EVENT NEWS
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September 2, 2024
U.S. Paralympic Triathlon Team Wins 8 Medals to Lead All Countries at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
U.S. Paralympians Grace Norman (Bloomington, Ind.), Hailey Danz (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Chris Hammer (Gilbert, Ariz.) each won gold at the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 on Monday, Sept. 2, leading the U.S. Paralympic Triathlon Team, which won eight medals on a historic day to top the medal count for all...
September 2, 2024
Paralympic Runner Stripped of Bronze Medal After Being Disqualified for Breaking Rule at Finish Line of Race
An Australian Paralympian runner has been disqualified from a long-distance event after officials said that he dropped the tether connecting him to his seeing eye guide. Visually impaired distance runner Jaryd Clifford would have received the bronze medal in the T13 5000m for vision-impaired athletes at the 2024 Paralympics on Saturday, Aug....
August 28, 2024
Why Top Olympic Athletes Use Baking Soda to Boost Performance
Just a week before the Olympics, Arop decided to try something new—something that he’d never tried before but that, according to an anonymous Olympic runner quoted in the Telegraph, at least 80 percent of elite runners are now using: sodium bicarbonate, better known as baking soda. “I figured if everybody else is...
August 26, 2024
Rampaging Edmonton Marathon runner claims he was drugged with meth
On Sunday, Aug. 18, thousands of runners participating in the 2024 Servus Edmonton Marathon, were concerned when a disturbing incident involving a University of Alberta student, who was detained by police, allegedly assaulted other marathon runners at the 27 km mark. Days later, the student/runner shared his side of the...
August 24, 2024
Major triathlon race cancelled on safety grounds after road users fail to obey local closures
Challenge Sandefjord in Norway was cancelled on Saturday on safety grounds as road users failed to obey closures in the town and surrounding area after signs were removed. Pros and Age Groupers from all over Norway and 26 countries around the world had descended on the Scandanavian venue for what...
August 16, 2024
USA Triathlon Cuts Funding to Elite National Team Athletes
USA Triathlon has withdrawn funding for its top-level professional athletes, only providing financial support to these athletes at the final two World Triathlon Championship Series events for 2024. According to sources close to the team, support had originally been planned to run through the six remaining World Cup level events...
August 15, 2024
California family saves runner from bear attack
In Long Barn, Calif., a young man’s regular evening training run turned into a life-threatening bear chase, and a nearby family was forced to step in. Out on a regular run, the man encountered a black bear cub, triggering an angry pursuit by the mother bear. The runner, desperate and injured,...
August 13, 2024
Paris Olympics Average 30.7M Viewers on NBCU, Biggest Since 1994
According to the final ratings tally for the 2024 Summer Olympics, the NBCU platforms averaged 30.7 million viewers per day, a composite figure that includes the live coverage in the afternoons (2-5 p.m. ET) and the traditional primetime windows. That combined delivery marked an 82% improvement compared to the long-delayed Tokyo...
August 13, 2024
Infographic – Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024
Now underway, the third edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift runs from August 12-18, 2024, and event organiser A.S.O., has released an infographic showcasing the elite women’s race. This year’s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will be more accessible, with enhanced TV coverage and more than 22 hours...
August 9, 2024
Questions Swirl After Athlete Drowns During CrossFit Games in Texas
Tragedy struck the CrossFit Games at Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth on Thursday morning when 28-year-old Serbian athlete Lazar Đukić drowned during a competition. Dukic was participating in a run-swim event that included a 3.5-mile run followed by an 800m swim. But he went missing near the finish line around...