next week the world will once again turn its attention to Paris with the 2024 Paralympic Games kicking off on August 28.

  • Image of members of the Physical Literacy Coalition
    20 Aug 2024

    Helping more Aussies be active for life

    Building a healthier generation of more active Australians is the aim of a new group created as part of the nation’s first co-designed Sport Participation Strategy – Play Well.

  • An australian swimmer prepares to start a backstroke swimming race
    • ASC
    20 Aug 2024

    Junior Dolphins descend on AIS for Pan Pacific Championships

    Australia’s Junior Dolphins will line up against the best young swimmers from the USA, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and more when the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships gets underway at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra tomorrow.

  • Image of girl playing touch football
    19 Aug 2024

    Affiliate program launched to help more Aussies Play Well

    A new program has been launched to ensure more organisations can help transform sport participation across Australia in line with the Play Well Strategy.

  • AIS-Griffith University Scholarship
    • ASC
    19 Aug 2024

    New Griffith University scholarship to help athletes win well in sport and in life

    The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is proud to partner with Griffith University on a new scholarship program supporting career pathways of Australia’s high performance athletes.

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