EVENT NEWS
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July 27, 2022
All-female rowing team breaks world record with 2,400-mile trek from California to Hawaii
After 34 days and more than 2,400 nautical miles, four female rowers made history on Tuesday morning by wrapping up their journey from California to Hawaii in record time. CBS Sports
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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,...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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May 25, 2022
Fugitive wanted in killing of elite cyclist traveled to New York City, authorities say
Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman suspected of fatally shooting elite cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson in Texas, is believed to have traveled to New York City after the killing, authorities said Wednesday. Armstrong, 34, is accused in the May 11 shooting of Wilson -- who had previously dated Armstrong's boyfriend...
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May 23, 2022
Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya said she offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. In an interview with HBO Real Sports, she also accused track and field’s world governing body of making her take medication if...
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May 20, 2022
Austin police issue arrest warrant in Moriah Wilson murder case
Austin city police issued a warrant Thursday for first-degree murder in the case of gravel racer Moriah “Mo” Wilson. The warrant named Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, in the warrant for first-degree murder felony charges. Wilson, 25, was found shot dead in an Austin apartment on May 11. Armstrong is listed as...
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May 17, 2022
Amundi Evian Championship announces $2 million purse increase
The Amundi Evian Championship has announced their own support of the the U.S. Women’s Open by increasing their purse from $4.5 million to $6.5 million in 2022. Golf Digest
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May 5, 2022
NHL’s Female Viewership Up 61% This Season
Their faith in the sports’ appeal is borne out by intriguing new TV data from the National Hockey League. The NHL’s female cable TV viewership across ESPN and TNT in the U.S. rose a whopping 61% during the 2021-2022 regular season, according to league spokeswoman Jennifer Neziol. On ESPN alone,...
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April 29, 2022
Australian Open to make golf history with equal billing and prize money for men and women
Golf history will be made when players tee off on the opening hole of this year’s Australian Open with the men’s and women’s events to be played at the same time and at the same venue. They will be the first recognised national Opens to feature the women’s and men’s tournaments...