EVENT NEWS
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February 16, 2024
Ownership of IRONMAN is More Than the Legal Status
IRONMAN is a personal touchstone and for this reason there are no owners of it. There are only temporary custodians of a cultural institution who’ve been granted the privilege of husbanding the brand while they remain in charge. The new custodian has more than a responsibility. He has an opportunity....
February 15, 2024
Beleaguered New York City Triathlon Cancels 2024 Event. Organizers Tell Us Why.
In a fairly surprising move, Supertri (formerly Super League Triathlon), the new owners of the New York City Triathlon as of 2023, announced this week that the 2024 edition would be canceled before registration even opened. One of the reasons is because the date falls on the fifth weekend in...
February 9, 2024
Las Vegas to welcome the world’s largest indoor track
Las Vegas is about to get one of the most impressive indoor sports venues in the world. The Z Athlete Village, which is planned to span more than 390,000 square feet (3.6 hectares), will be the largest indoor track and field arena ever built, and will have track athletes and...
February 6, 2024
Kenyan runner gets four-year ban for sending doppelgänger to take drug test
The former indoor 600m world record holder, Michael Saruni of Kenya, was handed a four-year ban on Feb. 1, by the Anti-Doping Association of Kenya (ADAK) for sending a friend to impersonate him during a drug test at the 2022 Kenyan Trials for the 2022 World Championships. According to the ADAK...
February 3, 2024
Will the U.S. Have Three Men in the Olympic Marathon?
The U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials are usually straightforward—the top three women and men finishers constitute the U.S. team for that summer’s Olympic Marathon. By now, you’ve probably heard that wasn’t the case on the men’s side at the 2024 Trials, held on February 3 in Orlando, Florida. Only two U.S....
February 3, 2024
Fiona O’Keeffe sets record, wins Olympic trials in her marathon debut
O'Keeffe turned in a stunning and blistering performance at the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in Orlando, crossing the finish line in 2:22:10 to not only win her marathon debut but break the event record. She finished nearly 32 seconds ahead of runner-up Emily Sisson, effectively pulverizing a deep and talented...
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...