Victorian Institute of Sport

12/10/2026

VIS athlete Madison Ryan helps secure a three-peat for Australia 🏆 The Gems are FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup champions for the third year in a row 🏀

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Gems join elite company in 'three-peat' Australia extended their reign as FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup-Division A champions by escaping Japan, 83-82, in the Final of the 2026 competitions on Saturday night at the Karisma Arena. VIS athlete Madison Ryan led the Gems with 17 points and 17 rebounds, comin...

11/10/2026

Back-to-back 🏆🏆 VIS athlete Josh Jolly has won his second UCI BMX Racing World Cup in a week, taking Round 7 in Chongli, China 🚲

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One week after his maiden UCI BMX Racing World Cup elite win, Josh Jolly has added a second in Chongli, China. The 20-year-old looked every bit a World Cup winner throughout Round 7 but saved his best for the final, winning by 0.841 seconds and multiple bike lengths. Jolly laid down a 36.436 burner....

06/10/2026

The VIS Para Sport Unit athletes from Team South have just wrapped up four days at the first-ever Libby Kosmala Para Futures Cup in Canberra, finishing fourth overall.

Along the way they tried new sports, made friends from all over Australia and got to chat with VIS alumna and dual Paralympic champion Emily Petricola OAM PLY.

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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 Insti...

06/10/2026

Team South found another gear on the penultimate day of the Para Futures Cup 🔥

Badminton, rowing and swimming wins, plenty of big efforts and some pretty special moments along the way, including learning from some of Australia’s Paralympic greats.

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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....

05/10/2026

VIS Para Unit athlete Keira Warwick was trying Para shooting for the first time and just couldn't quite hit the target.

Then she got some help from Libby Kosmala, 12-time Paralympian and the woman the Para Futures Cup is named after.

A few tips later, Keira hit it. Her response?

"Did that actually happen?" 😄

Read the full story here 👇

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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 K...

04/10/2026

What a weekend for VIS BMX athlete Josh Jolly 🥇

Josh made his elite debut at the UCI BMX Racing World Cup in Mentougou, China, and came home with a bronze and his first World Cup win.

"I came into this weekend as the underdog and you know, I kind of use that to my advantage."

With a margin of just 0.051 seconds, Josh claimed victory 🚲🏆

Read how he pulled it off in the full story 👇

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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...

03/10/2026

Day 2 of Para Futures Cup done ✅

Another big day for Team South, with athletes getting stuck into goalball, powerlifting, table tennis, boccia and shooting.

Lots of firsts, plenty of laughs and some seriously good VIS x TIS team spirit along the way 💚

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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 target under the guidance of a Winter Paral...

03/10/2026

The inaugural Libby Kosmala Para Futures Cup is underway 🏆

Nine VIS Para Unit athletes are representing Team South and are getting stuck into a mix of sports and meeting other emerging Para athletes from around the country.

First up? Boccia 🎯

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28/09/2026

📣 Kickstart your career in high performance sport, through a VIS Physical Preparation or Performance Science Mentorship Program.

Gain experience across VIS sport programs and learn from our industry-leading experts, working with Olympic, Paralympic, World Champion and Commonwealth Games athletes.

📅 HURRY! Applications close this Sunday.

Apply now via Careers link in bio.

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27/09/2026

📣 VIS Performance Science Mentorship Program applications close this Sunday.

If you've been thinking about getting hands-on experience with high performance athletes, now's the time to lock it in.

You'll be trackside, poolside, courtside and more, learning directly from some of the world's best performance analysts, movement scientists and physiologists in sport.

Learn more and apply via the VIS careers page.

Link in bio 🔗