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September 16, 2024
By the Numbers: 2024 Women’s Ironman World Championship
On September 22, some 1,400 women will take to the sun-bleached coast of Côte d’Azur for the 2024 women’s Ironman World Championship. Not only is the event Europe’s first 100% female Ironman triathlon, but it marks the first time the World Championship for women has been held anywhere but in...
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September 13, 2024
LPGA Apologizes for Solheim Cup Fan Bus Debacle That Left Stands Half-Empty
The LPGA apologized to fans attending the Solheim Cup on Friday morning after shuttle bus issues led to significant delays for thousands of spectators trying to get to Robert Trent Jones Golf Club just outside of Washington, D.C. The 2,000-seat stadium grandstands built around the first tee box were only roughly...
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September 4, 2024
‘Appalling’: The Paralympic Women’s Cycling Course Is Just Half the Length of the Men’s
Though there’s been a bunch of recent, exciting progress made in narrowing the gender equity gap in sports, there’s still much more work to be done. And the Paralympic women’s cycling course at the 2024 Paris Games is one prime example of where parity continues to fall short—literally. The course for...
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September 4, 2024
Washington Spirit’s Croix Bethune suffers season-ending knee injury throwing ceremonial pitch
Washington Spirit rookie midfielder Croix Bethune will miss the rest of the season for the National Women's Soccer League club after apparently suffering a knee injury while throwing the ceremonial first pitch at a Washington Nationals game last week. The Spirit said Wednesday that Bethune, who was part of the U.S. Olympic...
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August 20, 2024
59-Year-Old Establishes Women’s FKT on New Kilimanjaro ‘Sea to Summit’ Hike
Fastest known times (FKTs) are the most popular type of record thru-hikers and endurance athletes are trying to set these days. People now run the Colorado Trail end to end in less than a week, hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail in just 46 days, complete calendar year triple crowns faster than ever, and...
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August 19, 2024
Gallery: An incredible finale to the closest Tour de France ever
Escape Collective’s Abby Mickey wrote before Sunday’s final stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift that the race was far from over; that there was still plenty to play for on Sunday. She was certainly right about that. On a mighty final stage, finishing atop Alpe d’Huez, we got to witness...
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August 15, 2024
The Tour de France Femmes is creating space for women in the bike industry
The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift has only been around for three years, but already it is the place to be in the summer, and not only for the riders. Women who work in the cycling industry are also finding a home at the race, connecting with other women and brainstorming...
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August 15, 2024
Where’s the Fanfare? Sunny Stroeer Becomes First Woman to Ski 1,000-Mile Iditarod Race
At the end of March, Sunny Stroeer became the first woman in history to complete the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational (ITI) on skis. She finished this self-supported ultramarathon in 29 days, 23 hours, and 6 minutes, less than 1 hour under the 30-day cutoff. Gear Junkie
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August 12, 2024
The Olympic sports that burn the most calories
The world has spent nearly two weeks watching dozens of athletes take their physical abilities to the limit at the Paris Olympics, all vying for the coveted gold, silver and bronze medals. But those of us spectating each sport from the comfort of our sofas may be wondering which one...
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August 12, 2024
Team USA has women to thank for more than half of its Olympic medals
American women dominated the summer Olympics, bringing home more than half of Team USA’s medals. The U.S. won 126 total medals, the most of any country. Of those, women were responsible for a whopping 67. Of that total, one medal remains in contention: Olympic officials have ordered gymnast Jordan Chiles to return...
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August 8, 2024
Tour de France Femmes 2024: The Ultimate Preview – Route, Riders, Rivalries, Maps, TV Guide
The Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift is turning it up to 11 for volume three. Starting Monday, defending champion Demi Vollering and the women’s elite will be walloped with the windy flats of the Netherlands, a “back to the future” split stage, a taste of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and the iconic 21 switchbacks of...
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August 4, 2024
USA Women Set New World Record In Swimming Relay Final
Team USA set a new world record while winning a gold medal in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday (August 4). Team USA -- comprised of Regan Smith, Lily King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske -- finished with a time of 3:49.63, with Australia taking silver at 3:53.11 and China...
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August 1, 2024
Golden again. Simone Biles wins gymnastics Olympic individual all-around title
For the second time in her remarkable career, the peerless gymnast Simone Biles won the Olympic individual all-around final title, only two days after leading the U.S. women's team back to the gold medal in the team event. Unlike many of her other medals over the years, this one did...
