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Sporting greats share fears for Australia's Olympic standing as Australian Institute of Sport marks 40 years SunSunday 24 updated SunSunday 24 JanJanuary 2021 at 9:31pm Former athletes Robert de Castella and Nova Peris are concerned over the future of the AIS and Australian sport. ( Print text only Cancel When the 180 Australian athletes returned home from competing at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, the sporting-mad nation could not believe they had not brought a single gold medal home with them. Despite competing in 20 sports, the team brought home just one silver and four bronze medals. ...

Date Time New AIS grant program a learning pathway to success The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) has launched a $200,000 grants program for 2021 to support the professional development and education of Performance Pathway coaches and practitioners who are working directly with Australia’s most talented athletes of the future. AIS CEO Peter Conde, launched the new grants program following a successful AIS Elevate eConference this month, an annual event to help develop Australia’s high performance pathway workforce. “In sport there is no such thing as overnight success, it takes long...

Michael Blackburn © Australian Sailing Team The Australian Sailing Team's National Lead Coach Michael Blackburn and Australian Sailing Director Alex Baumann have been named to the Australian Institute of Sport's latest national taskforce, one aimed at making Australia the world leader in modern high performance coaching development before the end of the decade. The National High Performance Coach Development Taskforce will combine the expertise of the AIS, National Institute Network (NIN) and National Sporting Organisations (NSOs). Reigning AIS Coach of the year Blackburn did not...

Date Time AIS continues supporting athletes of future The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is delivering on its $35million commitment over two years to help sports identify and develop Australia’s talented athletes of the future. The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are the immediate focus for 2021, but the AIS has maintained its strong commitment to building long-term sustainable success by investing in jobs and strategies that support the country’s emerging talent across Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports. The total $35.3million in direct funding to National Sporting Org...