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How the Australian Sports Commission is driving a sports research revolution
The days of the Olympics accepting only “amateur” sportspeople are long gone. The average Australian Olympian has behind them sponsorship deals and years of paid training, often at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) or a top-level club.
But their secret sauce is research: evidence-based dietary advice, tailored daily regimes and high-tech equipment. Think the “shiny suits” that helped the 2004 cohort of Olympic swimmers set records that are yet to be passed now that the suits are banned.
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