Events

January 21, 2022

A 57-Year-Old Man Survived a 4-Mile, 26-Hour Swim After Tonga’s Tsunami

Lisala Folau, a 57-year-old retired carpenter, spent more than a day floating alone at sea following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on January 15. It’s a story as wild as it sounds. The Inertia

January 19, 2022

IOC branded “irresponsible” for using Beijing 2022 app researchers claims put users at risk

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been branded "irresponsible" for requiring participants to use an application devised to monitor the health of attendees at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing "with such glaring security vulnerabilities". Inside the Games

January 12, 2022

10 of the most memorable finish line crossings

For most runners, crossing the finish line is simply a relief. Often, we barely have the energy to lift our arms in celebration, much less do anything more energetic. For certain runners, though, crossing the finishing tape in a different manner has become the defining moment of their race. Sometimes...

January 11, 2022

Olympic Medalists Headline 2022 Boston Marathon Women’s Field

Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya, the 2021 Olympic gold medalist in the marathon, and her countrywoman Joyciline Jepkosgei, who ran the fastest marathon of 2021, 2:17:43, when she won the London Marathon, headline the Boston Marathon elite women’s field for 2022. American Molly Seidel, who won Olympic bronze last summer, will...

December 30, 2021

Beijing Olympics Sponsors Find No Easy Choices as Games Approach

Guest columnist Rick Burton of Syracuse University attempts to explain how the world’s sponsors sell products or services in almost every country, and how one country’s attempt to stage the Olympics runs the risk of having the host country or its parochial population turn on the global sponsor. Sportico

December 30, 2021

Marathons Are Back: Why Races Are Key for Brands Looking to Extend the COVID-19 Running Boom

With COVID-19 forcing people to find ways outside of the gym to stay fit, leading running brands have forged bonds with new runners and strengthened relationships with the experienced. As the world opens back up, the key to securing them all for the long haul might be in races. FN

December 29, 2021

New Anti-Doping Rules Take Effect in 2022: What Athletes Need to Know

Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, updates to anti-doping rules for triathletes will take effect in line with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code changes. For 2022, the WADA prohibited list includes several changes to substances and treatments, including commonly-prescribed medications for asthma. Athletes should be aware of these changes to ensure...

December 28, 2021

As Olympics Near, China Tightens Rules and Athletes Invent Their Own

Athletes and sports officials around the world have for months been viewing the approaching Winter Olympics in Beijing, set to take place in February amid a still-raging pandemic, with a mixture of apprehension and weariness. Now, a global surge of cases tied to the highly contagious Omicron variant has given...

December 28, 2021

Tokyo Olympics Cost $1.8B Less Than Previous Estimates

The Tokyo Olympics faced a raft of problems related to the global pandemic, but the final bill came in well under previous estimates. The Summer Games cost organizers an estimated $13.6 billion, $1.8 billion below a prior prediction of $15.4 billion. Front Office Sports

December 22, 2021

Medalist announces the end of the Tour of Utah

The Tour of Utah is no more. Medalist Sports president Chris Aronhalt announced today that the race — already postponed the last two years for COVID — would no longer continue because of inadequate sponsorship. VeloNews

December 21, 2021

Jan Ullrich hospitalised after relapse, according to report

Jan Ullrich has been taken to hospital, following a reported relapse into alcohol addiction. The 48-year-old was reported by the newspaper Bild to have been in Cuba, celebrating his birthday with friends. Cycling Weekly

December 20, 2021

After Nearly 36-Hour Search, Missing Ultrarunner Earl Blewett Found at Florida 100-Mile Race

Around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 18, a 57-year-old runner disappeared during a 100-mile race in Titusville, Florida. Today at 8 a.m., local police announced they’d found the man — not seriously injured, but “disoriented.” Blewett, a veteran of over 80 ultramarathons, triggered a search starting at around 11 p.m....

