Athletics
Mahnoor Fatima and Sindh's first gold: 32:32.40 exposes the gap in Pakistan's women's race walking
Assefa and 2:11:04 in Berlin: A World Record Lost in the Final Two Kilometres, Yet History Still Rewritten
Mai Trung, Dan Quyet and the 10 Metres at VM Nghe An 2026: The Code of a Verdict Not Yet Delivered
No Time on the Scoreboard: Indian Athletics and Five Moments at the 2026 Asian Games
12:56 in Copenhagen: Dawit Seare passes Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Eritrea takes gold and bronze
Ruti Aga and the Prescription From a Clinic That Never Existed: Six Years for the Cover-Up, Not the SubstanceIn the Athletics Integrity Unit's case file, there is a prescription. It bear...
Mahnoor Fatima and Sindh's first gold: 32:32.40 exposes the gap in Pakistan's women's race walkingMahnoor Fatima crossed the line in 32:32.40, and nobody in the stands at NED...
2:29:07 in Xi'an and $700,000: Women's Marathons Are Priced by Passport, Not by StopwatchThe clock on the Xi'an course stopped at 2:29:07 on 18 October 2026. A woman...
70.46m in Nagoya and the Data Black Hole Nobody Wants to Verify at the Asian GamesOne throw. Exactly one, then the 18-year-old left the runway and never came...
Yan Ziyi's 70.46-metre javelin throw at the Nagoya Asian Games and the numbers still needing verificationIt was the eighth night of competition at the Nagoya Asian Games. The javelin...
Berlin Marathon: Assefa Runs 2:11:04, Breaks the Course Record and Loses the World Record to a FootAt kilometre 40, Tigst Assefa still had 10 seconds in hand against world-reco...
Assefa and 2:11:04 in Berlin: A World Record Lost in the Final Two Kilometres, Yet History Still RewrittenI still remember an evening in 2026 in Da Nang, sitting in front of an old...
Mai Trung, Dan Quyet and the 10 Metres at VM Nghe An 2026: The Code of a Verdict Not Yet DeliveredAt 3:10 a.m. on September 27, on the road linking Le Nin Avenue to the Vinh -...
No Time on the Scoreboard: Indian Athletics and Five Moments at the 2026 Asian GamesOutside the stadium in Aichi-Nagoya, October arrived earlier than expected. I...
Puripol Boonson runs 9.90 at Asian Games 2026: the Asian record and the real gap in the first 30 metresI was watching from Osaka at one in the morning on 25 September, and inside a...
From the 2026 DESCENTE Bodysuit to the Sydney 2026 Swift Suit: When Track Apparel Became a Data CategoryIn February 2026, at an indoor track meet in Albuquerque, Evelyn Ashford ran...
CDB's 'Clean Sweep' at MAF Meet: When the Sponsor Writes the Sports WireOn August 23, when I received CDB's press release about the 41st MAF Athletic...
Ngetich, One Second, and the Two Record Tables Women's Half Marathon Refuses to NameCopenhagen. Sunday morning. Bright skies. Agnes Ngetich crossed the line alon...
Can Gio and the 200m Wife-Carrying Race: Reading a Community Marathon Through Load and TimeThe 200 m wife-carrying race in Can Gio ended after more than three minutes....
Keely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit: An Aerodynamic Edge Applied to the Wrong EventKeely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit: An Aerodynamic Edge Applied to the Wrong Event...
12:56 in Copenhagen: Dawit Seare passes Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Eritrea takes gold and bronzeJakob Ingebrigtsen was still leading when the lead group passed the...
Global Gate Ha Long ESG++ Marathon 2026: 15,000 Running Slots, Three Distances and an October Weather ProblemA QR code distributed through the Quang Ninh Department of Culture and Sports...
Rasselbock Backyard Ultra's first all-women podium: what the organisers claim and what the data still leaves blankOn the hour, the bell rang at Hardwick Estate, Derbyshire. The runners still...
Three Women Sweep the Podium at Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: The First All-Female Top Three in UK Backyard HistoryEvery hour, on the sixtieth minute, a horn sounds across the grounds of...
Ultimate Championship: When Usain Bolt Marvels at Prize Money and Athletics Enters a Gamble to Shape the FutureAt a press conference in Budapest, Usain Bolt – the man who redefined speed –...
Amy Hunt, 21.47 Seconds and the Empty Data Cell in BudapestThe clock on the women's 200m in Budapest stopped at 21.47 seconds. Melissa...
Jakob Ingebrigtsen withdraws from the 1500m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship: Achilles tendon forces the Olympic champion to choose 2027I still remember the sound of the final lap of the men's 5000m. The stands we...
