The Steady Split — Selected https://news.thesteadysplit.com/ en-US 30 The Steady Split (https://news.thesteadysplit.com/about/) <![CDATA[Here's what you need to know about Nike's fastest racing lineup ever]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/e7dbi2odzjbharh4icpbzs24c Nike unveiled a new racing lineup with three models: the everyday-racer Swooshfly, the PR-chasing Alphafly 4, and the top-tier Apex. The Swooshfly debuts supercritical SkyX foam with a carbon fiber plate, returning up to 16% more energy than the Vaporfly 4, priced at $145 for a Spring 2027 launch, including a China-exclusive debut in February.

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]]> Shoes & Gear Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT e7dbi2odzjbharh4icpbzs24c noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Believe in the Run) <![CDATA[17 gold, 14 silver, 8 bronze! "Spirit" and "Soaring"]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/j1kffbj0a5j4utk2xnyzhboof The athletics events at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games have officially concluded. At this edition, the Chinese athletics team won a total of 17 gold medals, 14 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals, setting 1 Asian record, 5 Games records, and 1 national record, achieving the best overseas performance since the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games.

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]]> Racing Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT j1kffbj0a5j4utk2xnyzhboof noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Chinese Athletics Association) <![CDATA[Katharina Hartmuth Wins 2026 Tor des Géants in 67 Hours 10 Minutes 9 Seconds, Breaks Women's Course Record and Finishes Third Overall]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/madb8mz4yhnt0cnftatwymkqb Germany's Katharina Hartmuth won the 2026 Tor des Géants in 67 hours, 10 minutes, 9 seconds, taking over 12 hours off her own women's course record and finishing third overall—the first woman on the overall podium at the 330-kilometer race.

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]]> Runner Stories Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:29:47 GMT madb8mz4yhnt0cnftatwymkqb noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Trail Runner) <![CDATA[Tigst Assefa undergoes surgery for torn Achilles tendon]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/dx6cq9metkja8r0aflhhk5tm7 Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa collapsed after breaking her own course record at the Berlin Marathon in 2:11:04. Her manager, Gianni Demadonna, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday that she had successfully undergone surgery for a torn Achilles tendon.

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]]> Racing Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:45:04 GMT dx6cq9metkja8r0aflhhk5tm7 noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Canadian Running Magazine) <![CDATA[[Day 5 Report] Hearts Surging, Emotions Stirring]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/gjpdshq23mm54ibyfs1rfbg84 On the fifth day of athletics at the Nagoya Asian Games, China won four golds, five silvers and two bronzes. In the men's 110m hurdles, 20-year-old Chen Yuanjiang took gold in 13.15; in the women's javelin, Yan Ziyi's opening throw of 70.46m broke the Games record and sealed gold; in the women's long jump, Huang Yingying's final leap of 6.55m completed a comeback win. In the women's marathon race walk, Kazakhstan's Yasmine Toksanbayeva was disqualified by World Athletics, with Danzeng Quzong and Ma Li promoted to gold and silver.

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]]> Racing Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT gjpdshq23mm54ibyfs1rfbg84 noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Chinese Athletics Association) <![CDATA[2026 Berlin Marathon Results Announced: Guye Adola Wins Men's Race, Tigst Assefa Wins Women's Race]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/wuuweku22smxr4ryhck0nvl6e The 2026 Berlin Marathon started on Sunday morning local time. This is the 52nd edition of the race, with more than 56,000 people expected to participate. Ethiopia's Guye Adola won the men's race in 2:02:51, breaking the 2:03 barrier; on the women's side, Tigst Assefa was still on pace at 40K to break Ruth Chepngetich's 2:09:56 world record, but faded in the final stages and ultimately won in 2:11:04.

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]]> Racing Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:03:55 GMT wuuweku22smxr4ryhck0nvl6e noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Runner's World) <![CDATA[【Day 4 Report】Su Wen Breaks 36-Year-Old Meet Record in the Rain]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/c2wwe96bnp0hmzrrojpr4i75z On September 26 Beijing time, the fourth day of athletics competition at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese track and field athletes won a total of 1 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze in triple jump, middle-distance running, and marathon events. In the men's triple jump final, Su Wen jumped 17.42 meters on his third attempt, breaking the meet record of 17.31 meters set by Zou Sixin at the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, while also setting a personal best and securing a World Championships qualifying spot. Ma Yinglong took bronze with 16.75 meters.

