by Victorian Institute of Sport | Jan 20, 2024 | All
By Thomas Oliphant Behind the moments of elegance shown by rhythmic gymnasts in competition, is arduous training, fatigue and injuries. The juxtaposition between the two aspects of the sport is more than most would know. Hidden, to an extent, by athletic grace....
by Victorian Institute of Sport | Jan 19, 2024 | All
Life can be lonely in a combat sport. It is always one fighter against another. One winner. One loser. Nowhere to hide. But Taekwondo brothers Tom and Will Afonczenko got as close as anyone has to sharing with someone else the experience of stepping on to a mat...
by Victorian Institute of Sport | Jan 18, 2024 | All
Jessica Gallagher is one of the most remarkable athletes to have ever pulled on a Victorian Institute of Sport singlet or, for that matter, a green and gold one. Some of her sporting entries can never be erased. As an alpine skier Gallagher was the first Australian...
by Stephen Rielly | Jan 12, 2024 | All
The tussle for table tennis supremacy is surprisingly shifting away from the dominant Asian countries, as Europe brings a new wave of innovative ideas to the sport. Germany is quickly becoming a new home for professional table tennis players from all over the world....
by Kate Paul-Drevensek | Jan 10, 2024 | All
Lucas Plapp produced what was perhaps the most significant ride to claim his third consecutive Elite Men’s Road Race title, a feat only three others have ever achieved. The 23-year-old Tokyo Olympian won the first two of his Road Race crowns as an...
by Victorian Institute of Sport | Jan 1, 2024 | All
Laura Davolis memory of wearing her prosthetic Barbie legs for the first time is still vivid. She was in Grade 4, at her First Communion at St Thereses School in Essendon, and walked down the aisle for a blessing. I would say that was a significant shift, because I...
