One year out from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Australia’s best paracanoe paddlers will be lining up together with Australia’s Olympic canoe sprint hopefuls at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships in Szeged, Hungary this week.
The Australian Para Triathlon team delivered at the Tokyo Paratriathlon World Cup, with NSW Institute of Sport athletes securing two bronze medals at the event.
Brandon Starc is well on the way to being back to his best as he cleared 2.30m and won the men’s high jump at the Birmingham Diamond League.
Track cyclist John Trovas (NSWIS) locked in one of Australia’s first medals of the UCI 2019 Junior Track Cycling World Championships overnight in Frankfurt, Germany.
Debutant Nicholas Scott has been named in the 12-strong Australian wheelchair rugby squad after recently transitioning to the sport from wheelchair basketball.
Tokyo 2020 qualification is already secure for the Australian Steelers, but that doesn’t reduce the importance of achieving victory at the IWRF Asia Oceania Wheelchair Rugby Championship next month in Gangneung, South Korea.
Commonwealth Games Australia have appointed NSWIS para swimmer Matt Levy OAM and lawn bowler Karen Murphy as co-chairs of the Athlete Advisory Group (AAG).
Three NSWIS staff members have braved the cold at the Sydney Cricket Ground for a night sleeping rough, raising funds and awareness for homelessness as part of the annual Sport Stars Sleepout.
Athletes from the NSW Institute of Sport Netball Program recently took part in a three day training camp on the Central Coast.
Australia lived up to its pre-event favouritism with a stunning win for its men’s U23 K4 crew on Sunday at the 2019 ICF junior and U23 canoe sprint world championships in Pitesti, Romania, adding another gold to Australia’s overall medal tally of two gold medals and one silver medal.