Athletics
AthleticsVietnamese Women's Athletics and the Data Void Behind Every Medal2026-10-20Late April, I sat in front of a nine-row spreadsheet. Nine rows, and not a...
AthleticsThe Unlisted Shoe and the Gold Medal That Changed Hands in Nagoya2026-10-17On September 27 in Nagoya, when Yasmina Toxanbayeva crossed the finish line i...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: The World Championships' First African Edition and the Altitude Question Nobody Raised2026-10-15At nearly 1,795 metres above sea level, breathing stops being a private matte...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: World Athletics Places Its Trust in a Kenya Healing Itself2026-10-15Sebastian Coe said it slowly, as if he knew he was walking across ground that...
AthleticsA Kiss at Mile 18, a Collapse at Mile 20: Decoding the Death of a Young Marathoner2026-10-11At mile 18, Trey Lara stopped by the side of the road. His wife was standing...
AthleticsThe Empty Analysis: When Athletics Is Told by Belief Instead of Numbers2026-10-09In a corner of a press room in Osaka, a colleague slid a twelve-page document...
Zhang Shuihua, 2:29:07 and $700,000: The New Price List of Chinese Women's MarathoningThe electronic clock at the Xi'an Marathon finish line, on 18 October 2026,...
The Empty Spreadsheet at 4 A.M. and the Discipline of Not Making Numbers UpAt four in the morning on August 13, I opened the analysis file again. Nine...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Data Void Behind Every MedalLate April, I sat in front of a nine-row spreadsheet. Nine rows, and not a...
VPIM 2026: 2:47:52 and 2:31:49 — a Course Record, Not a Performance Breakthrough01:30. The Hanoi streets had not yet burned off their mist, and on the approa...
2:47:52 Across Three Hanoi Bridges: A Course Record, Not a Performance LeapAt 01:30 in the morning, the deck of Long Bien Bridge was still beaded with...
Two Kenyan Women's Marathon Records, 6:20 Apart — and the Gap Was Decided by Race OrganisersOn 13 October 2026, in Chicago, Ruth Chepngetich crossed the line in 2 hours ...
The Unlisted Shoe and the Gold Medal That Changed Hands in NagoyaOn September 27 in Nagoya, when Yasmina Toxanbayeva crossed the finish line i...
Twelve Days, Five Sports, One Body: A Living Laboratory Across GreeceGiorgos Tsianos will leave Ormenio, the northernmost point of Greece, and...
Nairobi 2029: The World Championships' First African Edition and the Altitude Question Nobody RaisedAt nearly 1,795 metres above sea level, breathing stops being a private matte...
Nairobi 2029: The World's Track Changes Direction, Africa Steps Out of the StandsIn my 34-year notebook, there is a handwritten page from March 2026, recordin...
Nairobi 2029: World Athletics Places Its Trust in a Kenya Healing ItselfSebastian Coe said it slowly, as if he knew he was walking across ground that...
Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage and the 92.62m Throw: A Data File Missing Its Wind ReadingRome, a summer evening in what the file calls a "landmark 2026 season." The...
A Kiss at Mile 18, a Collapse at Mile 20: Decoding the Death of a Young MarathonerAt mile 18, Trey Lara stopped by the side of the road. His wife was standing...
The Data Gap in Vietnamese Women's AthleticsThe women's 400-meter hurdles final ended a little before five in the...
The Empty Analysis: When Athletics Is Told by Belief Instead of NumbersIn a corner of a press room in Osaka, a colleague slid a twelve-page document...
Amy Hunt's 22.16-Second Bend: The Third-Place Moment No One Sat Down to CountOn the night of the Diamond League final in Brussels, when Amy Hunt entered t...
Quach Thi Lan: The 3:14.54 Record and the Forgotten Medals of Vietnamese Women's AthleticsHangzhou, October 2026. I was sitting in Section B, the press area, and my ey...
Bednarek, the 'silver man', and the Budapest sprint double: the road to a new medal colorIn 9.85 seconds, Kenny Bednarek crossed the finish line in Budapest and did...
Hanoi Techcombank International Marathon Season 5: 2:50:41 and 2:29:58 Are Course Records, Not World-Class MarksThe night before the race, I sat down with the course map and my data sheet. ...
Bednarek and the Budapest sprint double: Re-reading the 'silver man' through load dataKenny Bednarek left the blocks in the men's 100m in Budapest, and 9.85 second...
Nine Layers of Athletics Analysis and the Moment Data Goes SilentA data table opens with nine columns. The first asks about mark and disciplin...
Hanoi Techcombank International Marathon Season 5: A Race Record and a 40-Minute Gap to the WorldOn the morning of October 4, as the stream of runners was still pouring acros...
