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July 10, 2024
Boston Marathon champion gets seven year doping ban
Kenyan runner Lawrence Cherono won the 2019 Boston and Chicago marathons and currently owns the 12th-fastest marathon time in history, but he won’t be racing anytime soon. He was recently banned for seven years after he was caught using “fake documents” to justify failing a drug test. Chicago Tribune
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July 10, 2024
Cyclist has arm reattached after horrific crash at criterium
Medical professionals are calling it a miracle that Ryan Jastrab was able to have his arm re-attached after snagging it on a metal barricade in a criterium on Saturday. Jastrab, who is from California, crashed on the last lap that caused severe injury to his right arm, nearly severing it at...
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July 10, 2024
Sprinter Asinga sues Gatorade over ‘recovery gummies’ after ban
Surinamese sprinter Issamade Asinga sued the Gatorade Company on Wednesday, alleging his recent doping ban was the result of eating contaminated "recovery gummies" that the brand manufactured and provided. Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) handed the 19-year-old Asinga a four-year suspension for a doping violation in May, stripping his two South American Championship...
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July 9, 2024
Luxury Rehab Facility Targets CEOs, Celebs for $25K a Week
Highlands Recovery, a brand new luxury rehabilitation facility in Australia, has opened its doors to welcome high-net-worth individuals looking for help and the utmost privacy – at a time when wellness and recovery services of all kinds are on the rise. The luxury rehabilitation facility’s residential program costs up to...
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July 9, 2024
Bradley Wiggins joins Lance Armstrong’s podcast The Move
Bradley Wiggins is going through hard times financially as the former Tour de France winner was recently declared bankrupt. However, he now received some unexpected support from his old friend Lance Armstrong. He is not the only former or current rider to take part in the podcast, with Mark Cavendish and Matteo...
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July 8, 2024
Tour de France Team With ‘Smallest Budget’ Has Won The Most Prize Money So Far
Race officials provided the first prize money update going into Monday’s rest day, and the squad at the top of the list is a big underdog with Intermarché-Wanty. “We are the team with the smallest budget here,” performance manager Aike Visbeek told Velo after stage 3. Winning pays off: the team has had two stage...
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July 7, 2024
Tour de France Forced to Navigate the Paris Olympics, Too
As the 173 remaining riders transition from Troyes to Orléans, where the action will pick back up Tuesday, the Tour de France is about 75 miles outside of Paris. That’s the closest it will get to the French capital in an unprecedented departure from tradition this year. For the first...
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July 6, 2024
Paris Olympics organizers unveil backup plans for triathlon and marathon swimming in Seine
The organizing committee for the Paris Olympics has unveiled backup plans for open-water events if the Seine River is deemed unsuitable for swimming. Triathlon and marathon swimming events are scheduled to take place in the famed river running through Paris, but unsafe levels of E. coli have been detected in recent weeks,...
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July 6, 2024
French cyclist Julien Bernard fined for kissing wife, son during Tour de France
A sweet moment between French cyclist Julien Bernard and his family during the Tour de France on Friday was deemed "inappropriate behavior" by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), resulting in a fine for the Frenchman. Videos on social media show him slowly riding through a crowded street as fans cheered enthusiastically for...
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July 3, 2024
What Does the Women’s Race at Unbound Mean for Other Gravel Race Organizers?
At Unbound this year, race organizers started the elite women’s field 25 minutes ahead of the amateurs at the bequest of the athletes.resulting in a a showstopping nine-up sprint in downtown Emporia, Kansas. A staggered start time might be the key to a standalone women’s gravel race. Velo