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The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) will send 49 supported athletes to the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, with athletes confirmed across athletics, swimming, cycling, gymnastics, judo, netball, boxing and wheelchair basketball, as the institute prepares for one of the most significant multi-sport events on the calendar. The group brings together first‑time Commonwealth Games representatives, returning […]

By Jamie McPherson, proud Wadawurrung man, Connection to Country Officer, Victorian Institute of Sport  The NAIDOC Week 2026 theme celebrates 50 years of the modern NAIDOC movement. It recognises five decades of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strength, resilience and achievement, while honouring the activists, Elders and communities who have sustained and grown that legacy.  […]

By Jamie McPherson, proud Wadawurrung man, Connection to Country Officer Today marks the first day of NAIDOC Week, fifty years since it began. Reconciliation Week closed a month ago, but I’ve never believed the work between those two weeks is the only place for it to live. It lives in what gets built in the […]

The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) will host the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) VIS ASPIRE Coach Program at Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park, from 2 to 4 October 2026, bringing a cohort of up to 30 early-career women coaches to Melbourne to build the skills, networks and self-awareness needed to coach in the high performance […]

Through the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) community programs including the Be Fit. Be Well (BFBW) program, VIS athletes are travelling to Victorian government schools across the state, reaching its furthest edges to bring elite sport directly into regional and remote communities. Supporting and inspiring young students in regional areas to stay active and connected […]

The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) has opened the first permanent First Nations cultural gathering space at a high performance sporting institute in Australia on Bunurong Country, at the heart of its home at Lakeside Stadium. The space was formally opened on Monday 22 June 2026 with a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, followed […]

Hannah Macdougall PLY PhD was born without a right foot. She was told, as a child, she would never run. At the 2025 World Triathlon Para Championships in Wollongong, she ran 5km, on a prosthetic blade and leg she calls Julius Caesar, in front of her family, at her first home world championships, in her […]

Aimie Rocci stood at the front of a room at the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) last month, watching 13 athletes settle into their seats. Fourteen years ago, she was one of them: a Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) player whose days ran from an early training session, through a full day of work or […]

By Jamie McPherson, Connection to Country Officer, Victorian Institute of Sport Wadawurrung man and Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) Connection to Country Officer Jamie McPherson on moving beyond the script, and why genuine cultural understanding is the foundation of a stronger high performance sport system. I want to ask you something. When you deliver an […]

With 50 days to go until the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is already celebrating with Victorian athletes named to represent Australia on the world stage. The first wave of Victorian selections spans athletics, Para athletics, Para swimming and boxing, bringing together debutants, returning champions and some of the most […]

Victoria’s elite divers have a new uniform that carries a story. The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) has launched new bathers for its divers, designed in collaboration with the VIS diving program and built around First Nations artwork by Katie Bugden. More than competition swimwear, the bathers connect performance with culture and place, carrying meaning […]