March 24, 2020

NIKE, Inc. reports fiscal 2020 third quarter results

Revenues increased to $10.1 billion in the third quarter, up 5 percent on a reported basis and up 7 percent on a currency-neutral basis. Digital sales in Greater China increased more than 30 percent while brick and mortar retail sales were impacted by temporary store closures related to COVID-19. Read more...

March 24, 2020

2020 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Rescheduled After Olympic Postponement

The 2020 U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore. will be rescheduled in the aftermath of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics being postponed to 2021, organizers from Track Town USA announced Tuesday afternoon. The trials were scheduled for June 19 to 28 on the University of Oregon's campus. Read more...

March 24, 2020

Strava releases Routes for runners and riders

With over 3 billion activities uploaded from all over the world, Strava ‘knows where athletes actually run and ride.’ The new Routes tool uses that knowledge to provide route recommendations personalized to athletes’ preferences for location, distance, surface type (pavement or dirt) and hilly or flat terrain. Read more on...

March 24, 2020

On a lighter note: Man runs full marathon on apartment balcony

Elisha Nochomovitz lives in Toulouse, France, where he, along with millions of his fellow French citizens, are under strict shelter in place orders from the government. He’d been training to run a marathon before the pandemic descended and was at a loss about how to remain as active as possible. So he...

March 24, 2020

Tokyo 2020 Olympics officially postponed until 2021

Never before had the Olympic Games been postponed or canceled for something other than war, but on Tuesday, Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by about one year. Read more on ESPN.

March 23, 2020

Peloton temporarily suspends sales and deliveries of its treadmill

Peloton announced that it will temporarily suspend the sale and delivery of its Tread, a treadmill with a touchscreen to stream live and on-demand classes, because the size of the machine is too big to deliver to customers while attempting to maintain physical distance during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Sales of its...

March 23, 2020

IOC member says 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed because of coronavirus pandemic

Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound, a Canadian who has been one of the most influential members of the IOC for decades, said the games will likely be moved to 2021, with the details to be worked out in the next four weeks. Neither the IOC nor the Tokyo 2020...

March 23, 2020

Doping researcher who defended Lance Armstrong receives doping ban

A doping researcher who testified on behalf of Lance Armstrong during the US Department of Justice case has been banned from cycling for doping. John Gleaves, an assistant professor at California State University, has accepted a four-year suspension after testing positive at the Masters Track National Championships last August. Read more...

March 23, 2020

Cycling industry pivots to COVID-19 protective equipment production

Bike industry players, big and small, shift production to make personal protective equipment for front-line healthcare workers. Read more on VeloNews.

March 23, 2020

British Cycling extends suspension on sanctioned cycling activities to June 30

Given the ongoing uncertainty around the Coronavirus/COVID19 outbreak, and the developing Government advice and guidance, British Cycling has taken the decision to extend its current suspension on sanctioned cycling activities to June 30. Read more on the British Cycling site.

March 19, 2020

Facebook is giving out $100 million in small-business grants.

Tuesday's announcement by Facebook that it will offer $100 million in grants to 30,000 small businesses may well be the sort of watershed moment that's been needed to spur entrepreneurship and small business growth well into the future. Read more and find out where to sign up on Inc.

March 19, 2020

Under Armour announces $2M donation to support those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic

The company said it will split the donation between a pair of nonprofit organizations. Feeding America will receive a donation of $1 million and another $1 million in money and product will go to Good Sports. Under Armour announced that it will close all North American stores from March 16-28. The company, according to...

March 19, 2020

Recreate in place? How people are safely getting outside to exercise in the coronavirus age

Medical experts encourage a healthy lifestyle that includes exercise and fresh air amid lockdowns and coronavirus pandemic. Find how others are navigating in the Mercury News.

March 19, 2020

Coronavirus: Santini to start making face masks instead of cycling clothing

The company, which currently supplies clothing to Boels Dolmans, Trek-Segafredo and the UCI World Championships, is hoping to begin production on Monday, March 23. Santini, working in conjunction with local textile manufacturer Sitip, has said that a prototype has already been made. The mask is currently being tested at the Politecnico di Milan before...

March 18, 2020

Nike commits $15M toward COVID-19 fight — Including personal donations from new and former CEOs

Nike has pledged over $15 million to fight the virus — including $10 million in contributions Phil Knight, co-founder and chairman emeritus, Mark Parker, former CEO and current executive chairman of the  and John Donahue, the firm’s new president and CEO. The executives and their families are donating $1 million to the...

March 18, 2020

On a lighter note: homemade soap treadmills

Runners stuck at home have come up with an interesting substitute for a treadmill. Read more on Canadian Running.

March 18, 2020

IRONMAN parent company Wanda Sports Group agrees US$240m loan facility with Credit Suisse

The funding will help Wanda’s sports arm to refinance and prepay its existing 364-day term loan facility, dated 15th Match 2019. The agreement has been made at uncertain times for the sports industry, with WSG announcing earlier in the month that the ongoing coronavirus outbreak could have a ‘material adverse impact’...

March 18, 2020

On a lighter note…We ate 26 energy products in one go and this is what happened

BikeRadar is known for its comprehensive, authoritative testing, so they decided to try every product in the Clif Bar range in a single sitting. Find out what their favorite flavors were and what happened here.

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 16, 2020

We can now estimate the effect of blood doping

Russian women got slower after the Athlete Biological Passport was introduced in 2012. Anti-doping officials think they know why. An analysis of Russian female distance runners before and after the implementation of a new anti-doping technique reveals a starkly incriminating pattern, and provides a back-of-the-envelope estimate of how big of a...

March 16, 2020

Iconic female athletes replace ‘Clif Bar Climber’ on wrappers

Clif Bar unveiled its first-ever packaging change with limited-edition wrappers that feature superstar female athletes across six sports. Ashima Shiraishi, Venus Williams, Megan Rapinoe, Lakey Peterson, Katerina Nash, and Jordyn Barratt will grace the wrappers of Clif Bar‘s most popular flavors for 2020. Read more on GearJunkie.

March 16, 2020

Why Can’t I Just Get a Refund? And Other Emails to RDs in the COVID-19 Era

Slowtwitch explains the finances and questions that many people will be asking of race directors over the next few months. Read more here.

March 16, 2020

Inside the Mid South’s decision to proceed as the coronavirus escalated

The Mid South was held as the global pandemic around COVID-19 escalated. This is what the race promoters, local authorities, and participants had to say about the event. The event serves up a 100 and 50 mile cycling distance, a 50k ultramarathon foot race. Read more on VeloNews.

March 16, 2020

Coronavirus made races unsafe, so athletes and organizers are turning to simulations

With coronavirus sweeping the globe, scores of marathons, smaller races, and cycling competitions hang in the balance. That has led some to the world of race simulators. Read more about the options events are looking into and what it takes to make it happen on Mashable.

March 16, 2020

Cycling: UCI seeks retroactive end to Olympic qualifying process

Cycling's governing body (UCI) plans to retroactively use March 3 as the cut-off point for Olympic qualification in mountain bike, BMX Racing and BMX Freestyle as the coronavirus pandemic continues to decimate the sporting calendar. Road and track cycling have completed their qualification events, the last of which was the...