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Reason for our kids to dream of glory on home soil
South East Queensland’s winning bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games provides all Australian children the chance to dream of representing their nation on the world’s biggest stage, right here at home writes Australian Sports Commission Chair Josephine Sukkar AM.
This article was first published in The Australian on 24 July 2021, page 34.
2032 has become a giant target to aim towards, aligning our sports, our infrastructure, and our communities to leave a positive legacy for a post-COVID Australia. With sport as the ‘vehicle’ for that change.
It is an enormous privilege to lead the Australian Sports Commission, and its two arms, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and Sport Australia, and the important work that has been carried out since 1981.
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DAIS support for Games athletes
Almost 70 per cent of athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics, and a large majority of para-athletes attending the Tokyo Paralympics, have received direct grants from the AIS in this Olympic and Paralympic cycle and the AIS looks forward to the next evolution of this vital dAIS program.
The dAIS scheme provides Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes with direct financial support to enable them to focus on training and competitions so they can achieve their goals.
In 2020-21 alone, the AIS provided 1,448 payments to 827 athletes across Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports, with $21 million has been directed to Olympic athletes across the cycle.