Human Interest

November 18, 2024

McLaren F1 teen hopes to inspire other women

An accomplished athlete in skiing and show jumping, Ella, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf is joining McLaren for its 2025 F1 Academy season. Despite her success, she still gets "mixed views" from men in the sport and hopes her place and an upcoming Netflix series following some of her peers, will help...

October 23, 2024

Born Out of Frustration: See How Liv Cycling Became the Leader in Women’s Bikes

When Bonnie Tu stirred the leaders of the largest bike manufacturer in the world to start a women-only brand, males dominated cycling as a sport and industry. GearJunkie

October 7, 2024

How Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak Survived the Ordeal on Chaukhamba III

Yesterday, a helicopter from the Indian Air Force picked up Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak after a French climbing party helped the two climbers down Chaukhmaba III. The past three days have been full of tension. Explorers Web

September 15, 2024

Barred from sports, Afghan women are forced to train, exercise in secret

The Taliban authorities have implemented an austere interpretation of Islamic law, with women bearing the brunt of restrictions that the UN has labeled “gender apartheid.” In November 2022, the Afghan Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice announced that women were barred from parks and gyms...

September 9, 2024

Athletes Don’t Owe You a Mental Health Disclosure

In 2016, then-21-year-old Molly Seidel was the top distance runner in the NCAA and seemed destined for a thriving athletic career. But a series of injuries sidelined the Notre Dame student from that year’s Olympic Trials. That summer, she quietly checked into a four-month-long eating disorder treatment program. She returned...

September 5, 2024

USA Cycling Told Kristen Faulkner She Had Just a 6% Chance to Win an Olympic Medal—She Defied the Odds

According to Faulkner, USA Cycling staff sat her down and showed her that their simulations gave her a six-percent chance of medaling in the road race. By contrast, the USA Cycling team-pursuit team was expected to medal on the track. Would she potentially sacrifice the track team’s chance of a...

August 22, 2024

Carissa Moore Announces Baby, Surfed in Paris Olympics Pregnant

Carissa Moore is having a baby. The 2020 Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion made the announcement with an Instagram post. The news comes in the middle of a big year for Moore. In January, she announced she would be stepping away from the Championship Tour. The exception to Moore’s competitive hiatus...

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

August 6, 2024

Sports Organization Launches Non-Profit Focused On Female Athletics

Women make up 38.4% of total athletes in the U.S., yet only 6% of sports science data is female-focused. Michele Kang is looking to change that. On July 27, Kang announced the launch of Kynisca Innovation Hub, an enterprise of Kang’s Kynisca Sports International Ltd. With a world-class team of scientists,...

July 30, 2024

Who Is Ilona Maher? U.S. Rugby Player’s Body Positivity At The Olympics Is Going Viral

American rugby player and two-time Olympian Ilona Maher—who won a bronze medal on Tuesday—has become one of TikTok's most popular Olympians through her series of well-timed comedy bits, poignant commentary on sexism in sports and vocal support of “all the different body types” as she exposes the treatment she’s received...

July 11, 2024

New Film Debuts About Courtney Dauwalter’s Epic ‘Triple Crown’ of Ultra-Trail Running

In 2023, Courtney Dauwalter won ultrarunning’s three most iconic races during the span of about nine weeks—Western States 100, Hardrock 100, and Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc—in what has become known as the “Triple Crown” of ultra-trail running. Salomon, one of her primary sponsors, has just released a new film about her...

June 12, 2024

Her Mount Everest Record May Inspire More Nepali Women to Climb

Nepali photojournalist Purnima Shrestha doesn’t fit the stereotype of the imposing and rugged mountaineer. She stands barely five feet tall, and comes across as soft-spoken and shy. Her easygoing attitude stands in sharp contrast to that of mountaineers who post their latest achievement on social media. When I met her at a...

June 5, 2024

How a coffee expert is revolutionizing the water filtration market

Willmington/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – The launch of the Vitaloop Flexguard Water Filtration Bottle represents a significant milestone in the quest for clean, reliable water. This innovative product, crafted by Arild Vikingstad, promises to redefine water filtration standards with its unique automatic pump system, ensuring consistent pressure and filtration time for unmatched...

