The Australian Opals reconnected with their past on a recent camp at the AIS, but they're focused on making history in Tokyo and returning to the Olympic.
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Tess changing game with Paralympic glove project
When ANU engineering honours student Tess Henman got a placement at the AIS, she thought she’d be “tagging along”. Instead, the 22-year-old has been working on a project that could help change the game for Australia’s wheelchair athletes and aspiring Paralympians.
In National Careers Week, May 17-23, Tess also represents the future of Australian sports engineering and an AIS commitment to increase professional development opportunities for women in sport.
“Sport’s made up a huge part of my life, and obviously I’m studying engineering. So sports engineering has always been a dream to combine those two passions,” Tess, from Canberra, says.
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Aussie gold medallists climb to new heights with Tokyo hopefuls
The AIS Gold Medal Ready (GMR) program is continuing its work to support athletes and NSOs as the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games gets ever closer.
Last month, a group of GMR alumni, including Olympic swimming champion Libby Trickett, spent an afternoon walking up Mt Ainslie in Canberra with members of the Australian Women’s Rowing squad.
Trickett said of the experience: “It’s so amazing to be amongst female athletes, I just resonate so much with them. They are fierce and they are focused, and I really hope in some small way that I help them prepare or help them think a little differently about what the Games are and what they are capable of.”
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Tafe NSW partners with AIS to train elite athletes
Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee recently announced TAFE NSW and Australian Institute of Sport have signed a partnership to encourage more elite athletes to pursue vocational education and training pathways.
Under the memorandum of understanding, athletes will be given personalised support to balance their sporting commitments and vocational training.
The number of athletes seeking professional career advice through the AIS Career Practitioner Referral Network more than doubled in 2020 with around 20 per cent of these athletes going on to enrol at TAFE or university to support their post-sport career aspirations.