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CONTENTS
THE AUSTRALIAN
SPORTS COMMISSION

THE SPORTS
315

ATHLETE DIRECTORY

Archery............................................. 16

Judo.................................................37

The ASC and AIS................................. 4

Artistic Swimming............................. 17

Modern Pentathlon.......................... 38

Win Well and Play Well........................ 5

Athletics........................................... 18

Rowing............................................ 39

Holistic athlete development............. 6

Badminton...................................... 20

Rugby Sevens................................... 41

Government investment.....................7

Basketball........................................ 21

Sailing..............................................42

By the numbers................................. 8

Basketball (3x3)................................23

Shooting...........................................43

Beach Volleyball...............................24

Skateboarding................................. 44

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

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Boxing..............................................25

Sport Climbing..................................45

Breaking...........................................26

Surfing............................................. 46

Canoe Slalom ..................................27

Swimming........................................47

Canoe Sprint.....................................28

Table Tennis..................................... 49

Cycling.............................................29

Taekwondo...................................... 50

Diving............................................... 31

Tennis............................................... 51

Equestrian........................................32

Triathlon...........................................52

Football............................................33

Water Polo........................................53

Golf..................................................34

Weightlifting.....................................54

Gymnastics ......................................35

Wrestling..........................................55

Hockey............................................ 36

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LEADING A COLLABORATIVE SPORT SECTOR
Australian Sports Commission (ASC)AIS Performance division

The ASC is the Australian Government agency responsible for supporting andinvesting in sport at all levels. The role of the ASC is to increase participationand enable continued international sporting success, and to provide
targeted financial support to the sector. From grassroots to the pinnacle ofelite international competition, the ASC works with the sport sector, othergovernment partners, businesses and the wider community, to champion
the role sport can play in engaging every Australian, regardless of age, race,
gender, cultural background, socio-economic status or physical ability. The
ASC plays a central role across the broader sport sector through leadership andcollaboration.

Beyond campus, the AIS Performance division provides expertise in:

The ASC vision is that ‘sport has a place for everyone and delivers results thatmake Australia proud’.

> Education and career planning to help athletes pursue ambitions beyond sport> Engineering, machine learning, sport science, sport intelligence and analytics,
research and development> Performance pathways to ensure ongoing development of ourchampions of the future> Mental health and wellbeing support and community engagement> Professional development of coaches, officials and leaders across the
sport workforce> Sports medicine and recovery> Evidence-based position statements and best practice guidelines

Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)The ASC operates the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), comprising of physicalfacilities and the AIS Performance division. The main AIS Campus is in Canberra,with specialised facilities on the Gold Coast (Canoe National Training Centre)
and in Varese, Italy (AIS European Training Centre).
The AIS campus in Canberra is known as “the home of sport in Australia”. It is a
one-stop-shop with large-scale training facilities, a strength and conditioning
gymnasium, accommodation, a nutritionally supported dining hall, physiology
and biomechanics laboratories, a haematology laboratory, medical centre
and a dedicated recovery centre. In May 2024, the Australian Government
announced a $249.7 million investment to upgrade AIS facilities to ensure they
are modern and world-leading ahead of Brisbane 2032.
The AIS will play host to a Paris 2024 Performance Analysis Hub. Performance
Analysts from across Australia will work around the clock to provide the teamin Paris with performance information to help inform their technical andtactical decisions.

4WIN WELL AND PLAY WELL — SECTOR STRATEGIESWin Well Strategy

Play Well Strategy>

Australia’s High Performance 2032+ Sport Strategy: Win Well was
launched in December 2022.

>

Australia’s first co-designed National Sport Participation Strategy
was launched in November 2023.

>

For the first time, the high performance sector has collaborated
on a united strategy aimed at building success towards Brisbane2032 and beyond.

>It aims to create safe, welcoming, inclusive and fun sporting
environments and experiences to ensure everyone has a place in sportand calls on Australians to Play Well.

>

The Win Well pledge emphasises that “how we win is just as important
as when we win,” where athletes and staff are supported to win in
all areas of life.

>$10.3 million in Play Well participation grants has been provided by the
ASC to 69 projects across Australia to get more Aussies moving.

>>

A Connection to Country Action Plan has been developed as part of thestrategy to begin a journey of opportunity and progress by enhancing
meaningful connection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples, histories, communities, and culture.

Similar to the Win Well Strategy, Australia’s Sport Participation Strategy
recognises the First Peoples of Australia and will explore the role culture
plays in building quality sporting experiences and ensure that sportreflects the diversity of Australian society now, and into the future.

AUSTRALIA’SSPORTPARTICIPATIONSTRATEGY

AUSTRALIA’SHIGH PERFORMANCESPORT STRATEGY

More about
Win WellNovember 2023

More about
Play Well

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HOLISTIC ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT
Holistic athlete development is a national focus in the green and gold decadeand beyond as Australia strives to win well. The AIS provides year-round athlete
focused services which complement the expertise provided by others in the
sector. This collaborative approach makes best use of Australia’s available
resources to achieve world-class outcomes.

The AIS REST Hub team will lead recovery and heat management support
in Paris. Cooling strategies are frequently used by athletes pre, during, andpost competition, with recovery (e.g. ice baths) forming one of the major
components of an athlete's post-competition routine.

Throughout the Games cycle, AIS staff routinely work within and alongsidedifferent sports and organisations in the following areas.

Performance support

Wellbeing
Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement Managers are funded by the AIS andembedded into Olympic and Paralympic sports to provide athletes withholistic support and opportunities for personal and professional development.
The AIS Mental Health Referral Network is a group of expert psychologists andmental health clinicians who understand the pressures and complexity of life ina high performance setting. They provide free support to individuals within the
sport system.
The Career Practitioner Referral Network is a national network of professional
career practitioners servicing athletes. These career practitioners haveexpertise in working with high performance athletes and provide up-to-dateknowledge about career development.

Rehabilitation and recovery

The AIS has ten National Network leads responsible for creating a united,collaborative network of experts within sport to enhance podium success.
The AIS provides leadership in:> Biomechanics> Physiology> Performance nutrition> Skill acquisition> Performance analysis> Sports medicine> Performance psychology> Strength and conditioning> Physical therapies (physiotherapy)> Wellbeing and engagement

These leads are responsible for building connections in the system to share
intelligence, reduce duplication and drive innovative practice. They develop andshare performance solutions, guidelines and approaches. They also assist in
developing individual practitioners.
The team drives initiatives that have a basis in Sports Science and Sports
Medicine, such as the Female Performance & Health Initiative and theDisordered Eating project.

AIS Intensive Rehabilitation supports injured Australian athletes to return
to performance through the delivery of intensive, integrated, complex
rehabilitation solutions.
The AIS campus offers the unique ability to focus on the delivery of high impact,outcome driven rehabilitation for athletes, through the use of exceptional
facilities and specialised sports expertise.
The AIS REST Hub provides specialised support across the areas of Recovery,
Environment, Sleep, and Travel (REST) to deliver world-leading knowledge andpractice to optimise athlete preparation and performance. It connects athletes,
coaches, and practitioners with tailored REST support solutions.

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GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT$398.3 million$489 million

PARIS CYCLE FUNDING

LOS ANGELES 2028 CYCLE FUNDING

The Australian Government is the major investor in highperformance sport in Australia. During the three-year Paris cycle,
which followed the delay of the Tokyo Games, the ASC directly
invested $398.3m in high performance funding for Summer
Olympic and Paralympic National Sporting Organisations (NSOs).

In June 2024, the Australian Government announced arecord $489 million will go towards high performancesport over the first two years of the Los Angeles 2028
Olympic and Paralympic cycle. This includes a record$54.9 million in additional para sport funding, doubling
the existing support.

This included a $20 million injection in July 2023 through the Paris
Preparation Fund. The ASC distributed $15 million to 32 eligible
NSOs to assist with the rising cost of travel to compete at criticalqualification events; and the remaining $5 million to 56 targeted
projects across 26 sports to enhance medal potential.

Additionally, the Australian Government has injected$249.7m to revitalise the AIS site in Canberra ahead of
Brisbane 2032.
Further details of funding to sports can be found HERE

Further details of funding to sports can be found HERE

$47 million$8.1 million

DIRECT ATHLETE SUPPORT (dAIS)

LOCAL SPORTING CHAMPIONS GRANTS

To win medals in an increasingly competitive environment,
most athletes must train full time- often forgoing paid work.
The Commonwealth supplements the incomes of hard working
athletes on their path to representing Australia through thelongstanding direct athlete support grants (dAIS).

Money should not get in the way of a kid's sporting dream.
That's why the Commonwealth provides direct financial
support to help athletes aged 12-18 travel to state, national
and international sporting events.

The ASC has committed more than $47 million across 36 sportingorganisations in dAIS grants since the Tokyo Games. Eligible
athletes training in Olympic, Paralympic and CommonwealthGames sports receive $4,000 to $37,500 per year.

Over $8.1 million in Local Sporting Champions (LSC) and
Local Para Champions (LPC) grants are distributed by the
ASC annually. Since 2008, 96,190 grants to the value of$58.3 million have been provided to young athletes, coaches
and officials under the LSC and LPC grant program.

Olympians who have received this funding are listed in the
ATHLETE DIRECTORY

Olympians who have received this funding are listed in the
ATHLETE DIRECTORY

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BY THE NUMBERS

16,941 km

3530

932

243

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CANBERRA TO PARISAIS STAYSAIS ETC STAYSWIN WELL PLEDGESDistance between the AIS
Campus in Canberra and the
Olympic host city.

3530 athletes and support staff
across 35 sports are forecast to
attend camps at the AIS Campus,
Canberra in 2024.

932 athletes and support staff
are forecast to attend camps
at the AIS European Training
Centre in Italy in 2024.

CUSTOM EQUIPMENT
PROJECTS

460

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5TH

256/204

ATHLETESYOUNGESTATHLETEOLDEST
ATHLETEOLYMPICSFEMALE/MALE

Arisa Trew,
Skateboarding

Shane Rose,
Equestrian

Eddie Ockenden, Edwina
Tops-Alexander, Joe Ingles,
Patty Mills, Lauren Jackson,
Melissa Wu

Highest proportion of female
athletes ever for an Australian
Olympic Team (55.6%)

Total Australian Olympians
across 33 sports

The AIS Engineering Teamcompleted 95 Olympic and
148 Paralympic custom
equipment projects.

51 organisations have madethe Win Well Pledge throughAustralia’s High Performance2032+ Sport Strategy.

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GAMES HIGHLIGHTS
PRE-GAMES

DAY 0

DAY 1

DAY 2

The Aussie men's sevens and Matildas
begin their Olympic campaigns ahead of
the Opening Ceremony.

The Opening Ceremony takes place on theRiver Seine. It is the first time a Ceremony
is held outside a stadium.

The first night of swimming finals,
with a showdown between Ariarne Titmus,
Summer McIntosh (CAN) & Katie Ledecky(USA) on the cards.

Rugby Sevens: Australia v Samoa &Australia v Kenya Men's

Opening Ceremony

Jess Fox hopes to chase an
unprecedented fifth medal at her fourthGames. Can she nab the elusive K1 gold
medal? Plus teen sensation Chloe Covell
skateboards for glory.

Wednesday 24 July 3:30pm & 7pm CEST
Wednesday 24 July 11:30pm &Thursday 25 July 3am AEST

Friday 26 July 7:30pm CEST
Saturday 27 July 3:30am AEST

Football: Matildas v Germany
Thursday 25 July 7pm CEST
Friday 26 July 3am AEST
Rugby Sevens: Australia v Argentina &Men's quarterfinals
Thursday 25 July 2:30pm & 9pm CEST
Thursday 25 July 10:30pm &Friday 25 July 5am AEST

Diving: Women's 3m synchro final
Saturday 27 July 11:00am CEST
Saturday 27 July 7:00pm AEST

Gymnastics: Women's qualification(multiple sessions)

Basketball: Boomers v Spain

Sunday 28 July 9:30am CEST
Sunday 28 July 5:30pm AEST

Saturday 27 July 11:00am CEST
Saturday 27 July 7:00pm AEST

Hockey: Hockeyroos v South Africa

Rugby Sevens: Men's semifinals & finals

Sunday 28 July 3:30pm CEST
Sunday 28 July 11:30pm AEST

Saturday 27 July 2:30pm CEST
Saturday 27 July 10:30pm AEST

Canoe Slalom: Women's K1
semifinal & final

Road Cycling: Men's & Women's
individual time trial
Saturday 27 July 2:30pm CEST
Saturday 27 July 10:30pm AEST

Sunday 28 July 3:30pm CEST
Sunday 28 July 11:30pm AEST
Skateboarding: Women's street final
Sunday 28 July 5pm CEST
Monday 29 July 1am AEST

Skateboarding: Men's street final
Saturday 27 July 5pm CEST
Sunday 28 July 1am AEST
Medal event

CEST Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
TAHT Tahiti, French Polynesia Time (UTC-10)
These are projected highlights subject to athletes qualifying and advancing through heats.
Session start times have been listed — key moments may fall later during each session.
Weather conditions may affect event start times and broadcast times may vary.
Check local guides and the Paris Daily Briefs for updates.

Football: Matildas v Zambia
Sunday 28 July 7pm CEST
Monday 29 July 3am AEST

Water Polo: Stingers v China
Saturday 27 July 8:05pm CEST
Sunday 28 July 4:05am AEST

Swimming: Men's 400m IM,
Women's 100m butterfly, Men's 100m
breaststroke finals

Swimming: Men's & Women's 400m
freestyle, Men's & Women's 4x100m
freestyle finals

Sunday 28 July 8:30pm CEST
Monday 29 July 4:30am AEST

Saturday 27 July 8:30pm CEST
Sunday 28 July 4:30am AEST

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DAY 4

DAY 5

DAY 6

Arguably the biggest duel in the pool with
Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O'Callaghanin the 200m freestyle. Australia's
equestrian hopes are also high.

Can the Aussie sevens women win theirfirst medal since Rio 2016? The final dayof surfing is scheduled in Tahiti, andbackstroker Kaylee McKeown clashes
with Regan Smith (USA).

Settle in to watch Jess Fox (canoe) andLogan Martin (BMX) try to defend theircrowns, a Matildas v USA blockbuster
and the blue-riband men's and women's
100m freestyle finals.

The first medals are on offer in rowing andathletics (race walks), and the prestigious
gymnastics women's all around final.

