At 11 years of age Kurtis Marschall fell in love with pole vaulting while watching his idol Steve Hooker win Gold for Australia at the Beijing Olympics.

A strong contingent of 60 South Australian athletes have been selected to compete for Australia at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

SASI scholarship holder Emma de Broughe  will represent Australia in hockey at the Youth Olympics Qualifying Tournament in Port Moresby between April 21 and 29 to cap off a hectic start to 2018 for the young star

A six-strong paratriathlon team, including SASI's Scott Crowley, will don the Australian colours at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games between April 4 and 14

SASI scholarship holder and badminton star Leanne Choo can't wait to don the green and gold colours of Australia at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast with a long trip ahead awaiting

A revamped Hockeyroos team will look to defend its gold medal from the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games when the Gold Coast edition begins on April 4

Bags are packed and a little tweaking is under way as SASI athletes prepare for the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro between March 25 and 28

Busy times await SASI athletes who have been selected to represent Australia at international canoe sprint competitions later this yea

Travis Mahoney is one of four South Australians who will represent Australia in swimming at the Commonwelalth Games on the Gold Coast but he says he isn't there just to make up the numbers

Champion athlete Chris Remkes is ready to give his all as a member of the Australian gymnastics team, and the sole South Australian, at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast from April 4-14