155 Hours, 30,000 Burpees and a World Record No Referee Signed OffAt Parkstadion Baunatal in Hessen, Germany, a man spent nearly seven days doi...
Women's Football and the Data Gap: Lessons from an Empty Stat SheetOn my screen in a small apartment in New York, the clock turned to two in the...
Mahnoor Fatima and Sindh's first gold: 32:32.40 exposes the gap in Pakistan's women's race walkingMahnoor Fatima crossed the line in 32:32.40, and nobody in the stands at NED...
2:29:07 in Xi'an and $700,000: Women's Marathons Are Priced by Passport, Not by StopwatchThe clock on the Xi'an course stopped at 2:29:07 on 18 October 2026. A woman...
70.46m in Nagoya and the Data Black Hole Nobody Wants to Verify at the Asian GamesOne throw. Exactly one, then the 18-year-old left the runway and never came...
Yan Ziyi's 70.46-metre javelin throw at the Nagoya Asian Games and the numbers still needing verificationIt was the eighth night of competition at the Nagoya Asian Games. The javelin...
Berlin Marathon: Assefa Runs 2:11:04, Breaks the Course Record and Loses the World Record to a FootAt kilometre 40, Tigst Assefa still had 10 seconds in hand against world-reco...
Assefa and 2:11:04 in Berlin: A World Record Lost in the Final Two Kilometres, Yet History Still RewrittenI still remember an evening in 2026 in Da Nang, sitting in front of an old...
Mai Trung, Dan Quyet and the 10 Metres at VM Nghe An 2026: The Code of a Verdict Not Yet DeliveredAt 3:10 a.m. on September 27, on the road linking Le Nin Avenue to the Vinh -...
No Time on the Scoreboard: Indian Athletics and Five Moments at the 2026 Asian GamesOutside the stadium in Aichi-Nagoya, October arrived earlier than expected. I...
Puripol Boonson runs 9.90 at Asian Games 2026: the Asian record and the real gap in the first 30 metresI was watching from Osaka at one in the morning on 25 September, and inside a...
From the 2026 DESCENTE Bodysuit to the Sydney 2026 Swift Suit: When Track Apparel Became a Data CategoryIn February 2026, at an indoor track meet in Albuquerque, Evelyn Ashford ran...
CDB's 'Clean Sweep' at MAF Meet: When the Sponsor Writes the Sports WireOn August 23, when I received CDB's press release about the 41st MAF Athletic...
Ngetich, One Second, and the Two Record Tables Women's Half Marathon Refuses to NameCopenhagen. Sunday morning. Bright skies. Agnes Ngetich crossed the line alon...
Can Gio and the 200m Wife-Carrying Race: Reading a Community Marathon Through Load and TimeThe 200 m wife-carrying race in Can Gio ended after more than three minutes....
Keely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit: An Aerodynamic Edge Applied to the Wrong EventKeely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit: An Aerodynamic Edge Applied to the Wrong Event...
12:56 in Copenhagen: Dawit Seare passes Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Eritrea takes gold and bronzeJakob Ingebrigtsen was still leading when the lead group passed the...
Global Gate Ha Long ESG++ Marathon 2026: 15,000 Running Slots, Three Distances and an October Weather ProblemA QR code distributed through the Quang Ninh Department of Culture and Sports...
Rasselbock Backyard Ultra's first all-women podium: what the organisers claim and what the data still leaves blankOn the hour, the bell rang at Hardwick Estate, Derbyshire. The runners still...
Three Women Sweep the Podium at Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: The First All-Female Top Three in UK Backyard HistoryEvery hour, on the sixtieth minute, a horn sounds across the grounds of...
Ultimate Championship: When Usain Bolt Marvels at Prize Money and Athletics Enters a Gamble to Shape the FutureAt a press conference in Budapest, Usain Bolt – the man who redefined speed –...
Amy Hunt, 21.47 Seconds and the Empty Data Cell in BudapestThe clock on the women's 200m in Budapest stopped at 21.47 seconds. Melissa...
Jakob Ingebrigtsen withdraws from the 1500m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship: Achilles tendon forces the Olympic champion to choose 2027I still remember the sound of the final lap of the men's 5000m. The stands we...
155 Hours, 30,000 Burpees and a World Record No Referee Signed OffAt Parkstadion Baunatal in Hessen, Germany, a man spent nearly seven days doi...
Women's Football and the Data Gap: Lessons from an Empty Stat SheetOn my screen in a small apartment in New York, the clock turned to two in the...
