Victoria will be heavily represented in the Australian Shooting Team selected by The Australian Olympic Committee. VIS Shooting athletes will make up a third of the team set to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be held in 2021.
Rio 2016
Booth shifts focus to the Royal Melbourne Hospital
Victorian Institute of Sport rower Josh Booth was gunning for a third Olympic Games when the developments of COVID-19 shifted his plans.
Scanlan’s golden Birthday
Birthday presents dont get much better than a gold medal and Laetisha Scanlan made it a 28th birthday to remember when she won the Womens Trap title on the Gold Coast, edging out Northern Irelands Kirsty Barr in a nail-biting finish.
Pressure is a privilege
Cool and impervious to pressure, Mack Horton put expectations aside to get Australia off the mark in the Commonwealth Games’ gold medal column, racing the way he wanted in the mens 400m freestyle event.