Athletics
Kenya's Ngetich Breaks Women-Only Half Marathon World Record by One Second
A 01:30 Start, a Finish Before Sunrise: Auditing the Two Records and Three Bridges of VPIM 2026
Appeal Rejected, No Bronze: Nagoya's 4x100m Relay and the Paper Trail of a Disallowed Zone
Ruti Aga's six-year ban: how a family-issued fake prescription halted a career
The 3:22:20 That Fits No Distance: A Stripped Gold and an Incomplete File
The Empty Cell Is the Witness: The Results Sheets Nobody Wrote in Bangladesh's Sprint History
The 92.62-Metre Ledger: The Empty Cells Behind Rumesh Tharanga's RecordThe scoreboard glows with the number: 92.62 metres. On a Rome evening, if the...
Four Meet Records, Not One Number: Who Testifies in Sri Lanka's Corporate Athletics?On the Diyagama track, between August 21 and 23, 2026, race walkers, hurdlers...
Puripol Boonson Makes Asian Games History with Record-Breaking 9.90 SecondsNagoya, September 25, 2026: The clock stopped at 9.90 seconds as Puripol...
Vietnam’s Asian Games Medal Crisis Raises a Bigger Question About Athletics and DataThe most important fact in a Vietnamese review of its Asian Games campaign is...
The Testimony of an Empty File: The Politics of Timing in Bangladesh AthleticsThe results file on my Delhi desk was still open at eleven at night. Row afte...
Below 10.00 Seconds: Thailand's Dream and the Broken Calibration of Sports JournalismThe date 29 September was still flickering on my laptop screen. Source:...
9.91 Seconds in Nagoya: Thai Teenager Puripol Boonson Breaks Asian Games Record, But Wind Reading Remains UnknownNagoya, Japan — When the electronic timing board at Paloma Mizuho Stadium...
92.62 Metres and the Empty Verification Column: Auditing Rumesh Tharanga's Javelin ClaimsLast week a release landed on my desk with a number in its first paragraph:...
Kenya's Ngetich Breaks Women-Only Half Marathon World Record by One SecondAt the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Kenya's Agne...
A 01:30 Start, a Finish Before Sunrise: Auditing the Two Records and Three Bridges of VPIM 2026At 01:30 the first wave moves out under Hanoi's streetlights. The marathon...
Appeal Rejected, No Bronze: Nagoya's 4x100m Relay and the Paper Trail of a Disallowed ZoneAt twelve minutes past three in the morning my desk had two live screens. One...
Names on the Results Sheet, No Numbers Beside ThemThe results sheet opened at half past nine in the evening. Three rows, all...
Ruti Aga's six-year ban: how a family-issued fake prescription halted a careerEthiopian marathon runner Ruti Aga has been banned for six years after an...
Nine Columns, Nine Blanks: The Report That Is Bangladesh Athletics' Most Honest ResultThere are nine tabs open on my screen. Each carries its own heading —...
Quach Thi Lan Retires: One Relay Record, One Reallocated Gold and Vietnam's Empty Fourth LegMy ledger holds two pages under the same name. The first page records the...
Four Meet Records, Not One Number: Who Testifies in Sri Lanka's Corporate Athletics?On the Diyagama track, between August 21 and 23, 2026, race walkers, hurdlers...
Puripol Boonson Makes Asian Games History with Record-Breaking 9.90 SecondsNagoya, September 25, 2026: The clock stopped at 9.90 seconds as Puripol...
Vietnam’s Asian Games Medal Crisis Raises a Bigger Question About Athletics and DataThe most important fact in a Vietnamese review of its Asian Games campaign is...
The Testimony of an Empty File: The Politics of Timing in Bangladesh AthleticsThe results file on my Delhi desk was still open at eleven at night. Row afte...
Below 10.00 Seconds: Thailand's Dream and the Broken Calibration of Sports JournalismThe date 29 September was still flickering on my laptop screen. Source:...
9.91 Seconds in Nagoya: Thai Teenager Puripol Boonson Breaks Asian Games Record, But Wind Reading Remains UnknownNagoya, Japan — When the electronic timing board at Paloma Mizuho Stadium...
92.62 Metres and the Empty Verification Column: Auditing Rumesh Tharanga's Javelin ClaimsLast week a release landed on my desk with a number in its first paragraph:...
Kenya's Ngetich Breaks Women-Only Half Marathon World Record by One SecondAt the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Kenya's Agne...
A 01:30 Start, a Finish Before Sunrise: Auditing the Two Records and Three Bridges of VPIM 2026At 01:30 the first wave moves out under Hanoi's streetlights. The marathon...
Appeal Rejected, No Bronze: Nagoya's 4x100m Relay and the Paper Trail of a Disallowed ZoneAt twelve minutes past three in the morning my desk had two live screens. One...
Names on the Results Sheet, No Numbers Beside ThemThe results sheet opened at half past nine in the evening. Three rows, all...
Ruti Aga's six-year ban: how a family-issued fake prescription halted a careerEthiopian marathon runner Ruti Aga has been banned for six years after an...
Nine Columns, Nine Blanks: The Report That Is Bangladesh Athletics' Most Honest ResultThere are nine tabs open on my screen. Each carries its own heading —...
Quach Thi Lan Retires: One Relay Record, One Reallocated Gold and Vietnam's Empty Fourth LegMy ledger holds two pages under the same name. The first page records the...