The next marathon major arrives on Sunday with the Chicago Marathon setting the stage for both the world record and American record possibly falling in the same day. John Korir knows that plenty is at stake including defending his title, a stunning 2:02:44 win last year as a sub-2:01 could be within reach. After a …
The track and field season ended for the majority of athletes with last month's world championships in Tokyo sending the year out with a resounding conclusion. But Athlos is bringing one final flash of action before fall majors and road racing take over, and New York City is the setting this week. The Alexis Ohanian-backed …
Athlos is back this week to close out the track and field season with an all-women event that will be equal parts competition, music, high energy and culture with New York City as the ultimate backdrop. The lineup is loaded with world championship-caliber names taking on the city as Faith Kipyegon, Tara Davis-Woodhall, Brittany Brown, …
Garmin is facing another legal battle after Suunto filed a lawsuit against the company alleging that five of its patents were infringed upon. In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas September 22, Suunto claims that Garmin violated patents relating to antenna design, devices measuring respiratory rate, watch casing, …
Caster Semenya has ended seven-year a battle over sex eligibility rules in women's track and field that have barred her from competition since 2019. Semenya's lawyers revealed on Thursday that they will not pursue any more appeals in her fight against rules implemented by World Athletics that placed mandated on testosterone limits for athletes in …
A lifeline appears to be partially the way for Grand Slam Track as the league received a block of financing from existing investors and has paid its athletes half of what they were owed in prize money, according to a report in Front Office Sports on Friday. The league canceled its last event in June …
Strava is accusing Garmin of infringing on a pair of patents relating to segments and heatmaps, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Colorado on Tuesday. The two companies entered an agreement in 2015 to jointly develop Garmin's segments, a concept Strava filed a patent for in 2011 (which it introduced in 2009). Strava claims …
Based on a report released by New York Road Runners on Tuesday, miles have turned into millions locally as an estimated $934 million in spending impact through its own races boosted the city's economy in the fiscal year through March. The organization's Economic Impact Study, conducted every five years, showed that the NYC Marathon alone …
The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya and Kenyan court system announced on Friday that Aman Malik, a 19-year-old Indian national, was convicted of possessing performance-enhancing substances and sentenced to three years in prison. Malik was arrested in May in Iten, Kenya as part of a larger investigation of banned drugs in the region that is typically …
Shewarge Alene, who won the Stockholm Marathon in May, died on Wednesday after feeling ill during a training run near Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, according to published reports. She was 30. Alene collapsed and was rushed to a hospital shortly after but doctors were unable to revive her. A cause of death was not …