Men's Triathlon

Women's Triathlon

Tuesday 30 July 8am CEST
Tuesday 30 July 4pm AEST

Wednesday 31 July 8am CEST
Wednesday 31 July 4pm AEST

Thursday 1 August 7:30am CEST
Thursday 1 August 3:30pm AEST

Basketball: Boomers v Canada

BMX Freestyle: Men's & Women's finals

Hockey: Kookaburras v Ireland
Monday 29 July 10am CEST
Monday 29 July 6pm AEST
Basketball: Opals v Nigeria
Monday 29 July 11am CEST
Monday 29 July 7pm AEST
Equestrian: Eventing team &individual final

Tuesday 30 July 1:30pm CEST
Tuesday 30 July 9:30pm AEST

Wednesday 31 July 1:10pm CEST
Wednesday 31 July 9:10pm AEST

Athletics: Men's & Women's
20km race walkRowing: Women's double sculls,
Men's and Women's four finals
Thursday 1 August 9:30am CEST
Thursday 1 August 5:30pm AEST
Hockey: Kookaburras v New Zealand

Rugby Sevens: Women's
semifinals & finals

Water polo: Stingers v Netherlands

Tuesday 30 July 2:30pm CEST
Tuesday 30 July 10:30pm AEST

Wednesday 31 July 2:00pm CEST
Wednesday 31 July 8:00pm AEST

Rugby Sevens: Australia v Ireland &Women's quarterfinals

Gymnastics: Women's team final

Monday 29 July 2:30pm & 9pm CEST
Monday 29 July 10:30pm & 5:30am AEST

Tuesday 30 July 6:15pm CEST
Wednesday 31 July 2:15am AEST

Canoe Slalom: Women's C1
semifinal & final

Thursday 1 August 1:30pm CEST
Thursday 1 August 9:30pm AEST

Wednesday 31 July 3:30pm CEST
Wednesday 31 July 11:30pm AEST

Gymnastics: Women's all around final

Hockey: Hockeyroos v Great Britain

Surfing: Men's & Women's finals

Monday 29 July 5pm CEST
Tuesday 30 July 1am AEST

Tuesday 30 July 7am TAHT
Wednesday 31 July 3am AEST

Swimming: Women's 400m IM,
Men's 200m freestyle, Men's 100m
backstroke, Women's 100m breaststroke,
Women's 200m freestyle finals

Hockey: Kookaburras v Belgium

Monday 29 July 8:30pm CEST
Tuesday 30 July 4:30am AEST

Swimming: Women's 100m backstroke,
Men's 800m freestyle, Men's 4x200m
freestyle finals

Beach Volleyball:Mariafe/Clancy v Nuss/Kloth (USA)

Tuesday 30 July 8:30pm CEST
Wednesday 31 July 4:30am AEST

Monday 29 July 11am CEST
Monday 29 July 7pm AEST

Monday 29 July 10pm CEST
Tuesday 30 July 6am AEST

Thursday 1 August 10:30am CEST
Thursday 1 August 6:30pm AEST
Basketball: Opals v Canada

Tuesday 30 July 7:45pm CEST
Wednesday 31 July 3:45am AEST

Shooting: Trap Women's finals
Wednesday 31 July 3:30pm CEST
Wednesday 31 July 11:30pm AEST

Thursday 1 August 6:15pm CEST
Friday 2 August 2:15am AEST
Hockey: Hockeyroos v Argentina

Football: Matildas v USA
Wednesday 31 July 7pm CEST
Thursday 1 August 3am AEST
Swimming: Women's 100m freestyle,Men's 200m butterfly, Women's 1500m,
Men's 200m breaststroke, Men's 100m
freestyle finals
Wednesday 31 July 8:30pm CEST
Thursday 1 August 4:30am AEST

Thursday 1 August 8:15pm CEST
Friday 2 August 4:15am AEST
Swimming: Women's 200m butterfly,
Men's 200m backstroke, Women's
200m breaststroke, Women's 4x200m
freestyle finals
Thursday 1 August 8:30pm CEST
Friday 2 August 4:30am AEST

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DAY 7

DAY 8

DAY 9

DAY 10It's that beautiful time of the Games whenswimming and athletics overlap. And will
BMX World No.1 Saya Sakakibara be in themix for her first Olympic medal?

The Tour de France did not finish in Paris
this year, but the Olympic road race will!
It's a bumper day of action with some of
the most prestigious medals on offer inrowing, cycling, athletics and swimming.

All eyes will be on the men's 100m final
and Australia's jumping duo Eleanor
Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers could
be in podium contention if all goes toplan in the women's high jump final.

It's a great day for the edgier sports on the
Olympic program, with exciting medals on
the line in the triathlon mixed relay, kayak
cross and 3x3 basketball — blink andyou'll miss it!

Friday 2 August 9:30am CEST
Friday 2 August 5:30pm AEST

Rowing: Women's single scull,
Men's & Women's eight finals

Golf: Men's final round

Triathlon: Mixed relay

Sunday 4 August 9am CEST
Sunday 4 August 5pm AEST

Monday 5 August 8am CEST
Monday 5 August 4pm AEST

Hockey: Kookaburras v India

Saturday 3 August 9:30am CEST
Saturday 3 August 5:30pm AEST

Friday 2 August 1:15pm CEST
Friday 2 August 9:15pm AEST

Road Cycling: Women's road race

Water polo: Sharks v Japan

Road Cycling: Men's road race

Monday 5 August 1:35pm CEST
Monday 5 August 9:35pm AEST

Basketball: Boomers v Greece

Saturday 3 August 11am CEST
Saturday 3 August 7pm AEST

Sunday 4 August 2pm CEST
Sunday 4 August 10pm AEST

Friday 2 August 1:30pm CEST
Friday 2 August 9:30pm AEST

Water polo: Stingers v Hungary
Hockey: Hockeyroos v Spain

Canoe Slalom: Men's & Women's
kayak cross finals

Equestrian: Jumping team final

Saturday 3 August 12:45pm CEST
Saturday 3 August 8:45pm AEST

Friday 2 August 2pm CEST
Friday 2 August 10pm AEST

Water polo: Sharks v Hungary

Athletics: Women's high jump,
Men's 100m finals

Athletics: Men's 10,000m final

Saturday 3 August 3pm CEST
Saturday 3 August 11pm AEST

Sunday 4 August 6:30pm CEST
Monday 5 August 2:30am AEST

Friday 2 August 5:40pm CEST
Saturday 3 August 1:40am AEST

Athletics: Women's 100m final

Basketball: Opals v France

BMX Racing: Men's & Women's finals

Saturday 3 August 7pm CEST
Sunday 4 August 3am AEST

Sunday 4 August 9pm CEST
Monday 5 August 5am AEST

Rowing: Women's pair final

Friday 2 August 8pm CEST
Saturday 3 August 4am AEST
Swimming: Men's 50m freestyle,
Women's 200m backstroke,
Men's 200m IM finals
Friday 2 August 8:30pm CEST
Saturday 3 August 4:30am AEST

Swimming: Men's 100m butterfly,
Women's 200m IM, Women's 800m
freestyle, Mixed 4x100m medley finals
Saturday 3 August 8:30pm CEST
Sunday 4 August 4:30am AEST

Sunday 4 August 2pm CEST
Sunday 4 August 10pm AEST

Monday 5 August 3:30pm CEST
Monday 5 August 11:30pm AEST
Athletics: Men's pole vault, Women's
5000m, Women's 800m finals
Monday 5 August 6:30pm CEST
Tuesday 6 August 2:30am AEST
Artistic Swimming: Team technical routine
Monday 5 August 7:30pm CEST
Tuesday 6 August 3:30am AEST
Basketball 3x3: Men's & Women's
medal matches
Monday 5 August 9pm CEST
Tuesday 6 August 5am AEST

12DAY 11

DAY 12

DAY 13

DAY 14

Sailor Matt Wearn aims for back-to-backgold, veteran Matt Glaetzer leads themighty Aussie track sprinters and teenskateboard sensation Arisa Trew takes
centre stage.

Can skateboarder Keegan Palmer defend
his title? And the drama of the field events,
with Nina Kennedy (pole vault) and Matt
Denny (discus) likely to be in the mix.

The mighty K4 events are underway incanoe sprint; meanwhile it's D-day for thefour remaining men's basketball teams.

Breaking makes its Olympic debut and thebeach volleyball finals take place at thefoot of the Eiffel Tower.

Marathon Swimming: Women's 10km

Canoe Sprint: Men's & Women's
K2 500m finals

Thursday 8 August 7:30am CEST
Thursday 8 August 3:30pm AEST

Friday 9 August 10:30am CEST
Friday 9 August 6:30pm AEST

Athletics: Men's & Women's 4x100m
relay round 1

Football: Women's bronze medal game

Equestrian: Jumping individual final

Sport Climbing: Men's lead semifinal,
Women's speed final

Tuesday 6 August 10am CEST
Tuesday 6 August 6pm AEST

Wednesday 7 August 10am CEST
Wednesday 7 August 6pm AEST

Sailing: Men's dinghy — medal race

Hockey: Women's semifinals

Tuesday 6 August 11am CEST
Tuesday 6 August 7pm AEST

Wednesday 7 August 2pm & 7pm CEST
Wednesday 7 August 10pm &Thursday 8 August 3am AEST

Diving: Women's 10m platform final

Thursday 8 August 10am CEST
Thursday 8 August 6pm AEST

Basketball: Women's semifinals

Skateboarding: Men's park final

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Individual
all-around

Wednesday 7 August 5:30pm CEST
Thursday 8 August 1:30am AEST

Thursday 8 August 10am CEST
Thursday 8 August 6pm AEST

Tuesday 6 August 5:30pm CEST
Wednesday 7 August 1:30am AEST

Track Cycling: Men's & Women's
team pursuit finals

Canoe Sprint: Men's & Women's
K4 500m finals

Track Cycling: Men's team sprint finals

Wednesday 7 August 5:30pm CEST
Thursday 8 August 1:30am AEST

Thursday 8 August 10:30am CEST
Thursday 8 August 6:30pm AEST

Tuesday 6 August 5:30pm CEST
Wednesday 7 August 1:30am AEST

Athletics: Women's pole vault,
Men's discus finals

Water polo: Women's semifinals

Tuesday 6 August 3pm CEST
Tuesday 6 August 11pm AEST
Skateboarding: Women's park final

Athletics: Men's long jump, Men's 1500m,
Women's 200m finals
Tuesday 6 August 7pm CEST
Wednesday 7 August 3am AEST

Wednesday 7 August 6:30pm CEST
Thursday 8 August 2:30am AEST
Artistic Swimming: Team acrobatic routine
Wednesday 7 August 7:30pm CEST
Thursday 8 August 3:30am AEST

Friday 9 August 3pm CEST
Friday 9 August 11pm AEST

Thursday 8 August 2:35pm & 7:35pm CEST
Thursday 8 August 10:35pm &Friday 9 August 3:35am CEST
Track Cycling: Men's omnium,
Women's keirin finals

Football: Women's semifinals

Thursday 8 August 5pm CEST
Friday 9 August 1am AEST

Tuesday 6 August 6:30pm & 9pm CEST
Wednesday 7 August 2:30am & 5am AEST

Basketball: Men's semifinals
Thursday 8 August 5:30pm & 9pm CEST
Friday 9 August 1:30am & 5am AEST

Friday 9 August 5:30pm & 9pm CEST
Saturday 10 August 1:30am & 5am AEST
Track Cycling: Women's madison,
Men's sprint finals
Friday 9 August 6pm CEST
Saturday 10 August 2am AEST
Athletics: Men's & Women's 4x100m,
Women's 10,000m finals
Friday 9 August 7pm CEST
Saturday 10 August 3am AEST
Breaking: Women's final
Friday 9 August 8pm CEST
Saturday 10 August 4am AEST
Hockey: Women's gold medal game
Friday 9 August 8pm CEST
Saturday 10 August 4am AEST
Beach Volleyball: Women's medal games
Friday 9 August 9pm CEST
Saturday 10 August 5am AEST

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DAY 15

DAY 16

A massive day of athletics starts withthe men's marathon, plus gold in men'sbasketball and women's football.

An enormous 16 days of competition cometo a close bookended by two iconic Games
moments — the women's marathon and
the Closing Ceremony.

Athletics: Men's Marathon
Saturday 10 August 8am CEST
Saturday 10 August 4pm AEST

Canoe Sprint: Men's K1 1000m, Women's
K1 500m finals
Saturday 10 August 10:30am CEST
Saturday 10 August 6:30pm AEST

WHEN TO WATCH

Athletics: Women's Marathon

26 July–11 August
Paris is 8 hours behind AEST

Sunday 11 August 8am CEST
Sunday 11 August 4pm AESTOFFICIAL BROADCASTER
9, 9Now, 9Gem, Stan Sport

Golf: Women's final round
Saturday 10 August 9am CEST
Saturday 10 August 5pm AESTFOLLOW THE GAMESTrack Cycling: Men's keirin, Women's
sprint, Women's omnium finals
Sunday 11 August 11am CEST
Sunday 11 August 7pm AEST
Basketball: Women's gold medal game
Sunday 11 August 3:30am CEST
Sunday 11 August 11:30pm AEST

OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS LIVE
The AIS in Canberra will host Olympics and Paralympics Liveevents for the public to attend, with Olympics coverage being
shown on Sunday 4 August. Olympics and Paralympics Liveevents are happening right across Australia.

Water polo: Women's gold medal game
Saturday 10 August 3.35pm CEST
Saturday 10 August 11.35pm AEST

Closing Ceremony
Sunday 11 August 9pm CEST
Monday 12 August 5am AEST

SOCIAL MEDIA

Diving: Men's 10m platform final
Saturday 10 August 5pm CEST
Sunday 11 August 1am AESTAIS
#theAISinParis

Football: Women's gold medal game
Saturday 10 August 5pm CEST
Sunday 11 August 1am AEST
Athletics: Men's high jump, Men's 800m,
Women's javelin, Women's 100m hurdles,
Men's 5000m, Women's 1500m finals
Saturday 10 August 6:30pm CEST
Sunday 11 August 2:30am AEST
Basketball: Men's gold medal gameASC

AUSOlympicTeam#AllezAus

Saturday 10 August 9:30pm CEST
Sunday 11 August 5:30am AEST

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ARCHERYCOMPETITION DATESJULY 25–AUGUST 4

Need to know
> First-time Olympians Laura Paeglis andPeter Boukouvalas line up in the individual
events in Paris.
> They may also compete in the mixed teamevent, pending their performances in theindividual qualification round.
> Paeglis first picked up a bow at the age of 10.
Paeglis' grandfather took her to a come-and-try
session run by community hero, Rob McKenzie,
who has introduced Melburnians to archery forover 30 years.
> Boukouvalas, who has Greek heritage, wasinspired watching the Athens 2004 Olympic
Games with his grandparents at the age of five.
He trains at Sydney Olympic Park.
> Australia’s lone Olympic archery gold medal cameat Sydney 2000 (won by Simon Fairweather).
> Archery will take place in the heart of Parisat the Esplanade des Invalides.

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Win Well award> Archery Australia won the Win Well Award at the2023 AIS Sport Performance Awards (ASPAs).
They implemented several programs and support
systems, such as a National Wellbeing Manager,
National Integrity Manager, Mental Health inSport training and an Alumni Program, which
created a strong culture of care, collaboration,and continuous improvement. READ MORE
> Archery Australia has also launched a bi-monthly‘Play Well, Win Well’ Award to spotlight stories of
how people are bringing the vision of both the HP
2032+ and Australian Sport Participation Strategy
to life in the archery community. READ MORE

> Upon the advice of his Athlete Wellbeing andEngagement (AW&E) Manager- a service provided
by the AIS- Boukouvalas enrolled in a Liberal Arts
and Criminology degree at Sydney University.
AW&E Managers provide comprehensive support
to athletes' mental and physical wellbeing,assisting with any challenges they face, andhelping them transition smoothly throughdifferent phases of their athletic careers.
> Archers are regulars at the AIS Campus, with 19
different camps held in 2023-24, including an
Olympic trials camp in January 2024.

Archers target success> Boukouvalas earned a place on the Paris 24
Pathway program run by Archery Australia andfunded by the AIS.
Australian archer Peter Boukouvalas.

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> Artistic swimming (formerly synchronised
swimming) is water acrobatics to music.
> Tokyo Olympians Rayna Buckle and Kiera
Gazzard will return for their second Games,with the rest of the eight-woman squadmaking their Olympic debut.
> Australia will be represented in both the duet
and team events.
> For the first time in Olympic history, teams can
include two male swimmers and will compete
in a team acrobatic routine in addition to thetechnical and free routine.
> A new scoring system will see performances
evaluated on two main criteria: execution andartistic impression. Coaches are required togive the judges a difficulty card detailing theroutine, including the order of all elements tobe performed.

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top-ten finish at the 2024 World Championships inDoha, and two silver medals and a bronze at thefirst World Cup 2024 series in Beijing.
> Training sessions often involve hours of on land
training combined with several hours in the pool
to hone the fitness and techniques needed to
excel on the global stage. Athletes regularly train
with weights on their ankles to improve their
explosiveness and endurance.
Australian artistic swimming team.

Making a splash> While achieving some of Australia’s best resultsin the sport, several athletes are training fulltime and competing whilst studying in fields
such as architecture, engineering, education,and paramedics.
> During their training camp in Townsville, thesquad performed their Paris Olympics routine
at the Museum of Underwater Art on the Great
Barrier Reef to raise awareness about theimportance of reef conservation and reducing
the impacts of climate change.

Underwater tech
> The ASC’s Paris Preparation Fund helped theteam acquire underwater headsets to boost theirtraining sessions in the lead-up to the Games.
> These headsets provide real-time feedback
to the team while they are in the water andincrease the time they can train in public pools
when music is not allowed, positively impacting
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> With 75 athletes, this is Australia's secondlargest athletics team ever and the largest sent
away to an away Games.
> The women’s high jump features Tokyo Olympic
silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers and former
World Champion Eleanor Patterson.
> 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist
Mackenzie Little and Tokyo bronze medallist
Kelsey-Lee Barber line up in the javelin.
> Ashley Moloney returns after his inspired
decathlon bronze medal at Tokyo, as do provenperformers Matt Denny (discus) and Nina
Kennedy (pole vault).
> Hopes are high in the women's 1500m for
Jessica Hull and Commonwealth Games bronze
medallist, Abbey Caldwell. Hull became the fifth
fastest woman ever over 1500m at the Paris
Diamond League in July, finishing second behind
Kenyan Faith Kipyegon who set a new world
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world record holder Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway).
> In the 800m, youngster Claudia Hollingsworth
only finished high school last year and iscoached by Craig Mottram. Tokyo finalist Peter
Bol will feature in the men’s 800m after his
provisional suspension was lifted.

