You may have seen, heard or read Brisbane 2032 described as a “home Games” for Pacific athletes. I love that idea. As someone from Papua New Guinea who now lives in Brisbane, there is something incredibly special about imagining athletes from across the Pacific competing on one of the world’s biggest sporting stages, so close to home. But I’ve also been thinking about a bigger question: What does a home Games actually mean for Pacific athletes before, during and after 2032? B

Artificial intelligence is changing the way we think about high-performance sport. At a Queensland Academy of Sport Research & Innovation High Performance Summit I attended, one conversation kept surfacing: AI in sport. The possibilities are exciting. AI and data-driven technologies have the potential to help inform decisions around training, recovery, performance analysis and athlete preparation. But as an Olympian and someone who has spent much of my career working around a