Former DIS athletes selected for Tokyo Olympics

Six athletes who have previously been supported by the Derbyshire Institute of Sport have been selected to go to the Tokyo Olympics.

The former DIS athletes who have been announced as competitors for the event are swimmers Jacob Whittle, Sarah Vasey, Molly Renshaw and Abbie Wood and marathon runners Ben Connor and Jessica Piasekci.

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DIS helps local athletes fulfil their dreams of competing at the highest level.

Its work is supported by a number of businesses. Recently, three more firms have added their backing – AKS Residential, Scargill Man and Hub3.

They have signed up under the DIS Thrive sponsorship programme.

This means that as well as donating money to help DIS work with young athletes, they receive health and wellbeing support for their own employees.