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Paris preview: VIS Paralympians to watch hero image

Paris preview: VIS Paralympians to watch

August 26, 2024

The 160-strong Australian team is brimming with experience heading into the Paris Paralympics, among them 39 from the Victorian Institute of Sport.

Simulating Paris with world champion cyclist, Emily Petricola hero image

Simulating Paris with world champion cyclist, Emily Petricola

August 21, 2024

As Emily Petricola readies herself for the 13.9km Paralympic Individual Time Trial in Paris, she combines world-class training with advanced simulations at the Victorian Institute of Sport.

Olympic and Paralympic fever among VIS staff hero image

Olympic and Paralympic fever among VIS staff

August 19, 2024

​The eyes of the sporting world have been, and remain, on Paris but high-performance competition has continued at the Victorian Institute of Sport.

Performance Science traineeships now open hero image

Performance Science traineeships now open

August 13, 2024

Gain world class experience working with Olympic, Paralympic and World Championships athletes through the VIS Performance Science traineeship.

Kelland O'Brien part of Men's Team Pursuit who broke a 20-year drought in the Paris velodrome hero image

Kelland O'Brien part of Men's Team Pursuit who broke a 20-year drought in the Paris velodrome

August 9, 2024

At long last, Australia is the Men’s Team Pursuit Olympic champion where in Paris overnight it took just three minutes and 42 seconds to end 20 years of pain.

Caitlin Parker becomes first Australian woman to win an Olympic boxing medal hero image

Caitlin Parker becomes first Australian woman to win an Olympic boxing medal

August 9, 2024

Australia has had its most successful Olympic boxing campaign since Rome 1960, with Victorian Caitlin Parker contributing to the tally with a bronze in the semi-finals at Roland Garros.

Montag and Cowley combine for historic race walk bronze hero image

Montag and Cowley combine for historic race walk bronze

August 8, 2024

Victorian race walkers, Jemima Montag and Rhydian Cowley have stormed home to bronze in the inaugural Olympic Mixed Marathon Race Walk Relay, marking Montag's second Olympic medal and Cowley's first.

Melissa Tapper goes out on a high in final Olympics Table Tennis match hero image

Melissa Tapper goes out on a high in final Olympics Table Tennis match

August 7, 2024

Melissa Tapper nearly pulled off the upset of her career in her final Olympic table tennis match, fighting to the very last point against an opponent ranked nearly 200 spots higher than her in Paris.

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Mackenzie's Boulder masterclass

August 7, 2024

Oceania Mackenzie performed an absolute masterclass at Le Bourget Climbing Venue on day two of the sport climbing program in Paris 2024.

VIS Open Day returns in 2024 hero image

VIS Open Day returns in 2024

August 5, 2024

Rub shoulders with Australia’s Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic heroes at the VIS public Open Day.

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