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October 5, 2020
USABA Named Winner of 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Sports Award
COLORADO SPRINGS – The United States Association of Blind Athletes has been selected as one of five 2020 winners of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Sports Award, from a pool of 270 applicants. The winners receive a $25,000 cash award and were honored at a virtual ceremony on October 4...
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October 5, 2020
Live Event Photography – powered by Space
A UK space company has launched a service to deliver real time events photography for the first time – removing the unnecessary waiting time for images after a sporting event. A £900,000 investment from the UK Space Agency in partnership with the European Space Agency will support developers at AWOL,...
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October 5, 2020
2021 Houston Marathon Weekend of Events to be Held Virtually
Houston (Oct. 5, 2020) – In response to the ongoing public health concerns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Houston Marathon Committee (HMC) announced today that the 49th annual Chevron Houston Marathon and 20th annual Aramco Houston Half Marathon will be held as part of the 2021 Virtual Houston...
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October 2, 2020
Strava Seeks New Investors at $1 Billion-Plus Valuation
Strava Inc., a social network for athletes with nearly 70 million global registered users, is looking to raise its equity by more than $1 billion, also hiring an adviser to raise between $150 million and $400 million. A deal that vaults the company to unicorn status would roughly triple Strava’s...
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October 2, 2020
Introducing the Colorado Classic Virtual QOM Jersey Challenge
Denver, Colo. (October 2, 2020)— The Colorado Classic #InspiredWeRide Jersey Campaign is off to a roaring start with thousands of people already joining the competition to win signed race jerseys from the 2019 event and other prizes. Launched at the start of September, the #InspiredWeRide Jersey Campaign aims to inspire...
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October 2, 2020
Almost 5,000 Runners Keep the Tradition Alive in the Virtual 2020 Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race
PITTSBURGH, PA (October 2, 2020) – The Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race tradition lives on through the runners who participated virtually in the month-long event. From neighborhood children to the Perfect Great Racers (the 21 men who have participated each and every year since the race’s inception),...
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October 2, 2020
Dygert Released From Hospital After Road Worlds Crash
Colorado Springs, Colo. - Today, Chloé Dygert (Brownsburg, Ind.; Team TWENTY20) was released from the Hospital Maggiore in Bologna, Italy and will return home accompanied by her family. Dygert, the 2019 UCI Time Trial World Champion, crashed last Thursday during the time trial event of the 2020 UCI World Championship in Imola,...
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October 2, 2020
USA Cycling Announces 2020 USA Cycling Esports Trials
Colorado Springs, Colo. - In response to the announcement of the 2020 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships in September, USA Cycling has been hard at work finalizing plans for Team USA selection. In the true spirit of this digital discipline, we are excited to announce the 2020 USA Cycling Esports...
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October 2, 2020
Finding Fellowship in 2020: USMES Virtual Army Ten-Miler Team
US Military Endurance Sports (USMES) Boulder, CO – Oct 2, 2020 – In January, triathlete and Army physician Lisa Hesse was deployed to respond to the COVID pandemic, serving as a medical epidemiologist for the CDC. “Prior to this I was a preventive medicine doctor, but I was transferred to...
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October 2, 2020
2020 IRONMAN VR World Championship Celebration Kicks off Sunday, October 4 with Week-Long Programming through the IRONMAN Now Facebook Watch Page
TAMPA, Fla. – Following the five-week-long IRONMAN® VR Kona® Series hosted on the IRONMAN® Virtual Club platform, IRONMAN will commemorate the magic of its pinnacle event, the IRONMAN World Championship®, with a week-long celebration that includes the first-ever offering of a virtual full-distance IRONMAN triathlon with IRONMAN VR27 Kona. The...