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]]> Racing Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT c2wwe96bnp0hmzrrojpr4i75z noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Chinese Athletics Association) <![CDATA[【First Three Competition Days Report】Gold Medal Breakthrough, Rising Young Athletes, Facing the Gap Head-On]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/rwo8omaauy3fcdn7mrbgigk9e The Chinese Athletics Association released a report on the first three competition days of athletics at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. On September 23, the half marathon race walk made its Asian Games debut. Shi Shengji won the men's title in 1:23:32, the first athletics gold of these Asian Games and the 200th Asian Games gold in Chinese athletics history; Yang Liujing won the women's title in 1:33:40.

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]]> Racing Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT rwo8omaauy3fcdn7mrbgigk9e noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Chinese Athletics Association) <![CDATA[Asian Games | Feng Peiyou and Tsering Tso win medals in marathon]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/f4upv67g4tvhhxf647k6dmhx8 On September 26, the marathon at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games started at Mizuho Park Athletics Stadium. Feng Peiyou won bronze in the men's marathon in 2:12:13, and Tsering Tso won silver in the women's marathon in 2:27:43, a season's personal best. Bahrain's Shitaye Habte won the women's race in 2:27:31. Feng was in the lead group early, was fifth at 35 km, and sprinted late to overtake Han Il-ryong, the Hangzhou Asian Games silver medalist.

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]]> Racing Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT f4upv67g4tvhhxf647k6dmhx8 noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Chinese Athletics Association) <![CDATA[No seriously, the Skechers Aero Elite is going to be a hit]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/pkngdn2ayy4bqv7118t52kzn9 Skechers launches its first race day shoe, the Aero Elite, with a full ATPU midsole, carbon-infused Quantum Plate, and TPEE upper. It costs $225 and is available October 1. After a launch event run, the author calls it soft, bouncy, and under 6 ounces for a US M9.

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]]> Shoes & Gear Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:00:06 GMT pkngdn2ayy4bqv7118t52kzn9 noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Believe in the Run) <![CDATA[Garmin Fenix 9 Series In-Depth Review: Worth the Upgrade?]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/jdhvjwogjzps83ijq5wbcvo3w DC Rainmaker reviews the Garmin Fenix 9 series in depth. The lineup extends LTE and satellite connectivity to solar models and the 43mm AMOLED model, raises base display brightness to 2,000 nits and Pro to 3,000 nits, and makes titanium cases and sapphire glass standard on Pro models.

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]]> Shoes & Gear Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT jdhvjwogjzps83ijq5wbcvo3w noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (DC Rainmaker) <![CDATA[Apple Watch Ultra 4 In-Depth Review: Does Heart Rate and GPS Accuracy Match the Claims?]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/oiqgpqk7hm7ph9co3tjf04ipp DC Rainmaker's in-depth review of the Apple Watch Ultra 4 finds its optical heart rate sensor is Apple's best yet, but notes that Apple's white paper only compares timestamps where Apple has data and excludes missing points from error calculations, making the 'most accurate heart rate' claim hard to fully support in real-world scenarios.

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]]> Shoes & Gear Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:28:10 GMT oiqgpqk7hm7ph9co3tjf04ipp noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (DC Rainmaker) <![CDATA[Chamonix Mayor Says UTMB “Has Become Unbearable,” New Rules Coming in 2027]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/ujlk9r50eucbp9wzwk2sd1nlm Chamonix Mayor François-Xavier Laffin says UTMB has become unbearable, with the town effectively turned into one giant outdoor trade show. His office and municipal police tracked brand events, advertising violations and public right-of-way infringements this year, and plan a real framework for 2027 with controls and sanctions after an initial phase of education.

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]]> Industry Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:24:12 GMT ujlk9r50eucbp9wzwk2sd1nlm noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Trail Runner) <![CDATA[China Athletics Association Holds Symposium on Emergency Responder Runners for Road Running Events]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/iqkirktxr6cvekpvxxb2jxc7r On June 29, the China Athletics Association held a symposium on emergency responder runners for road running events. Cui Jian, deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China, attended and spoke. Representatives from the GAS Mass Sports Department, the China Athletics Association, road running event medical experts, emergency responder runners and event organizing committees attended.

