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Robinson takes out prestigious Zatopek:10 title hero image

Robinson takes out prestigious Zatopek:10 title

January 29, 2021

Seven years after winning his first Zatopek:10 VIS scholarship holder Brett Robinson (Nic BIdeau) was crowned the Australian Men’s 10,000m national champion for 2020 after taking out the title in a time of 28:00.25, ahead of fellow scholarship holder Jack Rayner (Nic Bideau) in second place (28:13.42).

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Scotty James takes silver in opening halfpipe World Cup

January 25, 2021

Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder Scotty James has made a successful start to his northern hemisphere winter with a silver medal performance at the opening FIS World Cup event in Laax, Switzerland.

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Laura Peels wins back to back gold in Russia

January 19, 2021

It was another golden performance for Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder Laura Peel at the World Cup aerial skiing event in Yaroslavl, Russia, under lights taking victory for the second consecutive time this season.

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Coughlan proves she belongs amongst the World's best

January 15, 2021

After recently graduating from the Victorian Institute of Sport Future Talent program into the Individual Scholarship program, Aoife Coughlan proved she could match it with Judo's best, placing 5th at the International Judo Federation World Masters.

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Enjoy the latest issue of our Pinnacle Magazine

December 23, 2020

​Given everything this year has thrown at us why not just acknowledge it and publish our magazine with a focus on how the VIS has adapted to COVID-19!

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Clean sweep for record breaker Alessia McCaig

December 20, 2020

Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder Alessia McCaig's domination of the Under-19 Track National Championships has ended with a clean sweep of the gold medals.

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Performance Analyst - Para Table Tennis & Paralympic Projects

December 16, 2020

The VIS are looking for a dynamic and passionate high performance professional to join its team in the role of Performance Analyst for Para Table Tennis & Paralympic Projects.

Laura Peel wins aerial skiing gold at opening World Cup hero image

Laura Peel wins aerial skiing gold at opening World Cup

December 7, 2020

It was a golden World Cup opener for Australia’s Laura Peel at the FIS Aerial Skiing event in Ruka,Finland, over the weekend.

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Eight VIS athletes selected in Australian Hockey squads for 2021

December 2, 2020

Eight Victorian Institute of Sport athletes have been named in both the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos squads for 2021 as they eye off Tokyo Olympic success.

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3 nutrition tips to get you through Xmas

December 1, 2020

After the year that we've had, we're all probably ready for some time off and holiday festivities. So, our VIS Nutrition Team have put together a few tips to help you get through the Christmas season and come out fit, healthy and ready to take on 2021.

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