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July 22, 2022

Tour de France Femmes Is a Women’s Sports Triumph Long in the Making

Up against the sport’s long, male-dominated history and its masculinity-driven marquee event, the women of cycling secured the first official women’s Tour de France stage race in 33 years. SI

July 21, 2022

London Marathon changes policy for pregnant and postpartum participants

London Marathon Events has made immediate policy changes to make the event more inclusive. Participants who are pregnant or postpartum – including general entry participants and participants with a Good For Age or Championship place in the 2022 TCS London Marathon on Sunday 2 October – will now have the opportunity to...

July 20, 2022

Here’s What You Need to Know About the Inaugural Tour de France Femmes

On Sunday, for the first time in a very long time, there will be two pelotons in Paris racing the Tour de France. The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift begins on July 24 and runs for eight days across northeast France. The race features 144 women from 24 teams, and...

July 20, 2022

Liv Brings Women’s Only A-Line Session Back to Crankworx Whistler

WHISTLER, Canada (July 20, 2022)/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/- After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Liv, the company dedicated to getting more women on bikes, has again partnered with Crankworx Whistler to bring the Liv Women’s Only A-Line Session back to the event on Sunday, August 7. The following day, Liv...

July 15, 2022

Here’s What it Feels Like to Run 100 Miles at the Western States

The Western States 100-mile race has a cool history, a gorgeous route, and the world’s best masochists. This short film shows everything that goes into the race for three women who run in the rarefied air of people who can not only last the entire 100 miles, but who can...

July 15, 2022

Women’s Euros breaks attendance record with 15 games to go

The Women's European Championship has broken the competiton's attendance record before the knockout stages, figures have shown. The 2017 Euros in the Netherlands had a total crowd figure of 240,055. The 8,173 attendance figure at France's 2-1 victory over Belgium on Thursday took the total for this year's competition to...

July 6, 2022

British Triathlon creates ‘open’ category for transgender athletes to compete at all levels

Triathlon has become the first sport in the UK to ban transgender athletes from racing in the female category at elite and grassroots level after deciding that “fairness of competition is paramount”. Under British Triathlon’s new policy, which kicks in on 1 January 2023, transgender athletes over the age of...

July 5, 2022

Colorado runner Allie McLaughlin shatters women’s record at Mount Marathon

The world champion mountain runner from Colorado Springs, Colorado, blew past the rest of the field Monday, breaking the Mount Marathon women’s record by 39 seconds. McLaughlin’s time of 47 minutes, nine seconds was also more than five minutes faster than her closest competitors. ADN

July 4, 2022

Break the Record. Break the Cycle.

YAKIMA, WA /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Rosalie Fish ran 12 miles for Miles Against Violence at the Downtown Yakima Mile, each mile she completed received over $4,400 pledged—over $53,000 in total pledge donations. Fish, internationally respected athlete and activist, ran the Yakima Mile this year “to demonstrate that every single one...

June 29, 2022

Gravel Worlds reaches goal of 1,000 women participants

On Wednesday, the Pirate Cycling League, hosts of Garmin Gravel Worlds, announced that the event had reached a milestone: 1,000 women have signed up to race across the event’s five distances. The number corresponds to nearly 40 percent of the event’s total registrants. Velo News

June 28, 2022

Tour de France Femmes gets NTT-powered innovations as part of technology deal

NTT has served as the technology partner of the men’s event for the past eight years and now, it will offer its services to the women’s edition of the marquee cycling race. NTT will provide live rider tracking throughout the event via the Tour de France Femmes’ ‘race centre’ platform,...

June 28, 2022

Japanese women’s road race indefinitely postponed over argument about team vehicles

The women’s road race at the Japanese national championships was indefinitely postponed due to an argument over whether team vehicles should be allowed in the race convoy. The event was due to take place at the Hiroshima Central Forest Park last Saturday, but officials decided not to hold it after...

June 27, 2022

Woman Vies for Second-Ever Ski Descent of K2

An American skier and climber aims to become the second person to ski down K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. She’ll do it during K2’s busiest season on record. Gear Junkie

June 24, 2022

The Outspoken Women’s Summit is Back, Bigger and Better Than Ever

Victoria, BC - June 24, 2022/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Feisty Media and Shift Sports are pleased to announce the return of the Outspoken Summit to Tempe, Arizona. The conference was formerly focused on female leaders who identified as triathletes but has now expanded its reach to include all women in endurance sports....

