http://corporate.olympics.com.au/ Official website of the Australian Olympic Committee and Australian Olympic Teams; with vision, latest news, images, every Australian Olympic result and historical vignettes. The Gillard Government will provide more than $300 million in ongoing funding for sport in the 2012-13 Budget to support grassroots participation and high performance programs. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/continued-support-for-australian-sport Wed, 09 May 2012 01:35:00 GMT Australian sailing chiefs admit they are surprised by a decision to dump windsurfing from the 2016 Rio Olympics and replace it with the relatively new sport of kitesurfing. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/windsurfing-dumped-from-rio-olympics Mon, 07 May 2012 00:38:00 GMT Twelve weeks to the day from competition starting at the London Olympic Games the Australian Olympic Committee has updated key stakeholders and media on all areas of Team preparations and AOC programs at the 2012 Annual General Meeting in Sydney. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/AAF30870-965B-11E1-B0E8005056A302E2 Sat, 05 May 2012 02:40:00 GMT He became known as "the seaweed streak" but mourners at a memorial service for Murray Rose heard he was making waves long before becoming a legend in the pool. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/E70A1DC0-8D9C-11E1-A00A005056A302E2 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:35:00 GMT The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has signed a four-year official sponsorship agreement with exceptional performance consultancy rogenSi. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/5A0C2600-8A83-11E1-986D005056A302E2 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:54:00 GMT Swimming legend Murray Rose AM has passed away aged 73. The winner of six medals from the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games, including four gold, he is without doubt one of Australia’s greatest Olympians. Rose set 15 world records during his career and was admired both in and out of the pool. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/85716B50-86DE-11E1-9D6E005056A302E2 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:37:00 GMT Australia and Hungary have joined Olympic forces under a new agreement signed in Sydney today. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/3CB84B50-741D-11E1-80EB005056A302E2 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:48:00 GMT Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates pays tribute to Jim Stynes on behalf of the Olympic Movement. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/B35751F0-722B-11E1-80EB005056A302E2 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:26:00 GMT Australia’s leading vitamin company Swisse has announced a partnership with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to support our athletes at the London Olympic Games and for the next five years until 2016. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/270167E0-7271-11E1-80EB005056A302E2 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:43:00 GMT The President of the Australian Olympic Committee, John Coates, paid tribute to the late Margaret Whitlam today saying “she was a key contributor in Sydney winning the Olympic Games in 2000”. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/1339CFE0-714A-11E1-80EB005056A302E2 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:31:00 GMT The Australian Olympic Committee welcomed the recent decision of IP Australia to refuse an attempt by a US based company to register the trade mark OLYMPIC in Australia. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/C6FB1060-6CD2-11E1-9453005056A302E2 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:07:00 GMT Four-time Olympic gold medallist Betty Cuthbert (NSW) has been announced as an inaugural Member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Hall of Fame. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/709F45D0-6997-11E1-87C0005056A302E2 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:25:00 GMT Australia’s Nathan Johnstone emphatically won today’s World Cup snowboard halfpipe in Stoneham, Canada, while dominating the event from start to finish. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/FCA03C80-5EA5-11E1-A88D005056A302E2 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:11:00 GMT Twenty-two-year-old aerials skier, Laura Peel, has recorded a break-through victory to take a World Cup gold medal in Kreischberg, Austria. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/2F07B180-52E4-11E1-A41C005056A302E2 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:06:00 GMT Australian skiers Jenny Owens and Anna Segal have won bronze medals at the X Games in Aspen, USA. Dual Olympian Owens scorched the Ski Cross course and Segal the Slopestyle features, in the event that will make its Olympic debut as Sochi 2014. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/owens-and-segal-grab-bronze-at-x-games Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:22:00 GMT President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge said the first Winter Youth Olympic Games has ‘exceeded all expectations’ at the closing ceremony in downtown Innsbruck. The same can be said for the 2012 Australian Winter Youth Olympic Team. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/51A81DE0-45A8-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:55:00 GMT For an athlete to even make it to a start gate at a Winter Olympics there is a huge team that has got them there. Often the unsung heroes of an Olympic Games, the medical team are responsible for keeping the athletes fit and healthy and helping them be the best they can be on the day of competition. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/DEF64C70-4527-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:35:00 GMT Melbourne skier Harry Laidlaw has finished his Winter Youth Olympic Games campaign smiling after finishing 17th out of 62 skiers in the Slalom on Saturday. His second run was even better than his first to finish on a positive note. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/849611A0-4452-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:08:00 GMT In disappointing news for the Australian Winter Youth Olympic Team, the finals of the ski cross have been cancelled due to the weather and will not be held at the Games. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/0B447B70-4452-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:05:00 GMT Laidlaw solid in snowstorm slalom Melbourne skier Harry Laidlaw has put down a solid first run of the Slalom event on Saturday morning at Innsbruck 2012, to be sitting in 23rd place before the final run in a few hours time. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/E588D060-441B-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:37:00 GMT Greta Small has produced an excellent second run in the women’s slalom competition, to end her Winter Youth Olympic Games campaign on a high with a second top-10 performance. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/013ECA80-4381-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:08:00 GMT Perth ski racer Greta Small is in twelfth place after the 1st run of the Slalom event in difficult conditions at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/C53EC4F0-4352-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:37:00 GMT Melbourne skier Harry Laidlaw bounced from a frustrating few days at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, with a scorching run in Ski Cross qualification today. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/283FB720-4304-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:15:00 GMT After six hockey skills tests over two hours in a cut-throat head-to-head format, Crompton’s 17 points was enough to win her the bronze medal on a three-way countback with Great Britain and Italy. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/96959C30-42FA-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:06:00 GMT The Australian ski cross team have performed very well under difficult conditions, producing fast qualifying times in competition today. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/A4A6D940-42D9-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:10:00 GMT Australia’s two cross country skiers have finished their Winter Youth Olympic Games campaigns. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/BC1DB390-42C1-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:19:00 GMT Sixteen-year-old Australian alpine skier Greta Small had the chance to meet a big-time star at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/180977A0-42AB-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:37:00 GMT Alex Fitch has made history today as Australia’s first ever Winter Youth Olympic medallist after pulling off a fantastic performance in the women’s snowboard slopestyle final to win bronze. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/EDD0EBA0-42A3-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:46:00 GMT Sixteen-year-old snowboard sensation Alex Fitch has qualified with the third highest score for the slopestyle final at the Innsbruck Winter Youth Olympics. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/4B2CE4B0-4291-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:32:00 GMT Australian ice hockey player Sharnita Crompton has made changes to her shooting technique ahead of Thursday night’s (Friday AEDT) medal round of the Individual Skills Challenge at the Innsbruck Winter Youth Olympic Games. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/6503AB30-427D-11E1-BF06005056A302E2 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:10:00 GMT