Mum’s the word
> Australia will have three mums line up in themarathon — each with an incredible story to tell.

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the Women’s March on Versailles in 1789. In acelebration of women, the women’s marathon
concludes the athletics program in Paris — a
prestigious status that has, until now, been
given to the men’s race.
> In an Olympic first, members of the public havethe chance to run the Olympic marathon course
the evening before the women’s race.
> After a tumultuous and public process, man of
the people, Liam Adams qualified for the Games in
the men’s marathon. Adams works full time as anelectrician while clocking up to 250km per week.

> Irish born Australian 47-year-old Sinead Driverwill be hoping to better her 10th place finish from
Tokyo as her kids, Eddie and Dara, watch on.
> After leaving the Tokyo steeplechase in awheelchair, Genevieve Gregson rehabbed her
ruptured achilles while pregnant with son, Archer,and then began training for the marathon.
> Four-time Olympian Jessica Stenson ran an
Olympic qualifier six months after the birthof Ellie — a sister to Billy.

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AIS apps, coaches andambassadors> Many athletics team members rely on two Apps
created by the AIS.
> ThrowCoach is used by javelin throwers andcoaches to capture and analyse the javelin throwin slow motion with reference markers including
angle of trajectory.
> Vault Vision is utilised by Australia’s polevaulters and forms a critical part of a PhD projectin Western Australia.
> Olympians Collis Birmingham and Jared Tallent
are part of the AIS National Generation 2032
Coach Program. Gen 32 places coaches under amentor, co-funding their salaries in partnershipwith the National Institute Network and NationalSporting Organisations. It forms part of the AIS’s
commitment to become world-leaders in coachdevelopment ahead of Brisbane 2032.
> Several active and retired members of theathletics team continue to contribute to
AIS initiatives. Race walker Dane Bird-Smithis an advocate for the AIS Mental Health
Referral Network which supports athletes
and support staff who have mental health or
wellbeing concerns. There are several athletics
ambassadors involved in AIS community
initiatives including Mental Fitness, Thrive with
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expanded it. After completing her course,
Huxley secured funding through an ASC Women
Leaders in Sport grant and Athletics Australia
to increase the number of women in athletics
coaching from 12% to 40% by 2032. The twoyear program she has established aims tocreate a more diverse and inclusive coachingenvironment in athletics.

Centre of excellence
Brisbane's Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre.

> The National Throws Centre of Excellence
opened in 2023 at Brisbane’s Queensland Sportand Athletics Centre. It is a partnership between
the AIS, Queensland Academy of Sport, Athletics
Australia, and the Queensland Government,
backed by $850,000 from AIS. The facility, uniquein the Southern Hemisphere, supports Australian
athletes with specialized training for throws
disciplines, including para-sport, featuringindoor facilities and advanced technology forreal-time technique analysis.

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BADMINTONCOMPETITION DATESJULY 27–AUGUST 5

Need to know
> Badminton is the fastest racquet sport in
the world.
> Setyana Mapasa will be making her second
Olympic appearance after Tokyo 2020,
while Angela Yu and Tiffany Ho will bemaking their debuts.
> Mapasa and Yu compete in the women’s
doubles, with Ho in the singles. No Australian
men qualified for Paris.
> Australia’s best result in badminton isreaching the quarterfinals (Barcelona 1992
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Olympian, who has been appointed as the new
badminton Head Coach for Australia.
> The appointment aligns with the strategic
direction and funding provided by the AIS for
player development focused on those thathave the best chance for podium success atupcoming Olympic Games.

Olympic dreams> Angela Yu will be hoping to emulate her mother,
He Tian Tang, who won an Olympic bronze for
China in 1992.
> Tiffany Ho is a qualified nurse and regularly
balances her work and sporting commitments torealise her dream of appearing at an Olympics.
The dream was sparked by watching the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games.

Olympians can smash a badminton birdie (shuttlecock) at speedsof over 400km/h. © Paris 2024.

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BASKETBALLCOMPETITION DATESJULY 27–AUGUST 11

Need to know
> Lauren Jackson, Patty Mills and Joe Ingles willplay at their fifth Olympic Games, joining Andrew
Gaze as the only Australian basketballers toplay at five Olympics. Jackson's last Olympic
appearance was 12 years ago at London 2012.
> The Boomers (men’s team) claimed an historicbronze (“rose gold”) medal in Tokyo — ending a65-year medal drought for men’s basketball.
> After making the podium at five consecutive
Games, the Opals (women’s team) bowed out inthe quarterfinals in Rio and Tokyo.
> The top two teams in each group go throughto the quarterfinals, and the two best thirdplaced teams.
> Team USA remain the favourites in the women’s
and men’s tournament. The women have only
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Centre of Excellence> The majority of Australian players have comethrough the AIS as part of the Basketball
Australia Centre of Excellence or NBA Global
Academy. Athletes live at the AIS campus in
Canberra, working closely with elite sports
science, sports medicine, conditioning,coaching and support services.
> Australian Opals player Isobel Borlase enteredintensive rehabilitation at the AIS in 2023 foran ongoing back injury. The AIS Performance
Services and medical services team collaborated
with Basketball Australia Centre of Excellencehead coach, David Herbert, South AustralianSports Institute and Opals Performance
support staff to ensure Borlase could return tocompetition for the U19 FIBA World Cup. Since
then, the Adelaide Lightning player has beendrafted to the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA andselected to make her Olympic debut playing with
the Opals in Paris.

Isobel Borlase with the AIS Performance and medical staff and COE head coach> These AIS based programs have consistently
produced some of Australia's greatest basketballtalents including Patty Mills, Andrew Bogut,
Luc Longley and Lauren Jackson, as well as
recent NBA draftees Dyson Daniels (2022)
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All class> Opals’ head coach, Sandy Brondello trainedat the AIS Centre of Excellence as a teenager,
before going on to win three Olympic medals.
Brondello has led the Opals since 2018 and plays
a key role in the AIS Women in High Performance
Coaching Project. READ MORE
> Tokyo flagbearer Patty Mills, born to Aboriginal
mother, Yvonne, and Torres Strait Islander
father, Benny, is a passionate advocate forreconciliation. The Boomers display the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island flags in theirdressing room and “practice culture” at any
opportunity. Mills danced and spoke passionately
about his heritage when the Boomers won
bronze in Tokyo. He has also establishedIndigenous Basketball Australia.
“I’ve always been about building this unifying
thing. And maybe, for me, basketball is a way ofsoftly bringing down all these barriers, that careful
way of getting to the place we all want to be.”Patty Mills.

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Hoop dreams> As part of the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup
Legacy, the Government committed to support a
range of diversity and inclusion initiatives,
including She Hoops. Established by Opals
legend Lauren Jackson, She Hoops engages
more women and girls in all aspects ofbasketball. It delivers camps, school holiday
programs and leadership initiatives including ascholarship that allows recipients to attend acamp at the AIS.
> Dyson Daniels, the No.8 pick in the 2022 NBA
draft for the New Orleans Pelicans, started hisbasketball journey in Bendigo. He received
ASC Local Sporting Champions grants to travelfrom Regional Victoria to U14, U16 & U20 Junior
National Championships. He was part of the NBA
Global Academy, training at the AIS prior to being
drafted in the NBA.

Lauren Jackson at the AIS as part of the She Hoops initiative.

> The AIS collaborated with sports tech company
RSPCT to provide cutting-edge technology using
a backboard-mounted optical camera to track
the basketball's flight and display data on a
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COMPETITION DATESJULY 30–AUGUST 5

Need to know
> The Aussie women make history as the firstgreen and gold team to compete in Olympic
3x3 basketball.
> They are known as The Gangurrus — theIndigenous word for a kangaroo.
> 3x3 was introduced at Tokyo 2020, but the
Aussies just missed out on qualifying.
> The Gangurrus qualified for Paris against theodds — surging from their #6 ranking to win the
Olympic Qualifying Tournament in thrilling fashion.
Anneli Maley was named tournament MVP.
> 3x3 remains on the program for Los Angeles 2028.

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The Gangurru culture> The Paris Preparation Fund enabled Basketball
Australia to develop 3x3 specific athletes,
referees and coaches and was instrumental in
helping Australia to qualify for the Games.

> Anneli Maley and fiancée, Marena Whittle areboth Gangurrus. They join a rare list as a couple
competing in the same Olympic event.

> At the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Japan
the Gangurrus showed immense courage underpressure. Having lost their opening match inovertime, they went on an unbeaten run into thefinal. They then defeated highly-fancied Canada
19 –16 in the dying seconds.
“Successful teams are built on high character
people. Digging deep and finding a way is what
we do... It’s the way of the Gangurrus.”
Head Coach Damon Lowery.

> Having struggled with her mental health,
Maley is vocal about her experiences, proudof her sexuality, and knows how establishinga true sense of belonging unlocks greater
performances.
> Maley describes the Gangurru culture as“more than just a sports team, it’s a family.”

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Need to know
> Beach volleyball takes place at the
spectacular Eiffel Tower Stadium, atemporary outdoor venue on the Champ deMars beneath the Eiffel Tower.
> Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar
return as medal contenders at their third
Games. The pair won Australia’s first Olympic
medal on the sand in 21 years, winning silverin Tokyo.
> Debutants Thomas Hodges and Zachery
Schubert lead Australia's hopes in the men's
tournament after recently breaking into theworld’s top ten teams. Izac Carracher andMark Nicolaidis will also represent Australia.
> Australia did not qualify in men’s or women’s
indoor volleyball, the Volleyroos are focusedon improving their performance ahead of thehome Games in 2032.

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Connection to country> Mariafe Artacho del Solar was offered a volleyballscholarship at the AIS after graduating highschool in 2012.

> Taliqua Clancy was the 10th Indigenous
Australian to win an Olympic medal, inspired bywatching Cathy Freeman in 2000.

> Just four years later she became an Olympian,aged 23 at the 2016 Rio Games and began an
Olympic journey that took her and Taliqua Clancy
to Tokyo for a remarkable campaign.

> The proud Wulli Wulli and Goreng Gorengathlete grew up more than 200 kilometres fromthe nearest beach in Kingaroy, Queensland.
Having excelled in many sports, she eventually
won a scholarship for indoor volleyball, latertransitioning to beach volleyball.

> The duo shocked the top-ranked Canadians in
the quarter finals and beat Latvia to reach thegold medal match, however succumbed to adominant USA, claiming silver — Australia’s third
ever medal in the sport.
> Artacho del Solar has proven that height is justa number, measuring 174cm tall and helping tochange the face for the next generation“It wasn’t easy for me, because back in the day
some just looked at the statistics and shook theirheads. I’d like to believe I’ve created a legacy,
showing there’s more to it than height.”
Mariafe Artacho del Solar.

> Clancy now helps First Nations students
reconnect with their heritage while inspiringthem to pursue a career in sport ahead of the2032 Games, a commendable project that aligns
with the win well approach.
> The two-time Olympian has visited remote
Indigenous communities as part of theAustralian Olympic Committee’s (AOC) ‘Olympians
Unleashed Program’ and was also appointed to
the AOC Athletes’ Commission in 2022 when they
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Need to know
> This is Australia’s largest ever Olympic boxing
contingent.
> The preliminary rounds take place at North Paris
Arena, with finals at Roland-Garros — home of
the French Open.
> Harry Garside returns for his second Games after
claiming bronze in Tokyo.
> Caitlin Parker is team captain and the firstwoman to box at two Olympics for Australia.

Boxing team’s second home
> The AIS Combat Centre is routinely home to eliteand pathways boxing camps.
> Over 223 participants attended 9 boxing camps
in 2023; with 260 participants across 10 boxing
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Olympic preparation at the AIS in Canberra before
heading to Germany and into Paris.
> Shara Romer was the first female Australianamateur to be appointed a support coach at
the 2016 Olympics and assistant coach at the2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games. In 2022
Romer joined CombatAus under the National
Generation 2032 Coach Program, working
closely with the Queensland Academy of Sport
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> Tiana Echegaray and Teremoana Teremoana,
were born in Australia, but are proud to represent
their rich Cook Islands culture and the whole
Pacific region in Paris.
> Bantamweight Charlie Senior was born in theWest Yorkshire city of Bradford, while Yusuf
Chothia was born in Johannesburg.
“Win well means showing up, being respectful andtrying your hardest. As a country we want to show
up on the world stage as one united force, because
it’s so much better when we’re all together and all
focused on the same mission.” Harry Garside.

All welcome in the ring
> Australia’s boxing dozen represent our richtapestry of cultures.
> Marissa Williamson Pohlman is the firstIndigenous woman to box for Australia at the
Olympics. Callum Peters is also a proud First
Nations athlete.
> Tina Rahimi is the first Muslim Australian
woman to box at the Olympics.
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Need to know
> Breaking makes its Olympic debut at the
famed Place de la Concorde.
> Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn and Jeff ‘J-Attack’
Dunne will make history as Australia’s first
Olympic breakers.

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Banking on breaking> danceSport received a $150,000 grant to fund a
program for FY2023/24.
> This grant supported the delivery of breaking
competitions, workforce support, monthly
development workshops for pathway athletes,
and travel support for identified athletes toattend domestic camps and competitions.
> Funds were also allocated for the maintenanceof the AUS Breaking social and digital assets,
ensuring effective communication andengagement with the dance sport community.

> Dunne is a year 11 student from Casuarina on the
Tweed Coast. He is the youngest competitor of
the 16 B-Boys competing in Paris.
> Breaking combines urban dance withexceptional athleticism, where athletes areevaluated on creativity, personality, technique,variety, performativity, and musicality.
> Breaking battles feature an MC and DJ, setting
them apart from other dance forms whereroutines are performed to pre-selected music.
Breakers face the challenge of adapting theirskills to unfamiliar tracks, a crucial aspect of
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adding to the dynamic energy of the event.

> Gunn is a 36-year-old university lecturer from
Sydney.

Government
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Need to know
> Jess Fox is known as the Greatest Athlete of All Time(GOAT) in Canoe Slalom. She will be joined by younger
sister, Noemie, who has qualified for her first Games.
> Jess has won a medal at three consecutive
Olympics, with C1 gold at Tokyo 2020 the pinnacle.
The coveted K1 gold has evaded Jess (silver 2012,bronze 2016, bronze 2020).

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Eyes on the prize> Different boats are used in slalom. In the canoe
event, athletes kneel and use a single-bladed
paddle. In the kayak events, they are seated and use
a double-bladed paddle. The AIS Engineering teamdeveloped custom pieces for Jess Fox’s boats — acustom 3D printed knee cup for her canoe with anovel installation system; and custom designed
lightweight aluminium alloy footpegs for her kayak.
> AIS Engineering customised special electronic
glasses for the Australian slalom team whichblock out one eye to train the brain to remember
recent optics.

> Kayak cross (extreme slalom) is a new Olympic
discipline being introduced in Paris. It is the
only slalom event in which athletes racehead-to-head (rather than against the clock).
> To target success in this new event, Paddle Australia
received $200,000 through the Paris Preparation
Fund to deliver a specialised kayak cross program.

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Women in coaching:
Myriam Fox> Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (Jess and Noemie'smum) is one of the few women in Australianhigh performance coaching.

> The ASC’s Sport Intelligence and Analytics teamteamed up with Paddle Australia for the Blue Moon
project. Blue Moon integrates data from global andlocal competitions, including race times and athlete
rankings, offering sophisticated visualisations andrevolutionising data analytics in sport.