December 14, 2021

World Triathlon sanctions Russian Triathlon Federation

World Triathlon’s Executive Board has decided to sanction the Russian Triathlon Federation due to… ‘the significant number of doping cases in Russia.’ The sanction will be effective for one year, and World Triathlon will review quarterly that necessary measures are being followed. Endurance Biz

December 13, 2021

Paris to hold ‘most accessible’ opening ceremony of 2024 Olympics on River Seine

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on July 26, 2024, will be held on the River Seine, organisers announced on Monday, breaking the long-held Summer Games tradition of a stadium procession of athletes and officials. France24

December 13, 2021

Salt Lake City outlines projected budget of $2.2 billion for Winter Olympics

Salt Lake City-Utah Bid Committee President and chief executive Fraser Bullock said the budget has been calculated in 2030 dollars, an estimated 24% inflation on present day figures. The figure consists of a $1.75 billion (£1.3 billion/€1.5 billion) operational budget for the Games, with a further $200 million (£151 million/€177...

December 9, 2021

Into The Lion’s Den: From The Richest US Crit of The Year to PR Disaster

Olivia Ray posed with an enormous fake check on the Lion’s Den podium, $15,000 scrawled across its face. The Rally Cycling sprinter had just topped Legion’s Kendall Ryan and Amy Pieters of SD Worx to win Legion’s inaugural event, a high-speed, high-hype criterium in downtown Sacramento, California. The date in...

December 8, 2021

Olympic gold medalist and Lehigh Valley politician Marty Nothstein charged with stalking ex-lover and her boyfriend

Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist and former Lehigh County Commissioner Marty Nothstein is accused of stalking a woman with whom he had a six-year affair and her new boyfriend after the woman ended their relationship in 2020, according to court documents detailing the allegations against Nothstein. mcall

December 7, 2021

Lack of spectators at Tokyo 2020 set to save organisers more than $1 billion

The total cost of staging the Games, which were postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was ¥150 billion (£1 billion/$1.3 billion/1.2 billion) less than budgeted as the lack of fans meant labour costs and other expenditure was not as big as expected, Japanese agency Kyodo News reported. Cost reductions...

December 6, 2021

US confirms diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics over “genocide” in Xinjiang

United States Government officials will not be attending Beijing 2022 in response to China's record on human rights, as the White House finally confirmed that it will employ a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics. The move will mean that no senior US politicians will attend Beijing 2022, but athletes...

December 1, 2021

Hong Kong Marathon organisers delay 2022 race to November as city continues Covid-19 curbs

The 2022 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon has been pushed back from February to November, in a move aimed at giving local runners more time to train – and the race a better chance of attracting overseas competitors. Organisers had planned to hold next year’s event in February, but concerns over the...

November 30, 2021

China claims new COVID-19 variant will not force Beijing 2022 postponement

Omicron, the new strain of COVID-19, will not force the cancellation of next year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese Government claimed today. Japan, which hosted the re-arranged 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games earlier this year, today became the 19th country to confirm a case of...

November 27, 2021

Beijing Marathon suffers second straight cancellation due to COVID-19

Organisers have confirmed the cancellation of the Beijing Marathon for the second consecutive year due to COVID-19, highlighting the challenges faced by those in charge of the upcoming Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Beijing Marathon was officially postponed last month, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases domestically. Inside...

November 22, 2021

Six Times Triathlon Weirdly Got Mainstream Attention

Our little sport doesn’t always make the news, but when it does you can be sure it’ll be for something wacky. Triathlete

November 18, 2021

Not a Prank: The Cutoff for the 2022 Boston Marathon is 0 Minutes and 0 Seconds

On Thursday morning, the Boston Athletic Association announced that if you ran a qualifying time for your age group and gender and applied during the registration window, you’re in for April 18, 2022. Seriously: the Boston Marathon cutoff time is 0 minutes and 0 seconds. Women's Running

November 17, 2021

Should Road Races Separate the Pros from the Masses?

While the benefit to giving elite women their own race seems obvious, the question of giving male marathoners a separate start is more contentious. Earlier this month, for the first time in its 50-year history, the New York City Marathon had a separate start time for the men’s elite field,...