July 7, 2024

Anne Haug and Magnus Ditlev write triathlon history at Roth

/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - ROTH. It was a day of records at DATEV Challenge Roth: Denmark's Magnus Ditlev took his third title in a row in the triathlon Mecca in a new world best time of 7:23:24. Anne Haug (GER) beat Daniela Ryf's world best time, set just a year ago...

July 7, 2024

Tour de France Forced to Navigate the Paris Olympics, Too

As the 173 remaining riders transition from Troyes to Orléans, where the action will pick back up Tuesday, the Tour de France is about 75 miles outside of Paris. That’s the closest it will get to the French capital in an unprecedented departure from tradition this year. For the first...

July 6, 2024

Paris Olympics organizers unveil backup plans for triathlon and marathon swimming in Seine

The organizing committee for the Paris Olympics has unveiled backup plans for open-water events if the Seine River is deemed unsuitable for swimming. Triathlon and marathon swimming events are scheduled to take place in the famed river running through Paris, but unsafe levels of E. coli have been detected in recent weeks,...

July 6, 2024

French cyclist Julien Bernard fined for kissing wife, son during Tour de France

A sweet moment between French cyclist Julien Bernard and his family during the Tour de France on Friday was deemed "inappropriate behavior" by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), resulting in a fine for the Frenchman. Videos on social media show him slowly riding through a crowded street as fans cheered enthusiastically for...

July 4, 2024

Brownlee Racing is Launched and Secures Final supertri Team Franchise

LONDON, UK/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Three-time Olympic medallist Jonny Brownlee (34) has today teamed up with his double-Gold winning brother, Alistair (36) to launch Brownlee Racing, a new endurance racing team. The first sporting engagement for Brownlee Racing will be acquiring and competing as one of four new teams in the...

July 3, 2024

What Does the Women’s Race at Unbound Mean for Other Gravel Race Organizers?

At Unbound this year, race organizers started the elite women’s field 25 minutes ahead of the amateurs at the bequest of the athletes.resulting in a a showstopping nine-up sprint in downtown Emporia, Kansas. A staggered start time might be the key to a standalone women’s gravel race. Velo

July 3, 2024

2024 IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz Startlist Announced for The Eleventh Race of The IRONMAN Pro Series

LONDON, UK/ TAMPA, Fla. (July 03, 2024) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The IRONMAN Pro Series™ remains in Europe for its next stop, with the Basque Country of Spain hosting IRONMAN® Vitoria-Gasteiz, the 11th race, and fourth full distance IRONMAN® triathlon of the series. Approximately 80 of the top male and female...

July 3, 2024

2024 XTERRA France Preview: Xonrupt Eruption

XONRUPT, VOSGES, FRANCE /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - XTERRA France gears up for its 17th annual off-road triathlon, set in the scenic Vosges mountains and Lake Longemer. The Full Distance race on Sunday, July 7th, is the 13th stop of the 2024 XTERRA EMEA Tour and a crucial qualifier, offering 58 World...

July 3, 2024

How to Feed the Olympics

The Olympics are all about numbers: 1500, the number of meters in a freestyle swim; 20, the maximum-possible points in rhythmic gymnastics; 3 million, the number of bananas the culinary team at Olympic Village think they’ll need over the course of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which take place over two weeks...

July 3, 2024

2024 Maine Summer Adventure Race will go island hopping

/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The Maine Summer Adventure Race will take its participants island hopping in its eighth annual edition on July 13-14, 2024. The 3-hour, 8-hour, and 24-hour editions of Maine’s only U.S. Adventure Racing Association- and Adventure Race World Series-sanctioned adventure race will take teams of two to four...