> She is an inaugural member of the AIS
Summit Coaching Program — an initiative
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Need to know
> Reigning Olympic champions Tom
Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen face theunique prospect of racing a new Olympic eventwith their pet K2 1000m event replaced by theshorter K2 500m in Paris.
> Van der Westhuyzen’s brother, Pierre is one ofsix debutants. He will race alongside fellow
debutant Jackson Collins, whose dad,
Daniel, won two canoe medals for Australia(bronze in 1996, silver in 2000).
> Aly Bull and Alyce Wood will contest their
third Games, equalling the most appearances
for an Australian woman in canoe sprint with
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The rise of mum athletes> Paddle Australia’s medical team and the AIS
Female Health & Performance Initiative collected
groundbreaking data as they supported Alyce
Wood through her pregnancy.
> During her return to sport, Wood grappled withbeing separated from her then 10-month-olddaughter, Florence. In the middle of a criticaloverseas training camp, Wood decided to returnto Australia with the full support of National
Performance Director, Kim Crane. This reflecteda significant shift in the program’s approach,prioritising psychological well-being overphysiological advantages; and the positive
system changes that have empowered athletes.
> Crane has gone on to be named successor tooutgoing CEO, Phil Jones, in a strong display ofstability and succession planning for the sport.
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Alyce Wood and daughter Florence.

Paddle HQ> The AIS has a specialised Canoe National
Training Centre on the Gold Coast at Pizzey Park,
Mermaid Waters which has been the backdrop ofAustralia’s canoe sprint success.
> The men’s K4 also spent time in their boat training
in the AIS pool in Canberra. Paddle Australia and
AIS biomechanists and engineers teamed up
for a covert operation to help the men’s K4 findthe crucial milliseconds during the race startthat they need to vie for a medal. Video footage
and sensor data were captured for analysis tomake comparisons between different starting
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COMPETITION DATESMountain bike — July 28 –29
BMX — July 30 –August 2
Road — July 27 and August 3 –4
Track — August 5 –11

Need to know
> There are five Olympic cycling disciplines: trackcycling, road cycling, BMX freestyle, BMX racing
and mountain bike.
> Track cycling offers 12 gold medals — six per
gender. Track cyclists compete in either thesprint events (team sprint, sprint, keirin) or
endurance races (team pursuit, Madison,
omnium).
> Matthew Glaetzer will line up for his fourthGames with the men podium chances in all
sprint events.
> Australia also has longstanding success in the
men’s team pursuit — standing on the podium atevery Games since 2012.
> 2023 Madison World Championships silver
medallist Georgia Baker spearheads Australia’s
women’s endurance hopes on the track.

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time trial — with many professional Australianriders in medal contention. Grace Brown is inmint career form and aims to better her time trial
fourth place while on debut in Tokyo.
> BMX racing is a fast-paced race held on shortoutdoor tracks that include jumps, bumps andtight banked corners (all in around 40 seconds).
Australia’s Saya Sakakibara and Izaac Kennedy
are looking to convert their 2024 World Cup
Series victories to the Paris podium. Lauren
Reynolds will line up at a fourth Games.
> BMX freestyle (park) sees riders execute tricks
on obstacles such as walls, box jumps andspines, with tricks scored on multiple aspects
over 60 seconds. Logan Martin made history by
becoming the first-ever Freestyle BMX Olympic
gold medallist in Tokyo 2020 and will be out todefend his title.

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Chasing rainbows> Tokyo Olympian Natalya Diehm is used tochasing rainbows — the famous cycling leader’sjersey. But the rainbow symbol means more to
Diehm as an out freestyle BMX athlete — andan AIS Thrive With Pride Ambassador.
> Thrive With Pride aims to support rainbow
athletes and allies by driving LGBTIQ+
inclusion initiatives within Australian sporting
communities to help celebrate and empower
LGBTIQ+ peoples.

> Mountain biking is held across undulating trailswith tricky climbs and descents and obstacles.
Rebecca Henderson lines up for her fourth Games.
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Wind tunnel> The ASC has provided investment into theAustralian Centre for Sports Aerodynamics —the only sport specific centre for aerodynamics
in the southern hemisphere.
> The state-of-the-art low speed open-jet sports
wind tunnel is based in Adelaide and operated by
the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI). It has
been designed to test athletes and equipment ina wide range of Olympic and Paralympic sports
including snow sports, cycling, triathlon, rowing,athletics and swimming.
> The ASC shares a role with SASI in shaping
the strategic direction for the centre and its
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Special projects> Champion BMX Freestyle rider Logan Martin will
have everything at his disposal to try and replicate
his Tokyo 2020 gold medal, with a Paris Olympic
Course replica constructed on the Gold Coastthrough the ASC’s Paris Preparation Fund. Martin
will be up against the French race favourite,
Anthony Jeanjean, who has the significant edgeof training on the Olympic course.
> The ASC’s Paris Preparation fund also targeted
the men’s team sprint. To be in medal
contention, the team projects they need tobridge a 0.5 second gap (in a race that takes
approximately 42 seconds). This funding secured
upgraded equipment to decrease the bike weightand improve aerodynamics and rider position to
reduce friction and boost performance.
> The AIS Engineering team developed customised
3D printed aluminium stem adapters for the
track endurance team. This range of custom
stem adapters were developed to allow the
Olympic and Paralympic athletes to achieve
optimised handlebar extension geometry for
aerodynamic drag reduction.

AIS Engineering created custom stem adapters for the track endurance teams.

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> Melissa Wu is competing at her fifth Games.
Wu won silver on debut at Beijing 2008,
becoming the youngest Australian to win an
Olympic medal in diving at just 16.
> Rio 2016 bronze medallists Anabelle Smith
and Maddi Keeney reunite for the 3m synchro.
Despite living nearly 2000 kilometres apart,
Smith (who trains in Melbourne) and Keeney(who trains in Brisbane) won gold at the Paris
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at the 2023 World Championships. Rousseau’s
grandfather won gold for France in Australia in
cycling at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games.
His goal is to do the “switcheroo” and win a medal
for Australia in France.
> Matthew Mitcham was the last Australian to win
Olympic diving gold in 2008. Mitcham has been an
AIS Thrive with Pride ambassador since the program’s
inception in 2022. The program aims to support
rainbow athletes with driving LGBTIQ+ inclusion
initiatives within Australian sporting communities.

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Next gen investments> Three emerging diving coaches are part of the AIS
National Generation 2032 Coach Program (AshleighMeneses — WA, Lillian Foster — SA, Rebecca Stafford— VIC), while Emma Lynch from the NSW Instituteof Sport received an AIS Experiential Learning Grant
to be mentored at the 2023 World Championships,
accelerating her coaching career.
> These programs aim to increase the number
and diversity of Australian coaches, creating amore inclusive and sustainable sporting system.
READ MORE> Anabelle Smith was an inaugural member of the
AIS Athlete Advisory Committee — the only athletecommittee to include Olympic, Paralympic andCommonwealth Games athletes.
> With nearly 15 years as an elite athlete, Smith
has collaborated closely with the AIS Female
Performance & Health Initiative, advocating
for awareness on menstrual cycles, hormonal
contraception, and body image. READ MORE
Melissa Wu.

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EQUESTRIANCOMPETITION DATESEventing — July 27 –29
Dressage — July 30 –31 and August 3 –4
Jumping — August 1 –2 and 5 –6

Need to know
> Australia is represented in three equestrian
disciplines — eventing, jumping and dressage.
Each discipline offers an individual and a teamgold medal.
> Australia’s most successful discipline is eventing— with 14 medals including silver (team) andbronze (individual — Andrew Hoy) in Tokyo.
> Dressage, meaning training in French, isreferred to as the horse ballet. It takes place ina rectangular arena and showcases a horse’s
responsiveness to a rider’s commands.
> Jumping involves navigating a series of obstacles
within a set time, with penalties for knocking
down fences or exceeding the time limit.
> Eventing combines dressage, cross country,
and jumping across four days. In cross country,
riders navigate a natural terrain course with solid
obstacles, incurring faults for refusals, time
penalties, and eliminations for falls. Scores fromall three phases are combined to determine
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Rehab for Rose
> Four months out from the Games, Shane Rose
was crushed by a horse — sustaining a severe
concussion and 19 separate fractures.
> Getting back into contention for Paris involved a
100-day rehabilitation plan. A major part of thatwas moving to the AIS in Canberra and using theworld-class AIS facilities and expertise to get him
back on the horse again (literally) in time for Paris!
> AIS physios andtrainers helped Roseover a transformative
four-week period. He
slowly regained thestrength to walk andride and left the AIS
itching to get back ona real horse — after
AIS staff taped ahobbyhorse head tohis rehab bike.

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Being mentally fit> Equestrian Australia is well-represented in the
AIS Mental Fitness Program, with two athletes
serving as ambassadors — Zoe Vorenas andMaddison Cooke.
> The AIS delivers the Mental Fitness Programin partnership with the Black Dog Institute.
Elite athletes share evidence-based researchand personal stories on mental fitness andresilience with high school students, reachingover 35,000 students nationwide.

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The Matildas effect> The Matildas are driven by leaving a legacy andchanging women’s football forever.

> Their campaign begins before the Opening
Ceremony with a clash against Germany. The
Matildas also face USA in another blockbustergroup match.

> The Federal Government’s $200 million Play Our
Way grant program capitalises on the Matildas’
World Cup legacy — helping local governments
and sporting organisation make sport morewelcoming and equitable.

> The Olyroos (men’s under-23 team) did not
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and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

> Steph Catley captains the team, with Sam Kerr
unavailable due to an ACL injury.

Government
investment> The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup marked ahistoric milestone by breaking even for the firsttime, with an economic impact of $1.32 billion inAustralia (according to Football Australia’s posttournament report on the Legacy ’23 strategy).
> With toddler Harper Gorry in camp andfamilies integrated throughout their World Cup
campaign, the Matildas presented a new modelof high performance, aligned with Win Well.
Several rising stars credit the maternal impactof Katrina Gorry as integral to their progression.

> The Matildas have always embraced inclusion,building their culture over years so that
players could feel safe and comfortable being
themselves. The Matildas are proud allies andadvocates for the LGBTQIA+ community.

Michelle Heyman’s
accelerated pathway> Prodigal Matildas striker Michelle Heyman trains
on site with Canberra United. Prior to that, she
was part of the inaugural AIS Accelerate programin 2021. AIS Accelerate aims to increase career
pathway options in sport for women athletes.
It is part of the broader AIS Women Leaders in
Sport (WLIS) Program which is focused on helping
women reach their leadership potential in sport.

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Men — August 1 –4
Women — August 7 –10

Need to know
> Golf returned to the Olympics in 2016 following
a 112-year hiatus.
> Hannah Green has been Australia’s best
performer since golf’s comeback, finishing
fifth in Tokyo.
> Jason Day wants to make amends in Paris,
admitting he “made a mistake” by not
becoming an Olympian in 2016 — for Zika
virus and family reasons.
> 60 men and 60 women will swing for gold at
Le Golf National, on the outskirts of Paris.

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Olympic debut.
> The Lee siblings have used their family rivalry
to their advantage to climb the international
rankings. They have their differences — with
Minjee “the scientist” whose trajectory has beena “straight line” and Min Woo “the artist” whose
career is ‘like a random squiggly line’.
> Whilst competitive by nature, they are also one
another’s biggest supporter and epitomise what
it means to win well.

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Superstar siblings> Karrie Webb is the (non-playing) Australian
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Support across the board> Golf Australia has increased its parental
support to retain and recruit the best people
for the job. Now mothers who work in highperformance roles such as coaching are offered
flexible working conditions to ensure they feel
supported in both roles.
> In 2022 Golf Australia was one of 14 sportingorganisations to receive a grant of up to $40,000
to help strengthen their coaching workforce.
> In 2021 the AIS and Golf Australia opened
the Australian Golf House in Orlando, Florida.
The ‘home away from home’ has offeredhundreds of emerging athletes and support
staff a place to stay, train and rejuvenate
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GYMNASTICSCOMPETITION DATESArtistic — July 27–August 5
Trampoline — August 2
Rhythmic — August 8 –10

Need to know
> There are three Olympic disciplines — artistic,
rhythmic and trampoline.
> In artistic gymnastics, Australia will be
represented in the individual events, as well as
the prestigious women's team event for the firsttime since London 2012. Star Georgia Godwin
was ruled out with an achilles injury, but 'BeamQueen' Emma Nedov makes her debut in thefive-woman team after narrowly missing out in2016 and 2020.
> Australia also boasts a rhythmic gymnastics
team, known as the Aspire Senior Group. Lidiia
Iakovleva makes history as the first Australianrhythmic gymnast to compete individually andas part of the group.
> Brock Batty will become the youngest male fromany nation to compete in Olympic trampoline
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gymnastics event.
> Australia’s lone gymnastics medal came when
Ji Wallace finished second in trampoline’s debut
at Sydney 2000.

Gymnastics the Australian way> The ASC has helped Gymnastics Australia
create a series of policies which raise the baron the expected behaviours of every individual
involved in the sport, “to re-define the sport ofgymnastics the Australian way.”> This commitment to safer sport incorporates the
National Integrity Framework; ‘Body Care’ — acollaborative and positive approach around body
image; a Disciplinary Register and a dedicatedNational Complaints Manager.

Kate McDonald and Emmanouela Frroku.

AIS is spin city
> The AIS campus has played an instrumentalrole in preparing Australia’s gymnastics teamfor the Games. Team leader Georgia Godwin
trained on site before injury cruelled her
Olympic chances — and the AIS supported her
throughout her recovery. The men’s artistic
gymnasts are also regulars at the Centre of
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HOCKEYCOMPETITION DATESJULY 27–AUGUST 9

Need to know
> The Kookaburras (men’s team) are fuelled by theirnarrow defeat to Belgium in the Tokyo Olympic final,
which ended in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.
> The Hockeyroos (women’s team) are chasing theirfirst podium since 2000. At the Tokyo Games they
were beaten by surprise packets, India in thequarterfinals.
> Three-time Olympic medallist Eddie Ockenden lines
up for his fifth Games, making him the most capped
Australian Olympic hockey player of all time.
> The Hockeyroos are coached by Katrina
Powell — the Hockeyroos’ first permanent
female coach since 1978.

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> Since 2022, Australian athletes have had accessto state-of-the-art video technology through the
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offers real-time feedback on phones or tablets,
speeding up analysis and development. The
data collected will also fuel deeper analysis
and potential advancements in artificial
intelligence. READ MORE
“This is a wonderful story of Australian innovationand collaboration, with government, sport andtechnology combining to give our athletes thebest chance of reaching their potential.”
ASC CEO Kieren Perkins OAM.

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Connection to Country> As	 part of Win Well, the sporting sector committed
to enhancing meaningful connection with
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,
histories, communities and culture.
> The Hockeyroos have a strong emphasis on diversity
and belonging embedded into their team culture,
led by Brooke Peris, a proud Yawuru woman, andMariah Williams, a proud Wiradjuri woman.
> Peris is the most capped Indigenous player inAustralian hockey. Her cousin is former Senator Nova
Peris OAM who was the first Indigenous athlete to
win an Olympic gold medal (hockey — Atlanta 1996)
and is a big influence in Brooke’s sporting career.

> The Paris Preparation Fund reinvigorated the
Hockeyroos, enabling a larger squad to train in
Perth from January 2024 to prepare for the Gamesrather than players training in their home states.
> This provided an optimal environment to build
team culture, practice key technical and tacticalelements, monitor daily load and injuries, andindividualise programs.
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Need to know
> The goal in a judo match is to score the mostpoints through throws or holds. A bout can also
end with an ‘Ippon,’ the ultimate move, achievedby throwing the opponent onto their back.
> Olympic places are earnt based on theaccumulation of international points over a
two-year period.
> Australia will be represented by fifth seed
Aoife Coughlan (-U70kg) and Katharina Haecker(-U63kg) in the women’s events, and Joshua Katz
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Judokas give back> Katz is coached by his brother, Nathan Katz. The
Katz brothers made history competing together at
Rio 2016, and then Josh missed out on qualifying
for Tokyo. The way they balance life, family andsport, and their desire to help each other succeed
epitomises the pledge to ‘win well’.
> Katharina Haecker was raised in Germany but
came to Australia to train in Australia’s centralised
judo program. Haecker saw the benefits of life inAustralia and never wanted to leave.

> Australia has won two bronze medals in Olympic
judo history. Maria Pekli was the last Australian to
win a judo medal with bronze in 2000.

Government
investment> Home	grown talent Aoife Coughlan and Josh
Katz started judo at a young age and are atestament to Judo Australia’s pathways program.
> All three athletes have invested back into grassroots on regular occasions through coachingand other mentoring activities whilst keeping on
top of their own commitments. Katz has beenworking as an ambassador for the AIS Mental
Fitness Program which sees him deliver talks toteenagers across the country.
> Judo Australia is led by CEO Rebecca Hamilton,
a graduate of the AIS Talent Program.
> Five-time Olympian Maria Pekli, Judo Australia’s
General Manager of Pathways and Performance,
was named one of the most influential female
judoka in the world.

