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December 18, 2025
Your Oura Year in Review is here, and the global stats are wild
Oura’s yearly wrap-up usually feels like a personal pat on the back. This year, though, it also offers a look at global health trends. The company has released its 2025 Year in Review, and while it still highlights individual wins inside the Oura app, the bigger story comes from combining...
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December 17, 2025
This woman ran 300 miles through the Atacama desert–at 22 weeks pregnant
The U.S.'s Allie Gibbons signed up for The Speed Project Atacama before she knew she was pregnant—and decided to keep going. Allie Gibbons didn’t plan to run 300 miles while pregnant—she had already committed to the race before she found out she was expecting. “I was registered to run Atacama...
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December 17, 2025
Dopers are evading detection, says AIU chair
Speaking on behalf of the Athletics Integrity Unit, David Howman recently warned at the World Conference on Doping in Sport that the anti-doping system has 'stalled', is failing to detect enough elite cheats and needs significant improvements. Howman delivered the message during his appearance at the event held in Busan,...
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December 17, 2025
Triathlete’s 2025 Race Series Report Shows Strong Growth, Evolving Priorities
Ironman and Challenge may still anchor the mass participation landscape, but in 2025, they were far from the only players shaping what it felt like to pin on a number as an everyday triathlete. Participation surged across multiple race series, new formats brought new athletes into the sport, and organizers...
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December 17, 2025
Former Crankbrothers CEO leads acquisition of Extreme Racing Shox
A group of private strategic investors led by former Crankbrothers CEO Gaspare Licata has acquired a majority stake in Extreme Racing Shox (EXT), Italian manufacturer of high-performance suspension systems for bicycle and motorsports applications. The move follows the passing of EXT founder and technical director Franco Fratton in April 2025....
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December 16, 2025
Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy protection
Rad Power Bikes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday in advance of completing a sale of the company and less than a month after it said it could not afford a recall on some of its older lithium-ion batteries that the Consumer Product Safety Commission deemed unsafe. Filed in...
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December 15, 2025
Grand Slam Track’s Top Creditors Include Star Athletes
Grand Slam Track, Michael Johnson’s embattled running startup that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, owes vendors and athletes millions of dollars. A new legal filing Monday detailing the league’s creditors shows exactly who is owed how much money. The list of unsecured creditors includes some of the biggest names...
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December 15, 2025
Norda Secures Second Investment from the Ermenegildo Zegna Group
The Ermenegildo Zegna Group has made a second round of investment in the Canadian footwear brand Norda. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Zegna Group, which has its own fashion brand and owns the Thom Browne fashion brand, initially approached Norda in 2021 after the brand launched its debut...
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December 14, 2025
Is marathon heart damage a myth?
For years, the long-distance running world has had this nagging question hovering over it: are we slowly wearing out our hearts? The worry didn’t come from thin air. After big endurance efforts, some runners show temporary changes on echocardiograms, and some have a spike in a blood marker called troponin—a...
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December 12, 2025
MIPS acquires protection brand Koroyd
MIPS has acquired all shares of body and head impact protection brand Koroyd for 40 million euros ($46.9 million). Based in Monaco and founded in 2010, Koroyd will continue to operate separately under its current leadership team, said Max Strandwitz, MIPS president and CEO. Koroyd's portfolio includes sport, motorsport, defense,...
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