Athletics
The Empty Column on the Start List: What Vietnam's Star Drought Really Reveals
1:39:00 on the Clock, 36 Minutes of Distance: The Number San Sebastián's Road Conceals
One Second for History: Kenya's Ngetich Breaks the Women-Only Half Marathon World Record
One Millimetre of Sole: The First Asian Games Gold Stripped on Equipment Grounds
Athletics330 Kilometres, 24,000 Metres of Climb: The Real Ledger Behind Vietnam's Two Tor des Géants FinishersThe first thing I do is count. The second is wonder why nobody else had...
AthleticsIn Vietnam's Marathon the Real Story Is Not the 10-Metre Lead but the Number 69It was still dark on the coastal road from Vinh to Cửa Lò. The live coverage...
AthleticsThe Empty Column on the Start List: What Vietnam's Star Drought Really RevealsIt was nearly two in the morning in Chattogram, the track session from...
AthleticsTor des Géants: Vietnam Crossed 330km, but Nobody Counted the 12 HoursOn 19 September, in Italy's Aosta Valley, a GPS dot was descending a mountain...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: The First African Entry on the World Championships Map, With Three Ledger Cells Still BlankThere is a separate page in my ledger for World Championships hosts. From...
Athletics3:14.54 — What the Ledger Keeps and What It Doesn't: Quách Thị Lan RetiresThe retirement notice was short. Vietnam's quarter-miler Quách Thị Lan...
AthleticsShanti Pereira Reaches the 100m Semi-Finals in 11.43 Seconds, but the Real Test RemainsShanti Pereira reached the women’s 100m semi-finals at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026...
AthleticsFrom '85 to 10.29: The Record Book Nobody Kept Is Where Bangladesh's Sprint Story Actually BeginsShah Alam's race in 2026. The same result appears as 10.4 seconds in one plac...
AthleticsFrom Stopwatch Ghost to Deal Ledger: The Invisible Market of Talent Transfer in Bangladesh AthleticsThink of the 2026 Dhaka SAF Games 100m final. The stadium clock was...
AthleticsThe 9.90 Stratum: Where Boonson's Record Stops and the Audit BeginsI went looking for a result and found a timing-method gap instead. On the men...
Athletics1:39:00 on the Clock, 36 Minutes of Distance: The Number San Sebastián's Road ConcealsOn the wet asphalt of San Sebastián, rain falling and spectators clapping...
AthleticsKenya's Doping War: Nairobi 2029 World Championships Under the Shadow of 140 SanctionsAt a training camp in Kenya, the runners start at six in the morning. Olympic...
AthleticsA Golden Generation Lost Without Timing Tapes: Bangladesh Athletics' Unfinished LedgerA Golden Generation Lost Without Timing Tapes: Bangladesh Athletics' Unfinish...
AthleticsZero Data, Zero Guesswork: Why Restraint Is Itself a Result in Athletics AnalysisA two-stage athletics analysis pipeline has produced an unusual but instructi...
AthleticsOne Second for History: Kenya's Ngetich Breaks the Women-Only Half Marathon World RecordOn a bright Copenhagen morning, when the clock read one hour, five minutes an...
AthleticsNYC Marathon: A Dream Debut, A Quiet DisparityWhen someone wins a marathon on their debut, the roar of the crowd and the ti...
AthleticsThe Audit of the Empty Cell: Where Bangladesh's Sprint Record Stops Being a RecordLast December, in my flat in Liverpool, I opened an old file. A results sheet...