Combat centre> The AIS Combat Centre was established in2013 and has rapidly developed into arenowned training facility with a dedicatedhigh performance management team.
Josh and Nathan Katz.

> With 900m2 of judo or jigsaw mats, judo is oneof several sports using the facility.

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MODERN PENTATHLONCOMPETITION DATESAUGUST 8–11

Need to know
> Modern pentathlon is like a mini-Olympics
involving five sports — swimming, fencing, horseriding, shooting and running.
> Athletes compete in four events — a timed 200m
freestyle, fencing bouts, show jumping (with anunfamiliar horse allocated 20 minutes before
competition) and a combined run/shoot (similar
to biathlon where athletes complete 5x600m
circuits, shooting 5x targets each lap).
> A new 'obstacle’ discipline will replace the riding
component of modern pentathlon after Paris2024. It involves eight different obstacles, raced
over a 60-70m course for athletes to complete
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Inspired by Esposito> Chloe Esposito won Australia’s breakthroughgold medal in modern pentathlon in 2016.
> In 2017, Esposito crossed paths with 14-year-old
schoolkid, Genevieve Janse van Rensburg at asports assembly.

“It was just the way Chloe talked... She spoke
about all the fun things she did when she wastraining with the Italians and other teams — andeverything she spoke about sounded so fun...
I was sitting there thinking ‘I already do theswimming, I already do the riding. I do running at
school. So, come on, fencing and shooting can’tbe that hard!’” Genevieve Janse van Rensburg.

> Already a promising athlete, van Rensburg
began training to become an Olympian in
the tricky five-discipline sport like her hero.
A journey that culminates in Paris where van
Rensburg makes her Olympic debut.
> Van Rensburg, who studies psychology, is partof the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarshipand Mentoring Program- an initiative supportedby the ASC.
> Esposito, now a mum of three, will be watchingon from Lennox Head, where she now runs aswim and gym centre.

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ROWINGCOMPETITION DATESJULY 27–AUGUST 3

Need to know
> Australia finished second on the rowing gold
medal tally in Tokyo and heads to Paris with a
new team name: the Rowsellas.
> Having won gold in the men’s and women’s
coxless four in Tokyo, new-look combinations
will race in Paris.
> The men’s coxless four has reached the podium
at seven of the past eight Games — among
them, ASC Commissioner, Nick Green with the
Oarsome Foursome.
> The flagship women’s boat sees Tokyo fourgold medallists Annabelle McIntyre and Jessica
Morrison combine in the coxless pair.
> Dual World Championship bronze medallist
Tara Rigney is also one to watch in the women’ssingle scull.
> Known historically as one of the strongest
rowing nations, the Rowsellas are chasing afirst ever gold medal in the coveted eights. The
eights have been prioritised for Paris, with three
Olympic Champions in the men’s eight which iscoxed by female coxswain, Kendall Brodie.

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Home base> Australia’s rowers are based out of the
Men’s National Training Centre on Lake Burley
Griffin in Canberra, and the Women’s National
Training Centre at the Sydney 2000 legacy
venue in Penrith.
> In 2021 the AIS granted Rowing Australia$1.7 million to upgrade the changing rooms
and consultation rooms at the Canberra centre,
improve access for people with disability andhost visiting women athletes.
> When abroad, Australian rowers descend on
the AIS European Training Centre (ETC) on Lake
Varese in Italy. The ETC is a unique training
and recovery haven catering for up to 150
athletes and support staff a night in the peaklead-up to Paris. It gives athletes access toaccommodation, an Olympic gym and training
facilities, recovery pools, physio, massage andsports medicine.
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Fine margins count> The accumulation of the two Australian gold
medal victories in the men’s and women’s
coxless fours at the Tokyo Games was .71 of asecond over 11 minutes 59.13 seconds of racing.
Fine margins count.
> The ASC’s Paris Preparation Fund helped Australia
get a jump on its opponents through targetedboat optimisation. The AIS Engineering team andRowing Australia collaborated to enhance thedesign, engineering and manufacturing of theteams’ equipment, ensuring the Aussies are given
the best possible start in Paris.
> As part of the boat optimisation program,
AIS Engineering completed 3D laser scanningand hull form analysis, installed titanium andaerospace aluminium, relocated corrector
weights to lower the centre of gravity, redesigned
and manufactured the oar gate pin and pitch pin,
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Rowing’s future> Dual Olympian Sarah Cook became CEO of
Rowing Australia in 2023. Cook has benefited
from the AIS Athlete Accelerate Program and
Women Leaders in Sport (WLIS) program andbrings her experience as an athlete, coachand administrator to the role. Cook has been
imperative to the development of Win Well.
> The ASC has provided a series of WLIS Grants
to support Rowing Australia's Women in High
Performance Coaching Project. The project
implements policy and system changes so
the pathway for coaches is more accessible
and appealing.
> Hally Chapman works as an assistant coachunder veteran Women's Head Coach, John
Keogh, through the National Generation 2032
Coach Program. Gen 32 is a join initiative
between the AIS, National Institute Network
and National Sporting Organisations with theaim that coaches involved in the program
will transition to become Australia’s coachingleaders of the future. It funds apprenticeships
for the selected coaches. READ MORE

Sarah Cook speaking at the AIS Rowing facility upgrade opening.

‘Rowing Australia is committed to making
our organisation and our sport a place that is
welcoming and supportive of women and girls
at all levels and in all roles. High performancecoaching globally and across all sports has a long
way to go, with only 13% of coaches at the Tokyo
Games being women. Rowing Australia have
utilised the AIS Women Leaders In Sport Grants
Program to start to create policy and systemicchange that will make the high performancecoaching pathway more accessible, safe, andsustainable for women coaches.’
Rowing Australia CEO, Sarah Cook.

> Rowing Australia and Surf Life Saving Australia
teamed up ahead of Coastal Rowing’s debut
at the Los Angeles 2028 Games to establish apathway for Australian surf life savers striving tobecome Olympic medallists.
> Listen to Australian rowers Spencer Turrinand Angus Widdicombe from the eight on
the Win Well podcast.
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Eyes on the prize> Australia’s women’s sevens team won gold at
Rio 2016 but exited in the quarterfinals in Tokyo.

> The Aussie women ran a “Train with Champions”
session at the AIS European Training Centre (ETC)
for local juniors in the Italian town of Varese.

> The men are still chasing their first Olympic
podium, with Fiji winning gold in 2016 and 2020.

> The ETC has hosted 25 Australian teams in thepast six months, with teams often engaging insoft diplomacy.

> The Aussie women had an almighty battle withNew Zealand this season. Australia won the
Series Final in June after New Zealand narrowly
topped the regular season in May. Lookout Paris.

Inspiring a generation> Since her debut at 18, Charlotte Caslick has
reshaped perceptions of women’s rugby andinspired countless girls to join the game.
> Talented sisters Maddison and Teagan Levi
idolised Caslick as kids. Despite being chasedby the NRL and AFL, the Levi sisters have taken
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> The Aussie men finished second in the 2024
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Schoolgirl, Bridget Clark and her hero, Charlotte Caslick in 2017;and as teammates in 2024.

“The ETC is very much a part of the local
community, and we rely on their support to operatea world-class facility for our Australian athletes.”
ETC Lead Fiona de Jong.

> Rugby Australia professionalised the Sevens
program in 2014, establishing one of Australia’s
most elite professional women’s sports
programs.
> Emilee Barton (Cherry) is Assistant Coachof the women’s sevens under Tim Walsh, whocoached her to Olympic gold in 2016. Barton ispart of the AIS National Generation 2032 Coach
Program which prepares coaches for the Brisbane
Games, offering employment, mentorship,childcare and funding. READ MORE

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> Grae Morris will contest the new iQFOiL classwhich makes its Olympic debut in Paris.

> Matt Wearn is out to defend the dinghy title,
having won gold in Tokyo and winning consecutive
ILCA 7 world championships in 2023/ 2024. Wearn
is coached by 2004 silver medallist Rafa Trujillo
under the guidance of legendary technicaldirector, Michael Blackburn.

> The iQFOiL is a fast form of windsurfing,with athletes reaching top speeds of morethan 60km/h — equipment is ever evolving andprone to damage.

> Olympic sailing takes place in Marseille.
Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine.

Smooth sailing> Olivia Price makes her Olympic return after
winning silver at London 2012. Price came out of afive-year retirement to mentor up-and-comer
Evie Haseldine, which quickly evolved into a
partnership to compete in the 49erFX class in Paris.
Australian Sailing has helped Price balance training
with work, media commitments and coaching.
Price and Haseldine’s dads also sailed together.
Listen to them on the AIS Win Well Podcast.

> Australian Sailing facilitated a unique job-sharearrangement for Australia’s ILCA 6 class.
> Carolijn Brouwer, a triple Olympian from theNetherlands, balances family commitments
by sharing the coaching role with aspiring
Gen 32 coach, Ben Walkemeyer. Embracing
flexibility as a strength, they live in different
cities but have cultivated a strong teamenvironment, propelling the Australian ILCA
6 squad toward their goal of becoming thestrongest ILCA squad globally.

> Morris has been steadily climbing the
rankings. To boost his medal prospects,
the Paris Preparation Fund contributed to
new equipment and targeted iQFOiL camps
in Fremantle where the conditions simulate
the conditions expected in Marseille.

Technical analysis> Australian Sailing has worked hand in glove
with the AIS in maintaining and developing
critical analytics platforms. This allows coaches
to analyse athlete performance and provide
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Need to know
> There are three Olympic shooting disciplines:
shotgun, rifle and pistol.
> Shotgun events (trap and skeet) involve a
moving clay target, whereas rifle and pistol
events feature stationary targets.
> Australia has had most success in the shotgun (trap).
> Rio 2016 trap gold medallist Catherine Skinnerreturns alongside Penny Smith after missingout on qualifying for Tokyo.
> Multiple World Cup medallist James Willett leads
Australia’s hopes in the men’s trap.

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Learning Program (ELP) which funds coaches
so they can be immersed in international
competition.
> Birgan travelled to the 2023 ISSF Junior Shooting
World Championships in South Korea and is now
in Paris as an Olympic shotgun coach.
> As intended, the ELP fast tracks women on theircoaching journey. It was developed as part of the
AIS’ commitment to increase the number of womenin high performance coaching. READ MORE

Athlete wellbeing> For every athlete preparing to represent
Australia at the Paris 2024 Olympics andParalympics, there is an Athlete Wellbeing
and Engagement (AW&E) Manager available tothem, making sure they are supported before,
during, and after the Games.
> The AW&E network was launched by theAustralian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 2018 andhas grown to almost 60 managers working
with sports, State and Territory Sport Institutes
and Academies.
> Like all sports, shooting’s AW&E Manager
directly supports athletes with theirwelfare and professional development.
As well as mental health, the positions
support athletes in areas of personal andprofessional development, including careerand education. READ MORE

Coach, Renae Birgan and junior athlete, Molly Bretag.

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Need to know
> Skateboarding made its Olympic debut in Tokyo.
> Athletes compete in one of two disciplines:
street (an urban-style course with stairs, curbs,
slopes and rails) and park (which features askate bowl or ramp amongst the elements).
> Keegan Palmer will be aiming to defend his park
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and Arisa Trew (born April 2010) are in the race
to become Australia’s youngest ever Olympic
medallist — a record held by relay swimmer
Sandra Morgan-Beavis since 1956.
> Covell competes in the street event; while Trew
enters the park event full of confidence, having
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“I want to applaud the Australian Sports
Commission, the Queensland Government,
and Gold Coast City Council for creating thisworld-class temporary venue to help prepare
our Olympic hopefuls.” Skate Australia Chair
Dr Phil Hamdorf.

Yarning leads to progress
World class training> Skateboarders are regulars at the AIS Campus
in Canberra, attending five camps sinceNovember 2023 as they lead into the Olympics.
> Australian skaters were boosted by the creationof a new indoor training facility ahead of Paris —a joint project between the ASC, Gold Coast City
Council and the Queensland Government.
> Designed to replicate conditions athletes
will experience in Paris, the facility means
athletes can train at home without relying
on good weather.

> At the Tokyo Games, only one piece of
the Australian team uniform featured an
Indigenous design. Sevens star Maurice
Longbottom wore the Indigenous shirt aroundthe Olympic Village, sparking a conversation
with the skateboard team.
> So inspired by the symbolism, Keegan Palmer
chose to compete in the shirt and became thefirst Australian Olympian to win gold wearing
an Indigenous print.
> This Olympiad, every piece of competition
apparel incorporates Indigenous design.

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Need to know
> Twenty-one-year-old Oceana Mackenzie isback for her second Olympic campaign following
her participation in the sport’s Olympic debutat Tokyo 2020.
> Mackenzie finished 6th in the world boulderingrankings in 2023, the first time an Australian
has finished in the top ten.
> Campbell Harrison is set to make his Olympic
debut in Paris.
> Both athletes will compete in the combined
lead/boulder event, aiming to reach as many
handhold checkpoints as possible in six minutes
while scaling heights above the crowd in lead
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Performance Support> The AIS helped Sport Climbing Australia throughits rising prominence as an Olympic sport —including developing an athlete categorisation
framework to support and identify pathway
athletes and medal prospects.
> Karen Powell was awarded a Women Leaders in
Sport (WLIS) grant whilst acting as chairperson of
the High Performance Committee in 2023.

Community Support> Campbell Harrison is a proud, queer man and isusing his growing profile as an Olympian to help
strengthen the LGBTIQ+ climbing community.
> Climbing is in the family with Harrison’s
mother, Yvette, a founding member of Sport
Climbing Victoria and father, Russell, an active
member of the Australian Para Climbing team in
the RP3 classification.

> WLIS provides leadership development
opportunities for women on and off the field.
It is managed by the ASC through the supportof the Office for Women. It has supported morethan 27,000 women and more than 800 sportorganisations since 2002.

> Sport Climbing will stay on the Olympic programfor Los Angeles 2028.

Campbell Harrison holding Australian flag. © Michael Klein.

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COMPETITION DATESJULY 27–JULY 31

Need to know
> Australia’s surfing quartet are all on debut.
> Named after the Irukandji jellyfish, the teamaims to be ‘Deadly in the water’.
> Competition takes place at the Teahupo’o surf
break — famous for its heavy waves. Tahiti is
15,700km from Paris — making it the farthest
distance an Olympic event has been held fromthe host city.

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Next gen investments

Surfing is in the family> The AIS was instrumental in “Olympifying” surfing
when it became an Olympic sport ahead of Tokyo
2020. Traditionally a commercial, individual
sport, Surfing Australia partnered with the AIS
and the National Institute Network to develop an
integrated performance pathway for emerging,
World Tour and Olympic athletes.

> Tyler Wright is looking to continue the family
legacy after her brother, Owen, won Australia’s
first Olympic surfing medal in Tokyo.

> Surfing Australia’s High Performance Centre
opened in Casuarina in 2012. Backed by theFederal Government, it was designed inconsultation with the AIS and became the world’s
first facility dedicated to the development of elite
surfers and coaches.

> Ethan Ewing won the 2023 Bells Beach Rip Curl
Pro, exactly 40 years after his mother, Helen
Lambert, won the event as an 18-year-old.
> All Aussies finished top-five in the World Surf
League, with Molly Picklum the highest in second.
> Jack Robinson has had great success at the
Olympic venue, defeating triple world champion
Gabriel Medina at the Tahiti Pro in 2023.

> In response to requests from athletes,
Surfing Australia received funding from theParis Preparation Fund to provide more wellbeing
support on tour. This gave them access to aphysiotherapist, psychologist and wellbeing
support during an immense training andcompetition load, and in the face of heavy waterconditions to help them be best prepared.
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Need to know
> Australia won nine gold medals (20 total) in Tokyoand may equal or better that record haul in Paris.
> Ariarne Titmus (200m freestyle, 400m freestyle)and Kaylee McKeown (100m backstroke, 200m
backstroke) will look to defend their crowns, bothadding a third event (Titmus — 800m freestyle;
McKeown — 200m individual medley).
> Shayna Jack and Mollie O’Callaghan haveemerged as the lead sprinters to keep the 50m
and 100m freestyle gold medals in Australianhands after Emma McKeon won both events inTokyo — but was out-qualified by the youngsters
at Australia’s Olympic Trials.

