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13 Australian Paralympic Committee managed sport wheelchair rugby powerlifting boccia goalball winter sports 0 U P U P Total investment 201415 5125000 this includes 2520522 for APC operations 300000 for classification activities 400000 for DAS retained by ASC 1664478 for Paralympic sports managed by the APC and 240000 in other funding. In addition 4358125 is provided to the APC to fund the 12 mainstreamed Paralympic sports see individual sport reports. As well as overseeing the preparation of the Australian team for the Paralympic Games and delivery of cross-sector programs the Australian Paralympic Committee APC directly manages five high performance programs Wheelchair rugby 2014 saw the Australian team win the world title in a well-planned campaign. The program continues to be reviewed regularly to ensure continued improvement its use of research and innovation continues to lead the way in wheelchair sports and contributes greatly to the programs success. Powerlifting the powerlifting programs results in 2014 indicate the sport is unlikely to contribute to Australias Paralympic Games medal targets in 2016. There are currently few international athletes in the system the high performance pathway is not sufficient to increase the depth of athletes and the program is poorly resourced. Boccia the sport made good progress in developing its high performance program during 2014. This included establishing a well-supported high performance training centre for key athletes through a partnership between the APC University of Queensland and Cerebal Palsy Alliance in NSW. While boccia only has a narrow prospect of contributing to the 2016 medal targets there is a development strategy in place for 2020. Goalball the Australian womens goalball team finished equal 9th at the 2014 world championships. The sports results in 2014 indicate it is unlikely to contribute to Australias medal targets in 2016. Considerable work is required on underpinning structures to ensure the sport can achieve high performance outcomes at future Games. Winter sports at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games the Australian team finished 19th with two bronze medals. While this was within the expected total of 25 medals it was at the low end of the range. The Australian team did not achieve the predicted one gold medal. Following a detailed Australias Winning Edge performance case review the AIS considers a target of 12 gold and 57 total medals is achievable for the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. Building the number of high performance athletes in the Australian system is a key action for the 2018 Games cycle. governance The APC has been slow to adopt governance reform identified 12 months ago. While there has been agreement to adopt a number of areas within the ASCs mandatory sports governance principles there is much work to be done achieving governance reform. Wheelchair rugby 2014 Paralympic benchmark event world championships medal target 1 actual gold 1 silver 0 bronze 0 total 1 Boccia 2014 Paralympic benchmark event world championships medal target non-medal target achieved N Goalball 2014 Paralympic benchmark event world championships women medal target 0 to 1 actual gold 0 silver 0 bronze 0 total 0 Winter sports 2014 Paralympic benchmark event Paralympic Winter Games medal target 2 to 5 actual gold 0 silver 0 bronze 2 total 2