EVENT NEWS
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August 13, 2024
Paris Olympics Average 30.7M Viewers on NBCU, Biggest Since 1994
According to the final ratings tally for the 2024 Summer Olympics, the NBCU platforms averaged 30.7 million viewers per day, a composite figure that includes the live coverage in the afternoons (2-5 p.m. ET) and the traditional primetime windows. That combined delivery marked an 82% improvement compared to the long-delayed Tokyo...
August 13, 2024
Infographic – Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024
Now underway, the third edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift runs from August 12-18, 2024, and event organiser A.S.O., has released an infographic showcasing the elite women’s race. This year’s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will be more accessible, with enhanced TV coverage and more than 22 hours...
August 9, 2024
Questions Swirl After Athlete Drowns During CrossFit Games in Texas
Tragedy struck the CrossFit Games at Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth on Thursday morning when 28-year-old Serbian athlete Lazar Đukić drowned during a competition. Dukic was participating in a run-swim event that included a 3.5-mile run followed by an 800m swim. But he went missing near the finish line around...
August 8, 2024
U.S. Track and Field Stars Reap Rewards (and Cash) in Paris
Team USA has been cashing in at the first Olympics with a new financial incentive for track and field athletes—and they may not be done yet. In Paris, governing body World Athletics is handing out a total of $2.4 million to winners of the 48 track and field events. That’s $50,000 per...
August 8, 2024
The Process of Anti-Doping Protocols
Tomas Rodriguez Hernandez’s ongoing doping saga has ignited discussion amongst athletes — from age-groupers to professionals alike — about penalties, prior bad acts by athletes, and the merits of Rodriguez Hernandez’s public statement, where he blamed his positive test for clomifene on food contamination. Rodriguez Hernandez has opted for a...
August 7, 2024
Amid concerns about dirty water and strong current, marathon swimmers dive into the Seine River
A bridge lined with ornate statues overlooks an Olympic open water course like no other. The Eiffel Tower, gold-domed Invalides and other Paris landmarks provide a stunning backdrop. Yet there was no getting around concerns about the safety of swimming in the long-polluted Seine River, not to mention contending with...
August 6, 2024
Paris 2024 cancels marathon swim test run over Seine water quality concerns
A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was cancelled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the Paris waterway. World Aquatics made the decision to cancel the exercise at an early morning meeting, spokesperson Torin Koos said. Fluctuating bacteria...
August 5, 2024
Kristen Faulkner Wins Gold in Major Cycling Upset, Making History as First American to Medal in 40 Years
Kristen Faulkner has made history after winning gold at the 2024 Olympic Games! The racing cyclist, 31, earned her first gold medal at the women’s road race on Sunday, Aug. 4 — becoming the first American to secure a medal in the event in 40 years. People
August 1, 2024
Olympic Games Triathlon: River Seine water quality test results REVEALED after races went ahead at Paris 2024
Recent heavy rains in the French capital gave organisers a massive headache with levels continuing to prove unsafe for swimming, and early on Tuesday things came properly to head when the men’s individual race was postponed to Wednesday. There were genuine fears that the individual races may have to be downgraded...
July 31, 2024
Paris Olympics: Swimmers return to the Seine for the first time in a century
After six years, $1.5 billion, innumerable tests, cascades of protests, political grandstanding, countless prayers and hopes, multiple delays, and a thunderstorm just hours before the start … swimmers are finally in the Seine once again. The competitors in the women’s triathlon at the 2024 Olympics went into the water at...