Australian sport is making significant gains in high performance coaching, with the number of women in national head coach roles more than doubling in the past four years, according to a new Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) report.

Twenty-two coaches from 14 sports will share in $130,000 through the Australian Institute of Sport's (AIS) 2026 High Performance Coach Development Initiatives Grants, with AusTriathlon's Dan Atkins awarded the inaugural Paul Perkins Scholarship.

When Snow Australia approached Alina McMaster about guiding a legendary Summer Paralympian to the Winter Paralympics, she had no idea what she was about to sign up for.

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