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The Western Australian Institute of Sport and University of Western Australia has been awarded an Australian Research Centre linkage grant that will help develop its Computational Fluid Dynamic research, in a major boost to the WAIS swimming program.

Perth Glory and Matildas striker Katie Gill has been nominated for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Player of the Year following a stellar 2010.

WAIS-AIS athlete Michael Freiberg created headlines at last weekend's Perth International Track Cycling Grand Prix at the Midvale Speeddome by upsetting pre-race favourite and dual points race world champion Cam Meyer for a shock win.

WAIS athlete Blair Evans was awarded the Australian Unity Club Leadership Award at the Australian Swimming night of nights in Melbourne.

World champion Lauren Mitchell was the star performer at the final World Cup event of the year in Glasgow this morning, securing victory on beam and floor to add even more gold to her remarkable 2010 collection.

Almost half a million dollars in prize money will be awarded to Australia's top track and field athletes across the 2011 Australian Athletics Tour, which for the first time in Australian track and field history is set to pit the nation's top performers against one another in a hard-fought race for cash.

The Western Australian Institute of Sport has secured its first men's NTC challenge title after a heart-stopping goal in the final seconds of extra time on the Gold Coast.

A formidable line up of Australian track cycling talent that includes five WAIS athletes will take on a host of international stars later this month for the Melbourne round of the 2010-2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics from Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 December.

WAIS rowing athlete Natalie Bale knows the maxim "blood, sweat and tears" better than most. But as Luke Quinlivan finds, she has a lot left to give before she calls time on an already impressive career.

The golden run of world champion Lauren Mitchell has continued unabated, with the WAIS-AIS scholarship holder winning gold on beam, floor and uneven bars in a commanding display at the DTB Pokal World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.