EVENT NEWS
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August 1, 2025
Strava tracked 1,809 new KOMs at this year’s Tour de France
Strava, billed as ‘the app for active people’ with over 150 million users, tracked 1,809 new King of the Mountain (KOM) records during this year’s Tour de France. This marks the highest total of KOMs ever recorded during the race, up from 1,770 in 2024. Tadej Pogačar, now a 4x time...
August 1, 2025
Former World Champion Megan Romano Becomes First Female Athlete To Join Enhanced Games
Four-time world champion Megan Romano is the first female athlete and first American to join the Enhanced Games, the organization announced Friday. Romano, who represented the United States at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships and the 2012 Short Course World Championships, has not competed in the pool since the 2016 U.S. Olympic...
July 31, 2025
Trump revives the Presidential Fitness Test, a rite of passage for schoolchildren for decades
President Donald Trump on Thursday reestablished the Presidential Fitness Test for American children, a fixture of public schools for decades that gauged young people’s health and athleticism with 1-mile runs, sit-ups and stretching exercises. In the test, children had to run and perform situps, pullups or pushups and a sit-and-reach...
July 30, 2025
Grant Fisher wants his Grand Slam Track money: “Tomorrow would be the last day before I think people get pretty upset.”
Thursday is the first day of the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field, a day that will conclude with Grant Fisher attempting to win a second consecutive national title in the men’s 10,000-meter final. Thursday is also July 31 — which is the day by which Grand Slam Track has committed...
July 30, 2025
NY man arrested during Ironman race after leaving son unattended for 10 hours
A man from Kenmore was arrested at the Ironman Lake Placid triathlon race on Jul. 20 after police received a complaint that he allegedly left his young son unattended while competing. syracuse
July 29, 2025
The Inaugural ‘$1 Backyard Ultra’ Marathon In NYC Made History. It Is Also A Challenge Only For Sickos
The first-ever ‘last man standing’ $1 Backyard Ultra in NYC was held last weekend in Manhattan and it made history along the way. The concept is: run a lap within an hour and then do it again the next hour, and so on until there is only one person left...
July 28, 2025
Runner killed at ultra-trail race in Romania
The Romanian ultra-trail community is shaken after a runner died during Saturday’s Bucovina Ultra Rocks race in Suceava county. A violent, unexpected thunderstorm struck the region, and a 50-year-old male from Bucharest who was participating in the 88K event was killed by a falling tree. Canadian Trail Running
July 25, 2025
Grand Slam Track Took Pride In Being Transparent. But Was It?
Grand Slam Track, commissioned by multi-time Olympic gold medalist Johnson, marketed itself on head-to-head competitions divided into event groups and boasted unprecedented prize pots for athletes. Each “Slam” event group winner was set to receive $100,000 at each meet, with competitors behind them also receiving significant earnings. Johnson first announced...
July 23, 2025
Industry still waits for major tariff deals
The Trump administration has recently announced preliminary trade agreements with some countries that export bicycle products to the U.S., but so far there are no new agreements with the largest suppliers to the industry, and few details on the agreements that have been announced. The preliminary agreements call for a...
July 21, 2025
Video: What Really Happens at a Pre-Tour de France Altitude Camp
Ever wondered what goes on before the Tour de France? I don’t mean the days leading up to the grandest of the grand tours — I mean the months before. VELO
