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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 […]

Six years out from Brisbane 2032, a new competition has been created to help emerging Para athletes from across Australia realise their dream of wearing the green and gold at a home Paralympic Games. Athletes from every state and territory will compete across 12 sports at the inaugural Para Futures Cup at the Australian Institute […]