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ATHLETES> Tokyo gold medallist Zac Stubblety-Cook returns
to defend his 200m breaststroke title. He will
likely face competition from Qin Haiyang (China)
who broke the Australian’s world record in 2023.
> 2016 gold medallist Kyle Chalmers will be out for
his third straight medal in the 100m freestyle.
> Sam Short and Elijah Winnington will lead
Australia's hopes in the longer pool events.
> Bronte Campbell and Cam McEvoy join an
elite club of Australian swimmers who havecompeted at four Games — with McEvoy the
first male to do so.

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Performing when it matters> Win well means enabling Australia’s top
athletes to perform when it matters.
> World-leading knowledge and practice saw theDolphins top the medal tally at the 2023 WorldChampionships.
> Swimming Australia improved the daily training
environment for athletes, integrated mental
health first aid training, implemented leading
data and technology methods and better cared
for the evolving needs of coaches and athletes.
> One secret weapon is ‘Sparta-2’ — a swim
performance and race tactical analysis program
which uses a cutting-edge 4K camera andcustom software to provide real-time data andtrack every stroke in the pool. It is the envy of
the swimming world.

> McKeon, already the most decorated
Australian swimmer of all time, will contest
the 100m butterfly (bronze in Tokyo) andspearhead Australia’s strongest relay chances— particularly the 4x100m freestyle and4x 200m freestyle relays.
Some of the stars of the Australian Dolphins.

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SWIMMING> Jess Corones, Swimming Australia’s lead
performance analyst, is credited withsignificantly shaping the team’s culture andanalytics. As a member of the HP 2032+ Strategy
working group, Corones is helping improve
performance across Australian sport towards
Brisbane 2032.
> The team implemented novel approaches topreparing for major events. Ahead of the Olympic
Trials, Dean Boxall transformed the St Peters
Western Swim Club into a mini-Paris, completewith a marshalling room, buses, anthems,
megaphones, crowds, VIPs and media tosimulate the pressure and nerves of the Games.
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Calling Canberra home
> Bronte Campbell relocated to Canberra in her
successful tilt to become a four-time Olympian.
Campbell joined the ACT Academy of Sport andtrained under coach Shannon Rollason.
> The state-of-the-art AIS pool, recovery centre
and strength and conditioning gym were
central to Campbell’s progression — particularly
when she suffered a calf tear with Olympic
Trials in sight.
> The AIS pool will host the 2024 Junior Pan PacificChampionships in August.

> The Dolphins had a five-week European build
up to the Games in France. Swimming Australia
hosted an additional pre-staging camp aheadof the traditional staging camp to help athletes
settle in Europe, recover, rest, train, focus andbuild team morale.

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World class training> Swimming is the most popular sport for children
with nearly two million (1,918,000) participants
according to the ASC’s AusPlay insights.
> Swimming Australia receives substantial
funding from the ASC annually to support highperformance and pathway athletes, as well as
grow participation. READ MORE
“We thank the Federal Government for its
commitment to the high-performance program...
This targeted approach will help deliver ongoinginternational success of our swimmers; resultsthat we hope will inspire all Australians as wehead down the green and gold runway to Parisand ultimately Brisbane 2032.” Dolphins Head
Coach, Rohan Taylor.

“To win well means to have a balanced person
first approach in sport and for me that means
sustainable success and living your best life, also
having that opportunity to fail and grow at thesame time.” Zac Stubblety-Cook.
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Need to know
> Australian teenage sensation Nicholas Lum will be
one to watch after becoming the youngest player
to win the US National Men's Single title at just 14
years of age.
> Lum is one of three 19-year-olds, together
with Finn Luu and Hwan Bae, set to make their
Olympics debut.
> Australia's first (and only current) dual Olympian
and Paralympian Melissa (Milly) Tapper will be
returning for her third Olympics.
> China continues to dominate at the Olympics,
having won 32 of 37 gold medals since the sport
debuted at the 1988 Games.
> China’s five-time Olympic men’s gold medallist
Ma Long will be back in the spotlight alongsidecompatriot, women’s top ranked player
Sun Yingsha.

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Rallying the next generation> Hongbo Liang from Table Tennis Australia was
one of 40 coaches to be appointed into the
AIS flagship National Generation 2032 Coach
Program. Gen 32 provides a paid two-year
apprenticeship which aims to fast-track highperformance coaches to the top roles. Liang
has been credited for his work with the national
junior athletes and his ultimate goal is to help
them secure Australia’s first Olympic medal.

“This funding will be a game changer for Table
Tennis in Australia. Our Spinneroos Sporting
Schools program reached over 60,000 primaryschool aged students in 2023. Being able toroll out the program to a new audience in thesecondary school space, with age-appropriate
lesson plans that align to the Australiansecondary schools curriculum, will allow us to
get more and more Australian students involvedin our great sport” Table Tennis Australia’s
General Manager of Operations and Community,
Aaron Tuckfield.

> Table Tennis Australia are among a handfulof sports to benefit from the ASC’s 2024 Play
Well Grant, sharing in a pool of $10.3 million to
help expand their Spinneroos Sporting Schools
Program, which will give thousands of school
students exposure to the sport ahead of the2032 Games.

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TAEKWONDOCOMPETITION DATESAUGUST 7–10

Need to know
> The Paris 2024 taekwondo competition will
be held in the famed Grand Palais desChamps-Élysées.
> Stacey Hymer competes at her second
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ATHLETES> Debutants Leon Sejranovic and Bailey Lewis
round out Australia’s taekwondo team.
> Australia’s only medals in taekwondo came in
Sydney 2000 through Lauren Burns (gold) and
Daniel Trenton (silver).

Combat AUS> Taekwondo is one of the sports that sits under
The Combat Institute of Australia (CombatAUS).
> The AIS provides high performance funding
and support to CombatAUS, and performance
pathway funding and support to member sports,such as Australian Taekwondo.

Hall of fame
> Promising Victorian Leon Sejranovic was oneof 10 athletes awarded a Tier 2 Scholarshipwithin the 2024 Sport Australia Hall of Fame
Scholarship & Mentoring Program (SAHOF).
> SAHOF is Australia’s leading sports scholarshipprogram and is backed by the ASC.
> Sejranovic’s talent was clear when he won a
bronze medal in the -74kg division at the 2023
World Taekwondo Championships — Australia’s
first World Championships medal since 2013,
and the first men’s medal for nearly 25 years.

> CombatAUS aims to deliver sustainedinternational success by ensuring a dedicatedhigh performance focus, increased and moresecure investment funding and access to agreater range of performance support services
for athletes.
> Taekwondo is based out of the CombatAUS
National Performance Centre at the Victorian
Institute of Sport.
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TENNISCOMPETITION DATESJULY 27–AUGUST 4

Need to know
> Tennis has been a permanent Olympic fixture
since 1988 and is now considered as prestigious
as a Grand Slam.
> Taking place on the clay courts of Roland Garros,home to the French Open, Paris 2024 will featurea lineup of renowned international players
including 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak
Djokovic and world number one Iga Swiatek.
> Aging Spanish legend Rafael Nadal will not play
Wimbledon and instead focus on winning a third
Olympic gold medal in Paris. He will play doubles
with world number two Carlos Alcaraz.
> Alex de Minaur will make his long-awaited
Olympic debut after being ruled out of Tokyo
2020 due to COVID on the eve of the Games.

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Longstanding partnership> History between the AIS and Tennis Australia
dates back more than four decades when the
AIS officially opened its doors on January 26,
1981. Tennis was one of eight founding sports
alongside basketball, gymnastics, netball,swimming, track and field, football andweightlifting.
> Between 2019 and 2023 the ASC helped
fund Tennis Australia’s Future Champions —Community to the World Stage project which
was embedded in Tennis Australia’s womenand girls strategy. The project has establishedinitiatives to increase female participation,
develop tailored talent programs and create
leadership opportunities for women looking
to move into decision making roles acrossAustralian tennis.
The AIS has been a breeding ground for champions such as Ash Barty
and Lleyton Hewitt.

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TRIATHLONCOMPETITION DATESJULY 30–AUGUST 5

Need to know
> This European summer Olympic triathletes
are due to swim in the River Seine, cycle along
the Champs-Élysées and run through theheart of Paris.
> Each country can qualify a maximum of three
men and three women in the individual races;with four athletes combining in the mixed relay.
> Australia has won five medals in women’s
triathlon — the most recent in 2012.
> Australia is looking to break its medal drought
in men’s triathlon through Luke Willian and Matt
Hauser who both secured podium finishes at theWorld Triathlon Championship in Japan in May.
> Natalie Van Coevorden and Sophie Linn are
also set to make their Olympic debut. All fourathletes have already tasted international
success as a team, combining to win mixed
relay silver at the World Triathlon ChampionshipSeries Hamburg in 2022.

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Fast-tracking leaders> Three-time Olympian Emma Bowker (nee Moffatt)
was appointed Olympic Campaign Lead at
AusTriathlon soon after graduating from the2023 AIS Athlete Accelerate Program — aninitiative dedicated to helping retired womenathletes pursue a career in sport.
> Bowker’s former teammate, Olympic gold
medallist Emma Snowsill later joined the2024 cohort.
> Several triathlon coaches have been appointed
into prestigious AIS coach development
programs in recent years including Teresa
Theaker, Janine Kaye and Dan Atkins.

Triathlon Australia’s 2024 camp at the AIS. © Delly Carr

> The AIS was the triathlon capital of Australia
last November with 60 of of the nation’s best
triathletes on site as part of AusTriathlon’s
Team Camp.

> The AIS and AusTriathlon teamed up to
undertake a comprehensive review of theirhigh performance programs, seeking insightsfrom athletes, coaches and key partners to
help them reset for success for Paris 2024,
LA 2028 and Brisbane 2032.

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WATER POLOCOMPETITION DATESJULY 27–AUGUST 11

Need to know
> The Aussie Stingers (women) have suffered
quarter-final heartbreak at the past two
Olympics, losing by one goal in Tokyo.
> Since the Stingers lobbied for women’s waterpolo to be included in the Olympics, they have
won a gold medal in 2000 and bronze medals in2008 & 2012.
> The best finish for the Ausie Sharks (men) was
fifth in 1984 and 1992.

The Stingers way> Bec Rippon is Australia’s first female waterpolo Head Coach to lead at the Olympics.
The former Stinger is focused on culture andstrengthening relationships, resulting in
performance improvements in the pool. Rippon
is supported by Sydney gold medallists Tarryn
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ATHLETES> When Keesja Gofers fell pregnant, the NSW
Institute of Sport accommodated her pregnancy
so she could exercise with modifications andsupport throughout. Gofers returned to training
seven weeks after having daughter, Teleri in
March 2023. Her support crew, led by Mum,Arlene, often travel to camps to care forTeleri ­— the Stingers’ unofficial mascot.
> Gofers is one of several mums in Paris — the first
Games with a free on-site nursery for parents
provided by the IOC.

Shark sightings at AIS> The Stingers and Sharks are regulars at the AIS
and use the Campus pool for key camps.
> Sports Minister Anika Wells met the Stingers
at their final AIS Camp ahead of Paris. Minister
Wells committed to meeting as many athletes as
possible ahead of the Games.
> Tilly Kearns, who was born to mum Julie andWallabies legend Phil Kearns the day after the
Sydney 2000 Closing Ceremony, was gratefulfor the visit.

The Minister for Sport, The Hon Anika Wells and the Aussie Stingers in the
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WEIGHTLIFTINGCOMPETITION DATESAUGUST 7–11

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> Australia’s three-person weightlifting teamincludes 24-year-olds Eileen Cikamatana,
Jacqueline Nichele and Kyle Bruce — all making
their Olympic debut.

> There are five weight classes for both men
and women. Cikamantana will compete in thewomen’s 81kg division, Nichele in the women’s
71kg and Bruce in the men’s 89kg class.

> There are two types of lifts used in competition:
the snatch and the clean and jerk.

> Australia may have its best chances for a
medal following our performances at the 2022
Commonwealth Games where Cikamatana madehistory winning Australia’s first weightlifting
gold and Bruce took home silver after coming
agonisingly close to winning the title.

> The snatch sees athletes lift the barbell fromthe floor to above their heads in one movement
while the clean and jerk is a two-step action inwhich the bar is brought up to the shoulders
before being raised above the head.

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Wholesome motivations> Fijian-born Cikamatana grew up helping on thefamily farm and credits her success to her humble
upbringing along with the guidance of Australianweightlifting royalty Paul and Lilly Coffa — who
she calls “the dynamic duo”.
> Bruce honours his late father, who passed awayin 2015, by wearing his dad’s compression shirt
under his suit each time he competes.
> Nichele is a passionate advocate for female
empowerment and strives to promote body
positivity within the sport.

Inspiring young talent> The AIS hosted the Australia Weightlifting
Federation’s National Youth Squad Camp in April
2024, where Cikamatana demonstrated her
impressive lifts to young athletes in the strengthand conditioning gym.
> The ASC's Paris Preparation Fund assisted with
their preparation for the Games through a preGames training camp in Spain.
Eileen Cikamatana training at the AIS. © Australian Weightlifting Federation

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WRESTLINGCOMPETITION DATESAUGUST 5–11

Need to know
> Australian athletes return to the wrestling ringfor the first time since Rio 2016.
> Two athletes will make their Olympic debuts,with Jayden Lawrence in the men’s freestyle
86kg division and Georgii Okorokov in the
men’s freestyle 65kg.

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ATHLETES> The vision of Combat AUS and the AIS Combat
Centre is for Australia to be a world class
Olympic Combat Sport Nation.
> Wrestling Australia held seven camps at the
AIS Combat Centre in 2023 involving 280
participants.

Against the odds
> Lawrence and Okorokov qualified for the
Games by delivering outstanding performancesat the combined Africa/Oceania Olympic
Qualifier in Egypt.
“We are extremely proud of both Jayden andGeorgii, they both qualified for the Paris Gamesthrough one of the toughest qualification
systems via Africa which very few Australians
have achieved before... They exceeded the
expectations of most people both here inAustralia and within the international wrestlingcommunities; all with self-belief, confidence anddetermination.” Wrestling Australia, President
Andrew Kanatli.

> Australia was first represented in wrestlingat the Paris 1924 Olympic Games.

Combat collaboration> The AIS Combat Centre is a multi-sport Centreof Excellence located in Canberra. It wasestablished in 2013 and has rapidly developed
into a renowned training facility.

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AIS Combat Centre> CombatAUS was developed to lead the highperformance programs across the Olympic
Combat Sports in Australia: wrestling, boxing,
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The Commonwealth funds Australian Sporting Organisations through the ASC. Additionally, the ASC gives Commonwealth funding directly to athletes.
Exact amounts and timeframes can be found HERE
> DIRECT ATHLETE SUPPORT (dAIS) — Helping athletes who represent Australia perform at their best
The Commonwealth backs our hard working athletes on their path to representing Australia through the direct athlete support scheme. dAIS provides a means tested
grant of up to $37,500 to athletes who have the greatest need for support.
> LOCAL SPORTING CHAMPIONS (LSC) ­— Helping Aussie kids pursue their sporting dreams
Money should not get in the way of a kid's sporting dream. That's why the Commonwealth provides direct financial support to help athletes aged 12 –18 travel to state,national and international sporting events.
AthleteEvent(s)GrantsdAIS

LSC

Relevant
electorate/s

State

ARCHERY
Laura Paeglis

Individual✓

McEwen

VIC

Peter Boukouvalas

Individual✓

BlaxlandNSW

ARTISTIC SWIMMING
Carolyn Buckle

Team

Georgia Courage-Gardiner

Team

Kiera Gazzard

Team

Margo Joseph-Kuo

AthleteEvent(s)Brandon Starc

High Jump

Bree Masters

100m, 4x100m Relay

Grants
dAIS

LSC

✓

✓

Relevant
electorate/s

State

Mackellar

NSW

Moncrieff

QLD

Kooyong

VIC

Holt/Isaacs

VIC

Brett Robinson

Marathon

Brooke Buschkuehl

Long Jump

Calab Law

200m, 4x100m Relay✓

Longman

QLD✓

Fadden/Moncrieff

QLD✓

CurtinWA

Cameron McEntyre

Javelin Throw✓

Bradfield

NSW✓

Kingsford Smith/Wentworth

NSW

Camryn Newton-Smith

Heptathlon✓

Forde/Wright

QLD

3000m Steeplechase✓Cara Feain-Ryan

Team

Cooper

VIC

800m

✓

Milena Waldmann

Team

✓

Catriona Bisset

CurtinWA

100m Hurdles

✓

Team

✓

Celeste Mucci

Putu Anastasia Kusmawan

CurtinWA

Chris Mitrevski

Long Jump✓

Raphaelle GauthierTeam

CurtinWA

Claudia Hollingsworth

800m

Zoe Poulis

Team

Fremantle

WA

Connor Murphy

Triple Jump

Daniel Golubovic

Decathlon✓

Declan Tingay

20km Walk, Mixed Race Walk
Team

✓

✓

ATHLETICS
Abbey Caldwell

800m

Adam Spencer

1500m

Alanah Yukich

400m Hurdles

Aleksandra Stoilova
Amy Cashin
Ash Moloney

Decathlon

Ben Buckingham

3000m Steeplechase

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

BonnerQLD

Cooper

VIC

Gellibrand

VIC

Gorton

VIC

Goldstein

VIC

SydneyNSW

Bonner/Griffith

QLD

Higgins/Macnamara

VIC

Isaacs

VIC

Menzies

VIC

Melbourne

VIC✓

HasluckWA

Ebony Lane

4x100m Relay

4x100m Relay✓

SydneyNSW

Eleanor Patterson

High Jump✓

Grayndler/Sydney

NSW

3000m Steeplechase

✓

Lalor

VIC

Ella Connolly

100m, 4x100m Relay✓

SydneyNSW✓

RankinQLD

Ellie Beer

400m

✓

McPherson

QLD

Melbourne

VIC

Genevieve Gregson

Marathon

Griffith

QLD✓*This table indicates whether athletes have received a direct Athlete Support (dAIS) or Local Sporting Champions (LSC) grant at any stage of their journey. Athletes are grouped by sport alphabetically.

