PRESS RELEASES
Browse the latest press releases from companies serving the running, cycling and triathlon industries. You’ll find news regarding new hires, promotions, products, partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, special announcements, and more.
December 7, 2020
HEXR Launches Smartphone Fitting App to Make Bespoke Helmets Accessible to Over 600 Million People Globally
LONDON – December 7, 2020 – HEXR has developed a smartphone fitting app utilising the latest methods in Machine Vision to capture over 250,000 data points of a customer’s head shape. The app uses the most accurate 3D scanning technology available on a smartphone, able to measure details finer than...
December 7, 2020
ROAD iD’s Pink With a Purpose Campaign raises more than $40,000 in the fight against breast cancer.
In honor of national breast cancer awareness month, ROAD iD donated $10.00 from every limited-edition pink iD purchased during the month of October to the American Cancer Society, totaling $40,410 to support the Society’s breast cancer programs, research and initiatives. “Support from corporations like ROAD iD enables the American Cancer...
December 7, 2020
Professional Triathletes Organisation 2020 Championship at CHALLENGEDAYTONA® to be Seen in Over 100 Countries
LONDON - The PTO 2020 Championship at CHALLENGEDAYTONA® is set to take place at the iconic Daytona International Speedway® on December 6th and will be shown in over 100 countries around the world, following broadcast deals secured by IMG. The highlight of the year will see the world’s top triathletes...
December 6, 2020
Gustav Iden wins $100,000 dollar at PTO 2020 Championship after epic battle: ‘I was thinking this is torture’
In a race that grew to epic proportions, where favourites dropped out but outsiders in some cases showed unexpected things, there was just one supreme winner at the PTO 2020 Championship: Gustav Iden from Norway. "I raced smart once again. I felt like I had pretty good control during the...
December 6, 2020
Outstanding Paula Findlay strikes at PTO 2020 Championship, crowns herself $100.000 champion
With a huge force majeure Paula Findlay just won the PTO 2020 Championship, bringing home an astronomical amount of $100,000. The Canadian, who also won Challenge Daytona last year and thus prolonged her title, was on fire the whole day, leading the race almost completely. "I was so shocked. In...
December 5, 2020
Challenge Daytona Pro-Am Relay: ‘This was the best with the best’
For lots of athletes it's a dream that comes true: racing with world-class athletes, who are heroes to many of them. Today this dream came true for every participant of the CHALLENGEDAYTONA Pro-Am Relay. In this Sprint Distance race, pro athletes completed the swim part, while Age Group athletes took...
December 5, 2020
Challenge Daytona: ‘Grateful for such an epic event and responsible measurements’
It was generally known that CHALLENGEDAYTONA was going to be the final race of the season, but not many people would have thought that it was also going to be one of the first races of the year. After a successful start of the weekend with the Pro-Am Relay yesterday,...
December 4, 2020
PTO 2020 Championship pro press conference: ‘Let’s not make it a gunfight, but a nuclear war’
With what is going to be most likely the most spectacular pro field ever seen in a Middle Distance race, tension is growing every day at Challenge Daytona. The PTO 2020 Championship (2-80-18) will take place upcoming Sunday and some of the most interesting pro athletes just came together already...
December 4, 2020
P3R Named One of Pittsburgh’s 2020 Best Places to Work
PITTSBURGH (December 4, 2020) – P3R, the engine behind Pittsburgh’s greatest races – including the DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon – was named one of Pittsburgh’s 2020 Best Places to Work by the Pittsburgh Business Times. In addition to Pittsburgh’s annual marathon weekend, P3R also runs a variety of other...
December 4, 2020
Made in the Mitten – A Story of Snowboarding
(Holland, MI) Dec. 5 2020 -- New Holland Brewing of Holland, MI is partnering with Vermont-based iconic snowboard brand, Burton, to support director Zeppelin Zeerip’s new short film, Made in the Mitten. Harkening back to the original days of Snurfing, as popularized by inventor Sherman Poppen in 1965 in Muskegon,...