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WAIS rowing scholarship holders Matthew Cochran and David Watts have earned bronze in the final of the men's pair at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

16 year-old WAIS pole vaulter Liz Parnov has qualified for Saturday's final in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

The Western Australian Institute of Sport rowing duo of David Watts and Matthew Cochran have qualified for the final of the men's pair at the Youth Olympics in Singapore.

The Australian Sailing Team's Skud 18 crew of Daniel Fitzgibbon and WAIS scholarship holder Rachel Cox have won the country's first Gold medal at the 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, England.

WAIS track and field athletes endured a difficult campaign in London on the weekend at the 12th Diamond League event for 2010.

Sixteen-year-old WAIS pole vaulting prodigy, Liz Parnov, has made history, having been selected as the Australian flag bearer for the first Youth Olympic Games starting in Singapore tomorrow.

The Australian Diamonds have wrapped up the three-Test match Series against Jamaica with a 69-42 victory in Sydney last night. The Australians dominated from start to finish with the Diamonds looking a class above their Caribbean competition.

The lowest water levels in Avon Descent history made things tough going for competitors during last weekend's event.

Seventeen of Australia's top track and field athletes - including WAIS scholarship holders Steve Hooker, Ben Offereins and Alana Boyd - are set to feature across a bumper two days of athletics action this weekend, as Round 12 of the IAAF Diamond League tour rolls into London.

The Australia 'A' swim team has come within a whisker of winning the Nations Cup against Canada, France and Brazil in Victoria, Canada today, with the home team taking the title by just 10 points overall.