Athletics
Almgren's Dream Debut and Chepkirui's Patience: The Twin Stories of the New York Marathon
Closed Notebooks, Open Stopwatches: Bangladesh Athletics' Reporting Crisis
The Empty Cell Is Also Evidence: The Discipline of Missing Data in Athletics Analysis
The Empty Deconstruction: A Report Where All Nine Sections Returned 'No Data'
An Empty Analysis Cannot Become News Without Verifiable EvidenceNo information in the supplied analysis confirms that a competition took plac...
Four 'Meet Records', Zero Marks: Auditing the Paper Trail of the 41st Mercantile MeetThree days of competition at the Diyagama track ended on 23 August. The resul...
The Speed Suit Archive: What a Garment Proves, and What It Does NotTwo numbers sat side by side in my notebook after the Athlos London 2026 800m...
Asia's Fastest in 9.90 Seconds: The Bigger Test Behind Puripol Boonson's RecordPuripol Boonson needed just 9.90 seconds to cross the finish line in the men'...
Coe Sees Progress in Kenya's Anti-Doping Fight Ahead of 2029 World Athletics ChampionshipsSebastian Coe believes Kenya is making progress in its fight against doping....
The 1:39 Clock and the Camera Light: Why Amber Heard's San Sebastián Half Marathon Is Not a Sporting DossierThe clock stopped without controversy at a 10-kilometre race in Madrid last...
First African Host, Yet Integrity Under Scrutiny: Coe's Cautious Message on Kenya's Doping Fight Ahead of 20291. The Message from Nairobi World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said in...
The Last Dash of a Dream: Vietnamese Athletics and the Star Drought at the 2026 Asian GamesAt seven in the morning, while reviewing a trial record from Delhi, I stopped...
Almgren's Dream Debut and Chepkirui's Patience: The Twin Stories of the New York MarathonThe final stretch of the New York City Marathon, after the turns, bridges and...
Nagoya's 42.195 Kilometres: The Gold That Came at 3:22:20 and Went Back Into China's CabinetSeptember 27, 2026, Nagoya. I am in a room in Sylhet, not on a stadium rail—t...
Two Chicago Wins: What a 34-Second Gap and a 107-Second Gap Say — and What They Don'tI began with the ledger, and the legend arrived later. 11 October 2026,...
The Light of the Javelin: Inside South Asia's Throwing RevolutionIn the sporting narrative of South Asia, the javelin throw long occupied a...
The Gold That Was Never Won on the Track: Vietnam's Star Drought and the Silent Collapse of a PipelineNguyễn Thị Oanh, 31, stands in the call room for the women's 3000m steeplecha...
One Second to History: Ngetich Sets Women-Only Half Marathon World RecordAgnes Ngetich of Kenya set a new women-only half marathon world record at the...
Sixth, Fifth, Last: The Number Missing From Vietnam's Athletics DiaryOne daily diary, three lines. Sixth in the women's high jump. Fifth in the...
9.90 Seconds, an Empty Wind Gauge, and the Audit of Our Own TrackI opened a link on a Tuesday evening at a tea stall in Rangpur. It came from ...
The Empty Ledger: What Bangladesh Athletics Never Wrote DownThe sheet opened to a blank. Nine dimensions, every cell carrying the same...
Six Years and a Blank Prescription Pad: Where the Real Evidence Sits in the Ruti Aga FileThe loudest thing in the six-year sanction document is not the name of a bann...