✓

✓

✓

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Event(s)GrantsGeorgia Griffith

1500m

Izzi Batt-Doyle

5000m

Jacob Despard

4x100m Relay

Jemima Montag

20km Walk, Mixed Race WalkTeam✓

Jessica Hull

1500m

✓

Jessica Stenson

Marathon

Joel Baden

High Jump

Joseph Deng

800m

dAIS

Joshua Azzopardi

4x100m Relay

Kathryn Mitchell

Javelin Throw

Kelsey-Lee Barber

Javelin Throw

Kristie Edwards

4x100m Relay

Kurtis Marschall

Pole Vault

Kyle Swan

20km Walk, Mixed Race WalkTeam

Lachlan Kennedy

4x100m Relay

Lauren Ryan

5000m, 10,000m

Liam Adams

Marathon

Liam Adcock

Long Jump

Linden Hall
Liz Clay

Relevant
electorate/s

State

AthleteEvent(s)

dAIS

LSC

Chisholm/Menzies

VIC

Patrick Tiernan

Marathon

✓

✓

Sturt

SA

Peter Bol

800m✓

Franklin

TAS

Peyton Craig

800m

✓

Macnamara

VIC

Rebecca Henderson

20km Walk, Mixed Race Walk
Team✓

Cunningham

NSW

Reece Holder

Sturt

SA

Rhydian Cowley✓

Corangamite

VIC✓

Gellibrand/Gorton/
Lalor

VIC

Hume
Ballarat

LSC

✓
✓

✓

✓

QLD

✓

✓

Bruce/La Trobe

VIC

400m

✓

✓

Bowman

QLD

20km Walk, Mixed Race Walk
Team

✓

Wills

VIC

Rohan Browning

100m, 4x100m Relay✓

SydneyNSW

Rose Davies

5000m

✓

Newcastle

NSW

NSW

Sarah Carli

400m Hurdles✓

Cunningham

NSW

VIC

Sebastian Sultana

4x100m Relay✓

Chifley/Greenway

NSW

QLD

Sinead Diver

Marathon

Mackellar

NSW

Stephanie Ratcliffe

Hammer Throw✓

CurtinWA

Stewart McSweyn

1500m, 5000m

✓

Aston

VIC

Taryn Gollshewsky
Tayleb Willis

Melbourne

VIC

Maribyrnong

VIC

✓

Reid

NSW

1500m

✓

Melbourne

VIC

100m Hurdles✓

Moncrieff

QLD

Mackenzie Little

Javelin Throw✓

Bradfield

NSW

Matthew Clarke

3000m Steeplechase

Adelaide

Mathew Denny

Discus Throw✓

Mia Gross

200m, 4x100m Relay✓

Michelle Jenneke

100m Hurdles

Morgan McDonald

5000m
High Jump

Nina Kennedy

Pole Vault

Olivia Sandery

20km Walk, Mixed Race WalkTeam

Oliver Hoare

1500m

✓
✓

✓

✓
✓

✓

QLD
WA

QLD

Nicola Olyslagers (nee
McDermott)

Groom

FisherBonner/Griffith

✓

State

Burt

Morton✓Relevant
electorate/s

✓

✓

✓

GrantsMacnamara

VIC✓

Menzies

VIC✓

BraddonTAS

Discus Throw✓

Hinkler

QLD

110m Hurdles

✓

Casey

VIC

Tori West

Heptathlon✓

Moreton

QLD

Torrie Lewis

200m, 4x100m Relay✓

Bonner/Griffith

QLD

Yual Reath

High Jump

Ballarat

VIC

Reid

NSW

Blaxland/Reid/
WatsonNSW✓

Jagajaga

VIC✓

Clark/Franklin

TAS✓

BADMINTON✓

Tiffany Ho

Women’s Singles

Setyana Mapasa

Women’s Doubles

SA

Angela Yu

Women’s Doubles

BonnerQLD

BASKETBALL

Macnamara

VIC

Alanna Smith

Women

Moncrieff

QLD

Cayla George

Women

✓

AdelaideSA

SydneyNSW

Ezi Magbegor

Women

✓

Calwell

VIC

Isobel Borlase

Women

✓

BoothbySA

Jade Melbourne

Women

✓

Melbourne

VIC

Kristy Wallace

Women

✓

Brisbane

QLD

Lauren Jackson

Women

FarrerNSW

Marianna Tolo

Women

Canberra

ACT

Robertson

NSW

CurtinWA

BoothbySA

Sydney

NSW

✓

✓

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Athlete

Event(s)GrantsRelevant
electorate/s

State

AthleteEvent(s)Rebecca Allen

Women

Melbourne

VIC

Monique Suraci

Women’s 50kg

Samantha Whitcomb

Women

Stephanie Talbot

Women

✓

Swan

WA

Shannan Davey

Men’s 71kg

Grey

SA

Teremoana Teremoana

Men’s +92kg

Tess Madgen

Women

✓

Bendigo

VIC

Tiana Echegaray

Women’s 54kg

Alex Wilson

Women 3x3✓

Anneli Maley

Women 3x3✓

Grayndler/Sydney

NSW

Tina Rahimi

Women’s 57kg

Jagajaga/McEwen

VIC

Tyla McDonald

Women’s 60kg

Lauren Mansfield

Women 3x3

Marena Whittle

Women 3x3✓

Cowan/Curtin/Moore

WA

Yusuf Chothia✓

DeakinVIC

BREAKING

Dante Exum

Men

Duop Reath

Men

Melbourne

VIC

HasluckWA

Dyson Daniels

Men

Jack McVeigh

Men✓

BendigoVIC

CANOE SLALOM✓

Clark/Franklin

TAS

Jock Landale

Men

Jessica Fox

Women’s C1, K1, Kayak Cross

FarrerNSW

Noemie Fox

Women’s Kayak Cross

Joe Ingles

Men

Josh Giddey

Men✓AdelaideSA

Tim Anderson

Men’s K1, Kayak Cross✓

Melbourne

VIC

Tristan Carter

Men’s C1, Kayak Cross✓

Josh Green

Men✓

Matthew Dellavedova

Men

SydneyNSWCANOE SPRINT

Mallee

VIC

Ally Clarke

Women’s K4 500m

Nicholas Kay
Patrick MillsMen

New England

NSW

Aly BullMen

Canberra

ACT

Alyce Wood

Will Magnay

Men

Brisbane

QLD

dAIS

LSC

✓

✓

GrantsRelevant
electorate/s

State

Eden-Monaro

NSW

Hinkler/Flynn

QLD

Oxley

QLD

Kingsford Smith

NSW

Blaxland/Watson

NSW

Flinders

VIC

Men’s 51kg

Burt

WA

Jeff Dunne

Men’s

Richmond

NSW

Rachael Gunn

Women’s

Grayndler/Watson

NSW✓

Lindsay

NSW✓

Lindsay

NSW✓

Jagajaga

VIC✓

Jagajaga

VIC✓

McPherson

QLD

Women’s K4 500m✓

McPherson

QLD

Women’s K1 500m✓

McPherson

QLD

Ella Beere

Women’s K4 500m✓

Moncrieff

QLD

dAIS

LSC

✓

✓

✓

✓

Jackson Collins

Men’s K4 500m✓

Moncrieff

QLD

Mariafe Artacho del Solar

Women

✓

Griffith

QLD

Jean van der Westhuyzen

Men’s K2 500m✓

Moncrieff

QLD

Taliqua Clancy

Women

✓

LilleyQLDNoah Havard

Men’s K4 500m✓

Moncrieff

QLD

Izac Carracher

Men✓

AdelaideSA

Pierre van der Westhuyzen

Men’s K4 500m✓

McPherson

QLD

Mark Nicolaidis

Men✓

Brisbane/Ryan

QLD

Riley Fitzsimmons

Men’s K4 500m✓✓

Moncrieff

QLD

Thomas Hodges

Men✓

Hindmarsh

SAThomas Green

Men's K2 500m, K1 1000m✓✓

McPherson

QLD

Men

✓

Women’s K4 500m✓✓

McPherson

QLD✓

O’ConnorWA

Hindmarsh

SA

Brand

WA

Bass

TAS

Wannon

VIC

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Zachary Schubert✓

BoothbySA

BOXING

Yale Steinepreis✓CYCLING

Caitlin Parker

Women’s 75kg✓

Callum Peters

Men’s 80kg✓

Charlie Senior

Men’s 57kg

Harry Garside

Men’s 63.5kg

Marissa Williamson Pohlman

Women’s 66kg

✓

✓

Burt

WA

Alexandra Manly

Track Endurance✓

SpenceSA

Chloe Moran

Track Endurance✓

PearceWA

Conor Leahy

Track Endurance

✓

Casey

VIC

Georgia Baker

Track Endurance✓

Maribyrnong

VIC

Grace Brown

Road

✓

✓

59

Athlete

Event(s)GrantsIzaac Kennedy

BMX Racing✓

Kelland O’Brien

Track Endurance✓

Kristina Clonan

Track Sprint✓

Lauren Reynolds

BMX Racing✓

Lauretta Hanson

Road

dAIS

Relevant
electorate/s

State

Athlete

McPherson

QLD

EQUESTRIAN

✓

Casey

VIC

Chris Burton✓

Fairfax

QLD

Edwina Tops-Alexander

ForrestWA

Ballarat/Bendigo/
McEwen

VIC

Grey

SA

Fadden/Wright

QLD

Melbourne

VIC

Hindmarsh

SA

Sturt

SA

Cowan

WA

Canberra

ACT

Moncrieff

QLD

Adelaide

SA

Bean

ACT

Wills

VIC

Cunningham

NSW

Moore

WA

Casey

VIC

Sturt

SA

LSC

✓
✓

Leigh Hoffman

Track Sprint

Logan Martin

BMX Freestyle

Lucas Plapp

Road

✓

Maeve Plouffe

Track Endurance✓

Matthew Glaetzer

Track Sprint✓

Matthew Richardson

Track Sprint✓

Michael Matthews

Road

Natalya Diehm

BMX Freestyle✓

Oliver Bleddyn

Track Endurance✓

Rebecca Henderson

Mountain Bike✓

Ruby Roseman-Gannon

Road

✓

Saya Sakakibara

BMX Racing✓

Samuel Welsford

Track Endurance✓

Simon Clarke

Road

Sophie Edwards

Track Endurance

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Alysha Koloi

Women’s 3m Springboard✓

BonnerQLD

Anabelle Smith

Women’s 3m Synchronised✓

Higgins

VIC

Cassiel Rousseau

Men’s 10m Platform, Men’s
10m Synchronised✓

BowmanQLD

Domonic Bedggood

Men’s 10m Synchronised

Elle Cole

Women’s 10m Platform

Jaxon Bowshire

Men’s 10m Platform

✓

✓

✓

Relevant
electorate/s

State

Eventing

Groom

QLD

Jumping

SydneyNSW

Hilary Scott

Jumping

ParkesNSW

Jayden Brown

Dressage

Ryan

QLD

Kevin McNab

Eventing✓

Kennedy

QLD

Shane Rose

Eventing

✓

Hume

NSW

Simone Pearce

Dressage

BendigoVIC

Thaisa Erwin

Jumping

New England

NSW

William Matthew

Dressage

Perth

WA

Alanna Kennedy

Women

Caitlin Foord

Women

Clare Hunt

Women

✓

Clare Polkinghorne

Women

✓

Clare Wheeler

Women

✓

Cortnee Vine

Women

✓

Ellie Carpenter

Women

Emily van Egmond

WomenHayley Raso

Women

Kaitlyn Torpey

Women

✓

Katrina Gorry

Women

✓

Kyra Cooney-Cross

Women

✓

Mackenzie Arnold

Women

✓

Mary Fowler

Women

✓

Women

VIC

Grayndler

NSW

Steph Catley

Women

SA

Tameka Yallop

Women

✓

SydneyNSW

Teagan Micah

Women

✓

GOLF

Men’s 3m Springboard✓

Madison Keeney

Women’s 3m Springboard,
Women’s 3m Synchronised✓

Bonner/Griffith

QLD

Melissa Wu

Women’s 10m Platform✓

Chifley

NSW

Macarthur

NSW✓

Whitlam

NSW✓

Grayndler

NSW

BonnerQLD

Mackellar/Warringah

NSW✓

Bennelong

NSW✓

Dobell/Robertson

NSW

Shortland

NSW✓

Moncrieff

QLD✓

Moreton

QLD

BonnerQLD

Corangamite

VIC

Moncrieff

QLD

Blaxland/Watson

NSW

Canberra

ACT

Dunkley

VIC

Forde

QLD

PetrieQLD✓

Higgins

Hindmarsh

LSC

FOOTBALL

Michelle Heyman

Kurtis Mathews✓

GrantsdAIS

DIVING✓

Event(s)✓✓Hannah Green

Women

Swan

WA

Jason Day

Men

Macnamara

VIC

60

Athlete

Event(s)Min Woo Lee
Minjee Lee

GrantsRelevant
electorate/s

State

AthleteEvent(s)Men

TangneyWA

Andrew Charter

Men

✓

Women

TangneyWA

Aran Zalewski

Men✓Blake Govers

Men

✓

dAIS

LSC

GrantsdAIS

GYMNASTICS

LSC✓

Relevant
electorate/sState

Canberra

ACT

ForrestWA

Cunningham

NSW

FaddenQLD

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva

Women’s Rhythmic✓✓

Goldstein/Hotham

VIC

Corey Weyer

Men✓

Breanna Scott

Women’s Artistic

✓

✓

Cook

NSW

Eddie Ockenden

Men

✓

Clark

TAS

Brock Batty

Men’s Trampoline

Dunkley

VIC

Flynn Ogilvie

Men

✓

✓

Cunningham

NSW

Emily Whitehead

Women’s Artistic

Flinders

VIC

Jake Harvie

Men

✓

✓

Swan

WA

Emma Nedov

Women’s Artistic

Bradfield

NSW

Jake Whetton

Men✓

Brisbane

QLD

Emmanouela Frroku

Women’s Rhythmic

BonnerQLD

Jeremy Hayward

Men✓

SolomonNT

Jesse Moore

Men’s Artistic

BoothbySA

Joshua Beltz

Men

✓

Clark

TAS

✓

✓

✓

Jessica Weintraub

Women’s Rhythmic

Kate McDonald

Women’s Artistic✓

Lidiia Iakovleva

Women’s Rhythmic✓

Pheobe Learmont

Women’s Rhythmic

Ruby Pass

Women’s Artistic✓

Saskia Broedelet

Women’s Rhythmic✓✓

Griffith

QLD

Ky Willott

Men

✓

✓

Shortland

NSW

Kooyong

VIC

Lachlan Sharp

Men

✓

✓

CalareNSW

BonnerQLD

Matthew Dawson

Men

✓

✓

Dobell

NSW

Oxley

QLD

Tim Brand

Men

✓

✓

QLD

Bradfield/North
SydneyNSW

Bonner/Griffith
BonnerQLD

Tom Craig

Men

✓

✓

North Sydney

NSW

Tom Wickham

Men

✓

Perth

WA

Aoife Coughlin

-70kg

✓

✓

CooperVIC

Joshua Katz

-60kg

✓

✓

Mitchell/Parramatta

NSW

Katharina Haecker

-63kg

✓

Fraser

VIC

Newcastle

NSW

HOCKEY
Alice Arnott

Women

✓

✓

New England

NSW

Amy Lawton

Women

✓

✓

Casey/Latrobe

VIC

Brooke Peris

Women

✓

Claire Colwill

Women

✓

Grace Young

Women

✓

Grace Stewart

Women

✓

Jane Claxton

Women

Jocelyn Bartram
Kaitlin Nobbs

NT

Dawson

QLD

✓

Page

NSW

✓

GilmoreNSW✓

Adelaide

SA

Women

✓

Farrer

NSW

Women

✓

Reid

NSW

Karri Somerville

Women

✓

Mariah Williams

Women

✓

Penny Squibb

Solomon

Women

✓
✓

✓

Swan

WA

Riverina

NSW

O’ConnorWA

Rebecca Greiner

Women

✓

Hinkler/Flynn

QLD

Renee Taylor

Women

✓

LilleyQLDStephanie Kershaw

Women

✓

Tatum Stewart

Women

✓

✓

✓

Herbert

QLD

Groom

QLD

JUDO

MONDERN PENTATHLON
Genevieve Janse Van Rensburg✓

Women’s

ROWING
Tara Rigney

Single Scull (W1x)✓

Bradfield

NSW

Amanda Bateman

Double Scull (W2x)✓

Goldstein

VIC

Harriet Hudson

Double Scull (W2x)

