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  • Maddison Keeney and Domonic Bedggood AIS Win Well Podcast
    26 June 2024

    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.

  • Image of young athlete receiving medical attention on field.
    • ASC
    25 June 2024

    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).

  • AIS Win Well Podcast Danni Di Toro and Melissa Tapper
    19 June 2024

    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.

  • David Jongkuch Ayuen pictured with a sports field behind him.
    • ASC
    19 June 2025

    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.

  • Image of scholarship recipients in a huddle on the basketball court
    • ASC
    17 June 2024

    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.

  • Angus Widdicombe and Spencer Turrin
    • ASC
    14 June 2024

    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.

  • Photo of the Australian Volleyroos at the Women's AVC Challenger Cup 2024
    • ASC
    11 June 2024

    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).

  • Australian Paralympian Sam Carter
    • ASC
    11 June 2024

    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.

  • Alpine skier Samantha Gaul
    • ASC
    07 June 2024

    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.

  • Win Well Podcast Episode 3
    • ASC
    06 June 2024

    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.

  • The AIS Practitioner Development Program 2024 cohort.
    • ASC
    06 June 2024

    Developing world-class practitioners for long-term success

    Contributing to every athlete’s success is a dedicated team of performance support practitioners helping them stay at the top of their game.

  • AIS Win Well Podcast Episode 2
    • ASC
    31 May 2024

    AIS Win Well Podcast: Alyce Wood and Vanessa Low

    Despite their different sporting paths – one is a soon-to-be three-time Olympic kayaker and the other a long jumper selected for her fourth Paralympics – Alyce Wood and Vanessa Low’s lives outside of sport are incredibly similar, with both becoming mums after the Tokyo Games.

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