EVENT NEWS
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January 31, 2024
Doping-approved “Enhanced Games” receives millions in financial backing
The man behind the doping-enthused Enhanced Games, Aron D’Souza, has revealed he received millions of dollars in financial backing for his entrepreneurial idea a year and a half before his first planned Games in the summer of 2025. In an interview with Sifted magazine, D’Souza revealed that he has teamed up with...
January 30, 2024
First Olympic Esports Games could arrive in 2025
"Next year or 'by 2026 at the latest'," International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach told Xinhua Sports last Monday. That's the date being considered for the first Olympic Esports Games, which Japan is bidding to host and where "artificial intelligence will play an important role". The steps we have...
January 30, 2024
How to Watch: 2024 US Olympic Trials Marathon | Track and Field
Here's how to watch the 2024 US Olympic Trials Marathon on FloTrack. The 2024 US Olympic Trials Marathon starts on Feb 3, 2024. Video footage from the event will be archived and stored in a video library for FloTrack subscribers to watch for the duration of their subscription. Flotrack
January 30, 2024
U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials unveil huge prize pool
We are less than a week away from one of the most exciting pre-Olympic qualification events: the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (on Feb. 3). Not only will the top three men and women have the opportunity to represent Team USA in the marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics, they...
January 30, 2024
Miami Marathon finisher medals spark airport security concerns
Finishers of the 2024 Miami Marathon on Jan. 28 were warned, but still, hundreds of participants went home without their medals when the TSA (Transportation Security Administration, for Canadians) confiscated the medals, likening them to deadly ninja throwing stars. The 2024 medal is shaped like a golden sun with the...
January 29, 2024
Ironman taps Equinox president as new CEO in effort to woo more type-A executives
Ironman Group said Monday that it has hired the president of the high-end gym chain Equinox, Scott DeRue, to be its next chief executive as the endurance sports event organizer navigates a drop in race participation a decade after its peak. DeRue, who joined Equinox in 2021 to help the...
January 25, 2024
David Lappartient hints that AI could combat mechanical doping in pro cycling
UCI president David Lappartient travelled to Abu Dhabi to attend the MyWhoosh presentation, grateful the indoor cycling app is to become a sponsor of the outdoor road World Championships and curious about a future role MyWhoosh’s data could play in the fight against mechanical doping. MyWhoosh has replaced Zwift as...
January 19, 2024
PTO backs Michael Epstein’s Zuma Foundation bid for Malibu Triathlon
Last fall the triathlon world was rocked when Michael Epstein, the founder and former owner of the Malibu Triathlon, managed to win back the permits to put on a triathlon in the city, shutting Super League Triathlon out of the event it had purchased a few years earlier. Through a...
January 18, 2024
Chinese marathon runner, 52, is disqualified for CHAIN-SMOKING throughout entire race – which he finished in 3hr 33min
A Chinese marathon runner who chain-smoked his entire way through a 26.2 miles race has been disqualified, despite achieving a competitive time. Uncle Chen, nicknamed the 'Smoking Brother', managed to complete the Xiamen Marathon in three hours and 33 minutes on January 7 this year. But despite crossing the finish...
January 17, 2024
58-Year-Old Runs 100th Sub 3-Hour Marathon
For Jeff Mescal, 58, Disney World really is the “Happiest Place on Earth.” The three-time Guinness World Record holder ran his 100th sub three-hour marathon at the Walt Disney World Marathon on January 7, in 2:57:26. There was added pressure, Mescal told Runner’s World, because of this superlative and the...