July 26, 2021

Velocity Indoor Cycling App Secures $3.4 Million in Seed Funding

Highland Park, Illinois, July 26, 2021 - Vision Quest Velocity LLC, an early-stage virtual cycling start-up, announced it has raised $3.4M in seed round funding. The investment round was led by strategic financial partners. Velocity will leverage the more than 20 years of experience and knowledge from Vision Quest Coaching...

July 26, 2021

U.S. Center for SafeSport Permanently Bans Alberto Salazar From Coaching

The former Nike Oregon Project coach will no longer be allowed to work with U.S.A. Track & Field athletes after receiving permanent suspension from SafeSport. He has 10 days to appeal. Women's Running

July 26, 2021

UTMB® Mont-Blanc: 30 days to go for the start of the 18th edition!

Good news, the UTMB® Mont-Blanc will take place this year. The event is scheduled to run from Monday 23rd to Sunday 29th August and will gather 10,000 runners with strict health measures in place. The sanitary health pass, staggered starts, elite runners, here is everything you need to know about...

July 26, 2021

Skratch Labs Brings Back its Popular Limited-Edition Flavor of Sport Hydration Drink Mix: Summer Peach

Boulder, CO (July 26, 2020) - Skratch Labs, an innovator in performance nutrition, announces the re-release of it’s seasona lsummer flavor of Sport Hydration DrinkMix, Summer Peach. With the resounding successof an initial offering in May, Skratch Labs is offering one more chance to pick up a 440g bag of...

July 25, 2021

iFIT Acquires 29029, the Premium Ultra-Endurance Event and Community That Brings the Experience of Climbing Mount Everest to its Members Around the World

(LOGAN, Utah) iFIT, a global leader in connected fitness software, content, and equipment, today announced that it has acquired 29029, the company that created the category of endurance hiking events. 29029 delivers the experience of climbing Mount Everest to its members and provides the ultra-endurance experience to athletes at all...

July 25, 2021

Men’s triathlon kicks off with bizarre false start

A motor boat in the way of athletes disrupts the start of the men's triathlon in Tokyo, stopping the race in bizarre fashion and marking the first-ever false start call in the sport's Olympic history. Check out the video here

July 25, 2021

Olympics-Cycling-Confused Van Vleuten’s joy shortlived in bizarre finish

When Annemiek Van Vleuten crossed the line with her arms in the air at the Fuji International Speedway, the Dutchwoman thought she had won the women's Olympic road cycling race on Sunday. Then she realized she had finished second behind Austrian Anna Keisenhofer by a healthy margin of one minute and...

July 24, 2021

23-year-old Brandon McNulty Rides to Sixth Place in His First Olympic Games

TOKYO – The Men’s Road Race kicked off the cycling events for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The riders headed to Musashinonomori Park to take on the 243-kilometer course. The race went to Mt. Fuji, gaining a total of 4,865 meters of elevation. The field of 128 riders competed on...

July 23, 2021

Record-Breaking 10th Annual Fleet Feet Liberty Mile

PITTSBURGH (July 23, 2021) – More than 1,300 participants took to the streets in Downtown Pittsburgh’s only nighttime road race, the largest participation in event history. The event was P3R’s first live race in Pittsburgh since 2019. “To have a record number of runners at our first live start line...

July 23, 2021

Obé Fitness, Nets $15 Million in New Investment as Samsung Next, Athleta and Actress-Comedian Tiffany Haddish bet on Home-Fitness

Even as people return to the gym, digital fitness businesses like Obé think they can expand. Its Disney tie-ins help. Athletech News