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Tom Davidson

Strava removes 2.3 million rides from leaderboards in clampdown on cheats

The Strava logo on a phone screen.

Exercise sharing app Strava has removed more than two million rides suspected to have been done on e-bikes, but logged as ‘normal’, from its leaderboards.

The move comes as part of a wider initiative to clamp down on cheats and “unrealistic” performances. Strava announced last year that it was using AI and machine learning tools to analyse activities and ensure integrity on its platform, which awards KOM and QOM titles to users with the fastest segment times.

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