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]]> Industry Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT iqkirktxr6cvekpvxxb2jxc7r noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Chinese Athletics Association) <![CDATA[Fourth East Asian Half Marathon Championships Successfully Held]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/roolfsjym9arvqs13ybi8eu5i On March 29, the Fourth East Asian Half Marathon Championships started at Yangzhou Citizens' Center Square, combined with the 2026 Bank of China Yangzhou Half Marathon and the Grand Canal Marathon Series (Yangzhou Station), with 29 athletes from 6 East Asian countries and regions participating.

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]]> Racing Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT roolfsjym9arvqs13ybi8eu5i noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Chinese Athletics Association) <![CDATA[Feng Peiyou Breaks National Record, Chinese Marathon Enters the "205" Era]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/oksqcy3na67jpskh13ezmaveb On March 1, Chinese post-2000s runner Feng Peiyou finished the Tokyo Marathon, the first marathon major of the 2026 season, with a gun time of 2:05:58 (net time 2:05:57), breaking the Chinese men's marathon national record of 2:06:57 held by He Jie. He maintained a steady pace throughout, beating Japanese standouts such as Suguru Osako, Kengo Suzuki, and Ryota Kondo, and became the highest-ranked Asian athlete in this Tokyo Marathon.

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]]> Racing Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT oksqcy3na67jpskh13ezmaveb noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Chinese Athletics Association) <![CDATA[Deeply Mourning Comrade Lou Dapeng]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/ijsgxnpi6g3ovp4ff5kcfl1od The Chinese Athletics Association announced that former President Lou Dapeng died after unsuccessful medical treatment on January 25, 2026, in Beijing at the age of 89. He had served as vice president of the International Association of Athletics Federations and vice president of the Asian Athletics Association, concurrently directing its race walking and technical committee. The association said his death is a major loss to Chinese athletics and sports.

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]]> Industry Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT ijsgxnpi6g3ovp4ff5kcfl1od noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (Chinese Athletics Association) <![CDATA[Ingebrigtsen beats top 5000m field to show superb form in Florence]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/d2tnt5qmzb9isiwkp6q9pdkgs At the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Florence, 20-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 5000m in 12:48.45, taking 13.5 seconds off his personal best, setting a European record and breaking 13 minutes for the first time.

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]]> Racing Thu, 10 Jun 2021 21:39:00 GMT d2tnt5qmzb9isiwkp6q9pdkgs noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (World Athletics) <![CDATA[World record-breakers Hassan and Cheptegei lead distance showcase in Florence]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/k0qqsnspt7rflkv5habl82led World Athletics previews the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Florence. Dutch world champion Sifan Hassan, who lowered the 10,000m world record to 29:06.82c in Hengelo on Sunday (pending ratification), steps down to the 1500m, where Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon and European champion Laura Muir await. Uganda's world 5000m record-breaker Joshua Cheptegei heads a stacked 5000m field.

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]]> Racing Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:54:00 GMT k0qqsnspt7rflkv5habl82led noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (World Athletics) <![CDATA[Hassan smashes world 10,000m record with 29:06.82 in Hengelo]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/gty5cbpj4w8wa6urlx4m2uakh Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan ran 29:06.82 in the women's 10,000m at the FBK Games in Hengelo, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, breaking the world record of 29:17.45 set by Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana at the 2016 Rio Olympics by more than 10 seconds.

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]]> Racing Sun, 06 Jun 2021 14:02:00 GMT gty5cbpj4w8wa6urlx4m2uakh noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (World Athletics) <![CDATA[Rionoripo and Kipruto victorious in Prague]]> https://news.thesteadysplit.com/items/m1idaj12jv6pxvisd9m6woqii At the inaugural Battle of the Teams World Athletics Label Road Race in Prague, Kenya's Purity Rionoripo won the women's race in 2:20:14 and Benson Kipruto took the men's race in 2:10:16. Despite Rionoripo's individual victory, Team Birell won the team title with 7152 points ahead of Team Volkswagen's 6887.

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]]> Racing Sun, 30 May 2021 11:01:00 GMT m1idaj12jv6pxvisd9m6woqii noreply@news.thesteadysplit.com (World Athletics)