Australian Olympic athletes have received a major financial boost ahead of the Paris Games in July. The Australian Olympic Committee has announced three incentives to increase funding for athletes, with specific targets for First Nations competitors.
Boxer Marissa Williamson Pohlman poses for photographs during the Australian Olympic boxing team announcement for the Paris 2024 Olympics In fact, it's one of a select group of countries to have competed in every summer Olympic Games in the modern era ].Among them is Marissa Williamson Pohlman, who'll become the first Indigenous woman to represent Australia in boxing at the Paris Olympics.
Now, the Australian Olympic Committee has announced a new funding scheme - the Australian Olympic Indigenous Athlete Fund - that they hope will support more First Nations competitors to get to future Games - and succeed."Towards 2032 we hope to make a real difference and have a really big number of Indigenous athletes competing for this country, their country, in Brisbane in 2032."
Mr Chesterman says the A-O-C is also encouraging donations to all athletes via the Australian Sport Foundation's new Aspiring Australian Olympic Athlete Fund. "This is not really a discussion about prize money. The prize money in the Olympic Games exists for decades. In 1976, we have received prize money, supported by the National International Olympic Committee. And in the meantime, this is more or less common practice among the NOCs. This is not - this question, in principle, it is a question there of how to support the athletes best, and there, everybody has a role to play.
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