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Twenty early-career women coaches from Victoria and Tasmania have completed the 2026 AIS-VIS ASPIRE Coach Program, three days dedicated to building the skills, confidence and networks needed to progress into high performance coaching.  From 2 to 4 October, 20 women coaches from 13 sports came together at the Victorian Institute of Sport for the 2026 […]

Gems join elite company in ‘three-peat’ Australia extended their reign as FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup-Division A champions by escaping Japan, 83-82, in the Final of the 2026 competitions on Saturday night at the Karisma Arena. VIS athlete Madison Ryan led the Gems with 17 points and 17 rebounds, coming through in the clutch by […]

One week after his maiden UCI BMX Racing World Cup elite win, Josh Jolly has added a second in Chongli, China. The 20-year-old looked every bit a World Cup winner throughout Round 7 but saved his best for the final, winning by 0.841 seconds and multiple bike lengths. Jolly laid down a 36.436 burner in […]

Four VIS-supported athletes, Tara Kinder, Will Petric, David Schlicht and Cameron Bladen, have been named in the 24-strong Australian squad for the World Short Course Championships in Beijing this December. The Australian Swimming Team, the Dolphins, will compete at the iconic Olympic venue, the Water Cube, from December 1 to 6, in what will be […]

Dashiell “Dash” Gurung tried his hand at shooting and athletics at the inaugural Libby Kosmala Para Futures Cup, but it was the connections he made across four days in Canberra that he valued most. Gurung was part of Team South, representing the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) and Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TIS), which joined […]

Team South saved some of its best work for the penultimate day of the inaugural Libby Kosmala Para Futures Cup, winning badminton, rowing and swimming at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra. The team, which brings together athletes from the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) and the Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TIS), struck […]

Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) BMX racer Josh Jolly has wasted no time making his mark among the world’s best, collecting bronze then gold in his first two elite UCI BMX Racing World Cup starts in Mentougou, China. For all of Josh Jolly’s innate talent, accomplishments and potential, not even he expected to leave his […]

Keira Warwick couldn’t land a shot. The 20-year-old was trying Para shooting for the very first time, and nothing was finding the target. Then help arrived from the best person in the building: the woman whose name is on the Cup. Few people know a target better. Across 12 Paralympic Games, Libby Kosmala OAM PLY […]

Image: Perry McCluskey trying out shooting at the Para Futures Cup. Matthew Howes arrived in Canberra having already competed in Para athletics and Para triathlon at 15-years old. On day two of the Libby Kosmala Para Futures Cup, the VIS Para Sport Unit athlete stepped outside his comfort zone and found himself lining up a […]

Nine emerging Para athletes from the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) Para Sport Unit have arrived at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra in high spirits, ready to compete and eager to try new sports as part of Team South at the inaugural Libby Kosmala Para Futures Cup. Amber Stelling, Blake Tonkin, Cayden […]

To our sporting community, When I watched VIS Para athlete Thomas McGough line up for the T38 100m in Glasgow, I was reminded again why the VIS exists. At just 15 years old, Tom was one of the youngest men in the Australian athletics team, and after an impressive run he finished fourth. His journey […]