Less than two years before the Paris 2024 Games, Australia is strengthening its preparation. The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra has entered into a new memorandum of understanding with its French counterpart, the National Institute of Sport Expertise and Performance (INSEP). It was signed Thursday July 28 in Paris by former swimmer Kieren Perkins, director general of the Australian Sports Commission (photo above, left), and former judoka Fabien Canu, director of INSEP (at right in the photo). As part of this agreement, Australian national teams will be able to collaborate and exchange with their French counterparts, and above all access the INSEP national training center in Paris, as part of their preparation for the 2024 Games. “Over the past decade, our athletes and our sports have enjoyed a warm welcome at the AIS European Training Center in Italy, explained Kieren Perkins. The Memorandum of Understanding with INSEP will increase the support options available in Europe as we head towards the upcoming Summer Games in Paris. » AIS has had a relationship with INSEP since the 1990s, with the first official Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2008. INSEP is also part of the AIS European Sports Medicine Network, which provides support to Australian athletes in Europe, including in emergency situations. The current protocol will remain in place until after the end of the Brisbane 2032 Games year, allowing French athletes reciprocal rights to prepare at AIS training centers.
