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WEEKEND WRITE-UP: Medals won at World Championships, as the Opals find form hero image

WEEKEND WRITE-UP: Medals won at World Championships, as the Opals find form

September 26, 2022

In VIS Sport, Al Viney and Alex Vuillermin get their taste of international success, as Luke Plapp joined his mixed medley team mates for world cycling bronze.

The lowest lows, the highest highs, and the tears In between hero image

The lowest lows, the highest highs, and the tears In between

September 7, 2022

After months of feeling “broken” and questioning whether it was worth continuing her long jump career, Brooke Buschkuehl overcame all of life’s challenges to win a second-straight Commonwealth Games silver medal in Birmingham.

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VIS power LSV’s top tier athletes during Winter months

September 6, 2022

The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) provided support to Life Saving Victoria’s (LSV) top tier athletes and coaches during the winter months in Melbourne, to help them prepare for the upcoming national competitions.

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"Daddy was just representing Australia"

September 4, 2022

Paralympic bronze medalist Nick Hum was competing for Australia in Tokyo, when his new-born daughter, Holly was born. Today, the father-of-two is navigating the new normal of balancing elite sport, with work and his role as a Dad.

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The National Generation 2032 Coach Program kicks off in Melbourne

August 30, 2022

​Four VIS Coaches have embarked on a two-year learning journey as part of the National Generation 2032 Coach Program.

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Aussie judokas celebrated in Melbourne

August 26, 2022

Australia’s most successful Commonwealth Games Judo Team Celebrated at Welcome Home event in Melbourne

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Brilliant Birmingham 2022

August 10, 2022

It was a golden Games for Victorian Institute of Sport athletes, who took home an incredible 13 gold medals from the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

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Kookas in seventh heaven

August 9, 2022

The Kookaburras continue the side’s unbelievable run at the Commonwealth Games en route to winning the nation’s seventh consecutive gold medal in the men’s hockey event.

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Liu wins first Australian Women's singles medal

August 8, 2022

The talented youngster of Australian table tennis has won a breakthrough bronze at the Birmingham Games.

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Silver made Buschkuel's struggles worth it

August 8, 2022

Snubbed by footwear and apparel sponsors and at times on the verge of quitting long jump altogether, Brooke Buschkuel says her second-straight Commonwealth Games silver made the tears worth it.

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