✓

Reid

NSW

Annabelle McIntyre

Pair (W2-)✓✓

Lindsay

NSW

Jessica Morrison

Pair (W2-)✓✓

Goldstein

VIC

Patrick Holt

Pair (M2-)

✓

Bean

ACT

Simon Keenan

Pair (M2-)✓

Canberra

ACT

Jean Mitchell

Four (W4-)✓

Kooyong

VIC

Lily Triggs

Four (W4-)✓

Brisbane

QLD

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Athlete

Event(s)Molly Goodman

Four (W4-)

Olympia Aldersey
Alexander Hill

GrantsRelevant
electorate/s

State

AthleteEvent(s)

dAIS

LSC

✓

Sturt

SA

Faith Nathan

Women

✓

Four (W4-)✓

Lindsay

NSW

Kaitlin Shave

Women

✓

Four (M4-)

✓

Bean

ACT

Isabella Nasser

Women

✓

Fergus Hamilton

Four (M4-)✓

Canberra

ACT

Maddison Levi

Women

✓

James (Jack) Robertson

Four (M4-)

✓

Bean

ACT

Sariah Paki

Women

Timothy Masters

Four (M4-)✓

Higgins

VIC

Sharni Smale (nee Williams)

Women

Caitlin Cronin

Quad Scull (W4x)✓

Macquarie

NSW

Teagan Levi

Women

✓

Laura Gourley

Quad Scull (W4x)✓

Macquarie

NSW

Tia Hinds

Women

✓

Ria Thompson

Quad Scull (W4x)✓

Corangamite

VIC

Ben DowlingMen

Rowena Meredith

Quad Scull (W4x)✓

Warringah

NSW

Corey Toole

Men

Bronwyn Cox

Eight (W8+)✓

Dietrich RoacheGeorgina RoweEight (W8+)✓

Giorgia Patten

Eight (W8+)

✓

dAIS

LSC

✓

✓

CurtinWA

Mackellar

NSW

HasluckWA

GrantsRelevant
electorate/s

State

✓

DobellNSW✓

Moreton

QLD

Griffith

QLD

Moncrieff

QLD✓

Mackellar/Warringah

NSW✓

Mackellar

NSW

Moncrieff

QLD

Cook

NSW

✓

North Sydney

NSW✓

Sydney

NSW

Men

✓

McMahon/Parramatta

NSW

Hayden SargeantMen✓

Moncrieff

QLD

Henry Hutchison

Men✓North Sydney/
Warringah

NSW

✓

✓

Hayley Verbunt

Eight (W8+)✓

Goldstein

VIC

Jacqueline Swick

Eight (W8+)✓

CurtinWA

Henry Paterson

Men✓

Kingsford Smith

NSW

Katrina Werry

Eight (W8+)✓

Lindsay

NSWJames Turner

Men

✓

Reid

NSW

Lucy Stephan

Eight (W8+)✓

Lindsay

NSWMark Nawaqanitawase

Men

SydneyNSW

Paige Barr

Eight (W8+)✓

Gippsland

VIC

Matthew Gonzalez

Men✓

Berowra/Mitchell

NSW

Sarah Hawe

Eight (W8+)✓

Hume/Lindsay

NSW

Maurice Longbottom

Men✓

Wentworth

NSW

Alexander Purnell

Eight (M8+)

Bean

ACT

Nathan Lawson

Men

✓

Cook

NSW

Angus Dawson

Eight (M8+)

✓

Mayo

SA

Nick Malouf (Cpt)Men✓

Mackellar

NSW

Angus Widdicombe

Eight (M8+)

✓

Corio

VIC

SAILING

Benjamin Canham

Eight (M8+)✓

Goldstein

VIC

Breiana Whitehead

Kite foil racing✓✓

HerbertQLD

Jack Hargreaves

Eight (M8+)✓

Canberra

ACT

Brin Liddell

Nacra 17✓✓

Shortland

NSW

Joseph O’Brien

Eight (M8+)✓

Canberra

ACT

Conor Nicholas

Mixed 470✓✓

CurtinWA

Joshua Hicks

Eight (M8+)✓

Canberra

ACT

Evie Haseldine

49er FX✓

Grayndler/Watson

NSW

Kendall Brodie

Eight (M8+) Cox (Female)✓

Grayndler

NSW

Grae Morris

IQFOiL✓

SydneyNSW

Spencer Turrin

Eight (M8+)✓

Canberra

ACT

Jim Colley

49er

✓

Mackellar

NSW

Matt Wearn

ILCA 7 (formerly Laser)

✓

Perth

WA

RUGBY SEVENS
Bienne Terita

Women

✓

Bridget Clark

Women

✓

Charlotte Caslick (Cpt)

Women

✓

Dominique du Toit

Women

✓

✓

✓

WatsonNSW

Nia Jerwood

Mixed 470✓✓

Tangney

WA

Banks

NSW

Olivia Price

49er FX✓✓

Wentworth

NSW✓

Brisbane

QLD

Rhiannan Brown

Nacra 17✓

Robertson

NSW✓

FisherQLD

62

Athlete

Event(s)Shaun Connor

49er

Zoe Thomson

ILCA 6

GrantsRelevant
electorate/s

State

AthleteEvent(s)✓Warringah

NSW

Molly Picklum

Women

✓

Fremantle

WA

Tyler Wright

Women

dAIS

LSC

dAIS

SHOOTING
Women’s Skeet & Mixed
Teams Skeet✓

Catherine Skinner

Women’s Trap

Dane Sampson
Elena Galiabovitch

James Willett
Joshua Bell

LSC✓

Relevant
electorate/s

State

Robertson

NSW

GilmoreNSW

SWIMMING

Aislin Jones

Jack Rossiter

Grants✓Gippsland

VIC✓

Corangamite

VIC

Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions &10m Air Rifle✓

Hindmarsh

SA

Women’s 10m Air Pistol &25m Pistol✓

Isaacs

VIC

Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions &10m Air Rifle✓

Men’s Trap✓✓

Kingston
Nicholls

Men’s Skeet & Mixed Teams
Skeet

Hume

SA
VIC
NSW

Mitchell Iles

Men’s Trap✓✓

McEwenVIC

Penny Smith

Women’s Trap✓✓

Wannon

VIC

Sergei Evglevski

Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol

✓

Bruce

VIC

SKATEBOARDING

Abbey Connor

200m Butterfly✓✓

FisherQLD

Alexandria Perkins

Relays✓✓Fisher

QLD

Ariarne Titmus

200m Freestyle, 400m
Freestyle, 800m Freestyle,
Relays✓Brisbane

QLD

Ben Armbruster

50m Freestyle, Relays✓

McPherson

QLD

Bradley Woodward

200m Backstroke, Relays✓✓

Parramatta

NSW

Brendon Smith

400m Individual Medley✓✓

Menzies

VIC

Brianna Throssell

Relays✓✓FisherQLD

Bronte Campbell

Relays✓Wentworth

NSW

Cameron McEvoy

50m Freestyle✓

Griffith

QLD

Elijah Winnington

400m Freestyle, 800m
Freestyle✓✓

MoretonQLD

Elizabeth Dekkers

200m Butterfly✓✓

Brisbane

QLD

Ella Ramsay

200m Individual Medley,
200m Breaststroke, 400m
Individual Medley

✓

Blair

QLD

Arisa Trew

Park

✓

McPherson

QLD

Chloe Covell

Street✓Richmond

NSW

Emma McKeon

100m Butterfly, Relays✓

Haylie Powell

Street✓FisherQLD

Flynn Southam

Relays✓

Keefer Wilson

Park

✓

La Trobe/Monash

VIC

Iona Anderson

RelaysKeegan Palmer

Park

✓

McPherson

QLD

Isaac Cooper

Relays✓Kieran Woolley

Park

✓

✓

GilmoreNSW

Jack Cartwright

Relays✓Olivia Lovelace

Street✓✓Mackellar

NSW

Jaclyn Barclay

200m Backstroke✓

Ruby Trew

Park

✓

✓

Mackellar

NSW

Jamie Perkins

Relays✓Shane O’Neill

StreetMelbourne

VIC

Jenna Forrester

400m Individual Medley✓

Jenna Strauch

Relays✓Joshua Yong

100m Breaststroke, 200m
Breaststroke, Relays

Kai Taylor

Relays✓100m Backstroke, 200m
Backstroke, 200m IndividualMedley, Relays✓

SPORT CLIMBING
Campbell Harrison

Bouldering & lead combined

Oceania Mackenzie

Bouldering & lead combined✓

Dunkley

VIC

MenziesVIC

SURFING
Ethan Ewing

Men

FaddenQLDJack Robinson

Men

Richmond

NSW

Kaylee McKeown

FaddenQLD✓

Richmond

NSW

✓

Moore

WA

Fairfax

QLD

Ryan

QLD

✓

Ryan

QLD

✓

Fisher

QLD

LilleyQLD

McPherson

QLD

CurtinWA

Griffith

QLD

Fadden

QLD

✓

✓

63

Athlete

Event(s)GrantsKyle Chalmers

100m Freestyle, Relays

Lani Pallister

400m Freestyle, 800m
Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle✓

Matthew Temple

100m Butterfly, Relays✓✓

DeakinVIC

Maximillian Giuliani

Relays✓✓Melbourne

VIC

Meg Harris

50m Freestyle, Relays✓✓

Brisbane

QLD

Moesha Johnson

1500m Freestyle, 10km Open
Water

✓

✓

Moncrieff

QLD

dAIS

Mollie O’Callaghan

100m Freestyle, 100m
Backstroke, 200m Freestyle,
Relays✓Relevant
electorate/s

State

Athlete

✓

Mayo

SA

TAEKWONDO✓

Fairfax/Fisher

QLD

Bailey Lewis
Leon Sejranovic
Stacey Hymer

LSC

✓

QLD

LSC

Men’s -58kg✓✓

Men’s -80kg✓

Women’s -57kg✓

Singles, Doubles

SydneyNSW

Alexei Popyrin

Singles, Doubles

SydneyNSW

Daria SavilleDoubles

Macnamara

VIC

Ellen Perez

Doubles

Whitlam

NSW

John Peers

Doubles

Melbourne

VIC

Matt Ebden

Doubles

CurtinWA

FaddenQLD✓

Bennelong

NSW✓

Goldstein

VIC

Olivia Gadecki

Doubles

Se-Bom Lee

200m Backstroke

✓

Reid

NSW

Rinky Hijikata

Singles

Shayna Jack

50m Freestyle, 100m
Freestyle, Relays✓

BonnerQLD

TRIATHLON

Thomas Neill

Relays✓Brisbane

QLD

William Petric

400m Individual Medley

Chisholm

VIC

William Yang

RelaysBradfield

NSW

Zac Incerti

Relays✓FisherQLD

Zac Stubblety-Cook

200m Breaststroke✓

MoretonQLD

Chelsea Gubecka

10km Open Water✓

Moreton

QLD

Kyle Lee

10km Open Water

✓

Perth

WA

Nicholas Sloman

10km Open Water✓

Wide BayQLD

Finn Luu

Men’s Singles, Men’s Team✓

Macnamara

VIC

Hwan Bae

Men’s Team

Parramatta

NSW

Melissa Tapper

Women’s Singles, Women’s
Team

Macnamara

VIC

TABLE TENNIS

Michelle Bromley

Women’s TeamMin Hyung Jee

Women’s Singles, Women’sTeam, Mixed Doubles

Nicholas Lum

Men’s Singles, Men’s Team,
Mixed Doubles

✓
✓

✓

✓
✓

North Sydney/
Warringah

NSW

LilleyQLD

Chisholm

VIC

VIC

Alex de Minaur

100m Breaststroke✓

VIC

Cooper/Wills

QLD

✓

✓

VIC

Maribyrnong

Brisbane

400m Freestyle, 800m
Freestyle

QLD

Lalor

Singles

Sam Short

DicksonState

Ajla Tomljanovic

✓

NSW

✓

Relevant
electorate/s

TENNIS

RelaysBennelong

GrantsdAIS

Olivia Wunsch

Sam Williamson

✓

Blair

Event(s)✓Luke Willian

Men, Mixed Relay✓✓

Griffith

QLD

Matthew Hauser

Men, Mixed Relay✓✓

McPherson

QLD

Natalie Van Coevorden

Women, Mixed Relay✓

Macarthur

NSW

Sophie Linn

Women, Mixed Relay✓

AdelaideSA

Abby Andrews

Women

✓

Ryan

QLD

Alice Williams

Women

✓

Brisbane

QLD

Bronte Halligan

Women

✓

Warringah

NSWCharlize Andrews

Women

✓

LilleyQLDDanijela Jackovich

Women

✓

Cook

NSW

Elle Armit

Women

✓

Brisbane

QLD

Gabi Palm

Women

✓

MoretonQLD

Genevieve Longman

Women

✓

Grayndler

NSW

Keesja Gofers

Women

✓

Cook

NSW

Sienna Green

Women

✓

Warringah

NSW

Sienna Hearn

Women

✓

Warringah

NSW

Tilly Kearns

Women

✓

Warringah

NSW✓

WATER POLO

✓

✓

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Athlete

Event(s)Zoe Arancini

Women

Angus Lamble
Blake Edwards

GrantsRelevant
electorate/s

State

✓

Swan

WA

Men

✓

Cook

NSW

Men

✓

Reid

NSW

Charlie Negus

Men✓

Kingsford Smith

NSW

Chaz Poot

Men

✓

Cook

NSW

Jacob Mercep

Men

✓

Reid

NSW

John Hedges

Men

✓

✓

CurtinWA

Lachlan Edwards

Men

✓

✓

Maribyrnong

VIC

Luke Pavillard

Men✓

TangneyWA

Marcus Berehulak

Men✓

Brisbane/Griffith/
Ryan

QLD

Matthew Byrnes

Men

✓

Cook

NSW

Milos MaksimovicMen✓

HughesNSWNathan PowerMen✓

Newcastle

NSW

Nic Porter

Men✓

Fairfax

QLD

Eileen Cikamatana

Women’s -81kg✓

Flinders

VIC

Jacqueline Nichele

Women’s -76kg

Hunter/Newcastle

NSW

Kyle Bruce

Men’s -89kg

Blaxland/Reid/
WatsonNSW

Macarthur/Werriwa

NSW

Hume

NSW

dAIS

LSC

✓

✓

WEIGHTLIFTING✓

WRESTLING
Georgii Okorokov

Men’s Freetsyle 65kg

Jayden Lawrence

Men’s Freestyle 86kg✓

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