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September 22, 2021
Strava Testing ‘Mute Activity’ Option to Reduce Feed Spam
Strava is testing a new feature to some 50% of their user base that allows people to mute an activity of their feed when publishing. The idea being that many of us might have more trivial workouts or even commutes that we want on Strava for historical/challenge/segments sake, but don’t...
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September 22, 2021
UCI announces gravel series and official world championships
The UCI has announced the creation of an officially sanctioned gravel series and world championships adding a tenth discipline to the international federation's events. The federation has partnered with Belgian event organiser Golazo to create a UCI Gravel World Series of mass-participation races which will serve as qualifying events for the new UCI...
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September 21, 2021
10 of the Worst Training Tips You Hear in Running
There are lots of ways to find your running potential. This article points out 10 tips, with each of them usually starting at a place of well-meaning associations, and sometimes ending at a place of actively unhelpful misinformation. Women's Running
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September 21, 2021
How Nike Became the Most Marketable Athletic Brand, According to SportsPro
The Swoosh earned the top spot for the second year in a row, beating out Adidas and Emirates, which placed second and third, respectively. For this year’s ranking, the company analyzed postings from more than 30,000 organizations and athletes for the period of August 15, 2020 to August 15, 2021....
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September 21, 2021
Rowing start-up Hydrow scores fresh financing from Lizzo, Justin Timberlake, as at-home fitness competition heats up
Hydrow, the maker of a connected rowing machine, said Tuesday it has secured nearly $200 million in financing after its latest funding round with celebrity backers including Lizzo and Justin Timberlake. Founder and Chief Executive Bruce Smith said a portion of the funding will be used to make sure it...
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September 20, 2021
Peloton Expanding Into Hotels, Health Clubs
The fitness leader is leveraging April’s $420 million acquisition of Precor — which supplies workout machines to hotels, health clubs, and universities — to get hotel guests and others to sample its offerings. FOS
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September 18, 2021
Tokyo Marathon postponed, 2022 race canceled due to COVID-19
The Tokyo Marathon has been postponed until March, and the 2022 edition canceled due to the COVID-19 state of emergency in Japan's capital. The race had been set for Oct. 17 but has now been moved to March 6, according to the Tokyo Marathon Foundation website. ESPN
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September 18, 2021
Chris Anker Sørensen killed in crash while cycling at world championships
Retired pro rider and television pundit Chris Anker Sørensen has been killed after being struck by a van driver while cycling in Belgium. Sørensen was attending the world championships to work for Danish television channel TV2 Sport at the time of the incident on Saturday. VeloNews
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September 16, 2021
Ironman Hints World Championships Could Be Moved From Kona
Ironman CEO Andrew Messick suggested today that the Ironman World Championship—which throughout its 40-year history has always been staged in Kona, Hawaii—could be moved, saying that the company is considering all possibilities. Triathlete
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September 16, 2021
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) releases official report on Salazar ban
While the report seemed to cast some doubt on the appropriateness of the bans, while still upholding them, CAS ruled that Salazar had committed three anti-doping rule violations, including possession of testosterone, complicity in Brown’s administration of a prohibited method and tampering with the doping control process with respect to the...
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