June 4, 2024

She wanted to empower Black women in sport — so she started an inclusive running club

Until the pandemic shuttered gyms and fitness classes, Allison Hill was left with no outlet for exercise other than running. She was looking for a way to keep both her mind and body well, so she strapped on a pair of beat-up running shoes and hit the pavement. Now in...

May 28, 2024

New York Liberty Star Breanna Stewart on the Rise of the WNBA, Mom Style and Why Her Puma Relationship Is So Authentic

New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart — a two-time WNBA champion and two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player — said a collaboration on the Stewie 3 is coming, and included in the remaining colorways are two that are about important moments in her life. “Puma has been amazing throughout this entire process,” Stewart said. “There’s...

May 10, 2024

Self-Confidence: An Interview with Jasmin Paris About Her 2024 Barkley Marathons Finish

Jasmin Paris (U.K.) made history on March 22 in the waning minutes of the 2024 Barkley Marathons, when she came around the final corner of the finishing road. No woman had ever finished four laps of five-lap race before, let alone the whole thing. After two previous attempts at the event in...

May 8, 2024

Pregnant runner wins half-marathon

Elite American long-distance runner Anna Rohrer made headlines on Saturday when she won the half-marathon at the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis while 23 weeks pregnant. Clocking 1:15:18, the now two-time winner of the race was not expecting the win. She told Canadian Running that without any expectations heading into the race,...

May 3, 2024

How Form’s Co-Founders Use Social Media To Build a Winning Fitness Brand

While Form was initially created to leverage creator Sami Clarke’s large social media following, it has evolved into a fitness brand capable of standing on its own with offerings including workout content, activewear and more. Over the past year, Form’s membership has grown by 300%, and the “Samis” have also...

April 26, 2024

Laura Kenny opens up on how fertility issues led her to retire from cycling

Laura Kenny recently announced she was stepping down from competing, just four months before Paris 2024. Kenny appeared on Good Morning Britain on Friday and explained how struggling to conceive her second child changed her mindset on life and led to her decision to end her cycling career. Independent

April 3, 2024

‘I’m 48, perimenopausal, and ran 38km per day for six days, here’s what I’ve learned’

If modesty is a matter of downplaying your achievements, Mirna Valerio is the definition. She’s one of ten women who took part in lululemon’s FURTHER Ultramarathon – a historic six-day event in which each athlete surpassed the furthest distance of their careers, totalling 2,880 miles. At 48, former Spanish teacher and mother-of-one Valerio...

March 27, 2024

Self-Confidence: An Interview with Jasmin Paris About Her 2024 Barkley Marathons Finish

Jasmin Paris (U.K.) made history on March 22 in the waning minutes of the 2024 Barkley Marathons, when she came around the final corner of the finishing road. No woman had ever finished four laps of five-lap race before, let alone the whole thing. After two previous attempts at the event in...

March 20, 2024

Finding a Groove: An Interview With Camille Herron About Her 6-Day World Record at the 2024 lululemon FURTHER Event

Camille Herron of the U.S. has set yet another world record, this time the women’s 6-day world record by running 560.330 miles (901.764 kilometers) at the 2024 lululemon FURTHER event in La Quinta, California. The race was held on a 2.55-mile loop around Lake Cahuilla made up of largely dirt. Ten women, all lululemon-sponsored athletes,...

March 12, 2024

She’s 12. She runs an under-3-hour marathon. And she’s prepping for the 2028 Olympics

The 5-foot-tall sixth-grader placed second among all girls and women at the Ventura Marathon in February when she ran the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours 58 minutes, averaging less than 7 minutes per mile. Her goal this year is to run the fastest recorded marathon for a 12-year-old of either gender — she's...

March 1, 2024

Erin Ton Breaks Speed Records in Marathon Hike of Manitou Incline

The Manitou Incline is considered one of the most challenging hikes in Colorado, but Erin Ton completed it at record speed — thirteen times. Ton took on the "Inclinathon" challenge — going up and down the Incline's 2,744 steps thirteen times, over around 26 miles, just short of the length of a marathon —...

February 21, 2024

Uniting Female SAR Communities: Meet the ‘Women in Rescue’

Rescuers who are women have been called “pretty mules” by patients who they’re carrying out of the backcountry; they’ve even been called “wimps” and “b*tches” for being perceived as too cautious or too assertive. This isn’t uncommon for women in SAR. Many of them regularly face harassment and unfounded questioning from...