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July 31, 2024
Katie Ledecky Sets New Olympic Record; Ties Medals Won By American Woman
American swimmer Katie Ledecky won her first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics, setting a new Olympic record of 15:30.02 in the 1500-meter freestyle final on Wednesday (July 31) and tying for the most gold and overall Olympic medals of any female athlete in American history. Ledecky tied fellow Jenny Thompson in both career...
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July 29, 2024
Is the F1 Academy the next forefront in the explosion of women’s sports?
2024 marks the second season of the all-female F1 Academy, a series with its roots back in the now-defunct Formula Woman series. That championship was replaced in 2019 by the W Series, which lasted three campaigns until it was shuttered after the 2022 season due to financial issues. F1 announced...
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July 27, 2024
American cyclist Taylor Knibb falls off her bike FOUR times and her mechanic also takes a tumble as wet weather causes CHAOS in Paris Olympics time trials
A flurry of cyclists have fallen off their bikes on the first morning of the Paris Olympics as participants struggled to cope with the wet conditions. US athlete Taylor Knibb skidded off four times during the women's road cycling time trials as the rain cascaded down in the French capital. And she...
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July 24, 2024
Angel Reese Joins New Women’s Professional Basketball League
Angel Reese is the latest athlete to join the Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball league. The Chicago Sky rookie, is the tenth player to join the league which was started by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. The league will be played in the winter and boasts the "highest average salary in professional women's sports...
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July 23, 2024
National Women’s Soccer League delivers record Olympic turnout
A record number of National Women's Soccer League players are suiting up for Olympic competitions. The NWSL reports it is fielding more players in the Games than any other league in the world. That's 56 players representing 11 countries, including the United States. The U.S. Women's National Team leads all countries, with...
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July 23, 2024
Woman wins Wine Country half marathon for first time
A woman won the Wine Country Half Marathon in Sonoma on Sunday for the first time in the event's 20-year history, organizers said. It was a great day for girl power, with veteran runner Liza Reichert winning in one hour, 19 minutes and 28 seconds in the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma...
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July 23, 2024
Olympics-Women set to grab the spotlight for Team USA in Paris
American women from Simone Biles to Katie Ledecky and Sha’Carri Richardson will dominate the spotlight in Paris as the explosion in popularity of women’s sports in the United States makes its way to the Olympic stage, experts said. Those athletes are among the women featured prominently in ads for the...
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July 22, 2024
Ironman Announces New Pregnancy and Parenthood Policy for Age-Groupers
Today Ironman changed a policy would now allow athletes entry to the same event for up to two years if a triathlete registered for one of their races and then became pregnant—a response, in part, to an article published by Triathlete in June, Ironman said. The new policy touches more than simply a race registration...
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July 18, 2024
Just Women’s Sports launching shows around Olympic coverage
Just Women’s Sports is launching three digital shows to amplify the multimedia platform’s coverage of the Paris Olympic Games. USWNT and Gotham star Kelley O’Hara will host a new in-studio show “The Gold Standard” with four-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time WNBA champion Lisa Leslie. JWS is also bringing back...
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July 15, 2024
16-Year-Old Marathon Swimmer Maya Merhige Successfully Swims the English Channel and Raises More than $100,000 to Fight Cancer
Maya Merhige, a 16-year-old marathon swimmer, has just successfully conquered the English Channel (20.5 miles or 33 km), making her one of the youngest swimmers in history to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, which includes the English Channel, Catalina Channel and Manhattan 20 Bridges swims. Maya swam the English Channel...
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July 11, 2024
US women’s basketball team looks to continue Olympic dominance, seeking 8th straight gold in Paris
The U.S. women's basketball team is on a historic run, winning seven straight Olympic gold medals. While no one has come close to ending that streak, the rest of the world is getting better. The Americans, who haven't lost an Olympic contest since 1992, won by an average of 16...
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July 3, 2024
Women’s Sportswear: The Big Winner of Paris 2024 Olympics?
In recent years, women’s professional sports fandom and women’s participation in athletics have been on the rise, leading to opportunities for sportswear brands to appeal to women’s sports fans and female athletes alike through sponsorships, product launches and event activations. The Women’s Tennis Association, a global competition, saw average attendance in 2023...
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