June 23, 2022

As LIV Golf dominates the news, LPGA players admit almost ‘entire tour’ might consider similar jump

Money is the talk of the game right now. As a field of 156 women celebrate the second-biggest purse in tour history this week, PGA Tour stars are leaving their already lucrative tour for mind-blowing amounts of guaranteed cash on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf. The never-ending Saudi news cycle already...

June 23, 2022

Women’s PGA Championship raises prize purse to US$9m for 2022

The organisers of the Women’s PGA Championship have announced that the prize money for the golf major will rise to US$9 million for 2022, doubling the purse from last year. The latest prize pot marks a 300 per cent increase from what the tournament offered in 2014, when the total pool was...

June 23, 2022

USA Triathlon Celebrates Women’s Achievements in Multisport for 50th Anniversary of Title IX

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo./SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ –USA Triathlon both honors and celebrates the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark gender equity law that changed the landscape of what’s possible for girls and women in this country, and today kicks off a five-month celebration of the achievements women have accomplished in triathlon. USA...

June 22, 2022

Salomon to Host Inaugural Women’s Trail Half Marathon in San Francisco

OGDEN, Utah (June 22, 2022)/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Today, Salomon North America is excited to announce that it will host the first-annual Salomon WMN Trail Half Marathon, in partnership with Athletic Brewing Co., San Francisco Running Company and family support with guidance from &Mother. The event will take place in the Marin...

June 20, 2022

NBA announce first Academy Games for women’s international prospects

The National Basketball Association is set to host the inaugural Women’s NBA Academy Games in July. The event will be apart of the 2022 NBA Academy Games for top male and female prospects from outside the U.S. The Women’s NBA Academy Games will bring together more than 40 of the top...

June 19, 2022

40 year-old Mom of 3 Becomes First Female Olympian to Finish a Triathlon in Under 8 Hours – New Film Shows How 40 year

A 40 year-old mom has entered the history books by becoming the first female Olympian ever to complete a full triathlon in under 8 hours—smashing the world record by over 40 minutes. Two-time Olympic Nicola Spirig crossed the finish line in The unique Pho3nix Sub8 Project race in Germany on...

June 14, 2022

How to Build an Inclusive Running Group

More people are running than ever before—and as the sport grows, that means more and more runners are seeking their own communities within the running world. The percentage of athletes joining clubs on Strava grew by 37 percent in 2021, and more than 189,000 new Clubs were created on the...

June 6, 2022

Purse size at U.S. Open shows growth of women’s golf

The U.S. Women’s Open wrapped up Sunday in Southern Pines, N.C., with this year's $10M purse and winner Minjee Lee’s $1.8M payday the "largest in women’s golf history to date," according to Beth Ann Nichols of GOLFWEEK. When the USWO was held at Pine Needles in ’01, the "entire purse that...

June 2, 2022

Women’s Tour gets live TV for first time, Challenge by La Vuelta reveals new five-day route

The women’s peloton got a big boost this week with two major races announcing significant developments for 2022. The organizers of the Women’s Tour in the UK confirmed that it would have live television for the first time in its history, while the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta confirmed its...

May 31, 2022

Andrea Peet Becomes First Person Diagnosed With ALS To Finish 50 Marathons in 50 States

PRINCE OF WALES, Alaska /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ -  Andrea Peet has become the first person diagnosed with ALS to finish 50 marathons in 50 states, following her completion of the ​​Prince of Wales Island Marathon on Saturday. Peet’s journey began in 2016 at the Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach, Va., though...

May 26, 2022

Legacy Triathlon Women’s Training Program for Beginners

/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Elevate MultiSport Endurance Training 4 Women, Parathletes & Beginners (an affiliate of the LA Tri Club) is very excited to announce the inaugural Women’s only training program at the Toyota Legacy Triathlon and Paratriathlon National Championships in Long Beach, CA, July 15-17, 2022. The Elevate Women 4Tri...