EVENT NEWS
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March 19, 2020
Professional Triathletes Organisation Pays Athletes $2,500,000 In Response To COVID-19
LONDON, ENGLAND. The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced its response to COVID-19 by increasing its Year-End Annual Bonus Programme from $2,000,000 to $2,500,000 and paying it all immediately based on the PTO World Rankings. The $500,000 increase would go to men and women athletes ranked 21-50, who previously would have...
March 19, 2020
ReSport Offers Virtual Race Platform Free of Charge Through April
Realtime Experience Sport (ReSport), a platform for advanced mapping, registration, results, and race tracking, announces free use of its virtual race platform for events disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now through the end of April, race directors can create virtual races to replace or supplement postponed or cancelled races, giving...
March 19, 2020
VirtualSportsRacing.com Announces Innovative New Platform for Virtual Endurance Events
Dallas, Texas – March 19, 2020 - VirtualSportsRacing.com, an innovative digital platform for virtual sports challenges, events and races, today announced the availability of its industry-leading platform and pricing for all event organizers and race directors looking to host virtual endurance, multisport and gym events for their participants. The platform’s...
March 18, 2020
2020 Carmel Marathon Postponed to Sunday, June 14
CARMEL, Ind. – CRRG Events announced today that the 10th anniversary running of the Carmel Marathon has been moved from April 4 to Sunday, June 14. With state and local efforts to control the COVID-19 virus expanding quickly, race organizers worked with the City of Carmel, race medical officials and...
March 18, 2020
Fanomena Events reacts to COVID-19
For years the digital goodie bag solution Fanomena Events has been used at numerous events worldwide to share personalized content and engaging offers from sponsors, exhibitors & vendors. Times like these, where the COVID-19 virus forces thousands of events to be postponed or even cancelled require special actions. “When live events...
March 18, 2020
2020 Credit Union Cherry Blossom Events Cancelled; Free Virtual Race Planned
March 18, 2020, Washington, DC: Race organizers of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Run - The Runners’ Rite of Spring® for the past 47 years - announced on Saturday the cancellation of all of the activities over race weekend, April 3-5, including the Health and Fitness Expo, the Kids’ Run,...
March 18, 2020
BASE Performance expands to Australia with FastGear as Exclusive Distributor
Boulder, CO, Release: 18 March, 2020. BASE Performance is excited to announce FastGear as its exclusive distributor in Australia. Sports are more global than ever, and it is important for BASE to have representation and access in both hemispheres. Seeing the resilience of the entire country after the terrible fires...
March 17, 2020
Cancel the Olympics? Postpone them? Every alternative has problems.
As novel coronavirus fears have essentially shut down daily life in many areas and forced sports leagues around the globe to cancel play and suspend operations, the International Olympic Committee has been resolute in its insistence that this summer’s Tokyo Olympics will be held on schedule. But even as IOC President Thomas...
March 17, 2020
City of Pittsburgh Bans Large Gatherings Through May 10
PITTSBURGH (March 17, 2020) — The City of Pittsburgh announced that, in accordance with guidance from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, it has banned all gatherings of 50 or more people during the eight-week period beginning March 15, 2020, as part of the city’s efforts to help slow...
March 17, 2020
Herbalife Nutrition Postpones Herbalife24 Triathlon, 5k and Bike Tour Event
LOS ANGELES--March 16, 2020-- Herbalife Nutrition (NYSE: HLF), a premier global nutrition company, today announced that the Company and the event operator have postponed the Herbalife24 Triathlon Los Angeles, 5k and Bike Tour originally scheduled for Sunday, May 17, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The health and safety of...