Athletics
Three women's events in one evening: Vietnam's athletics depth test on September 27
Olyslagers Takes Silver in Budapest: 1.95 Metres, $75,000 and the Gap Behind the Medal
The Living Gap on the Track: When Kenyan Athletics Data No Longer Explains Victory
Jemma Reekie: A European Road Mile Record, and the Unfilled Gap at 800m
Empty Results Sheets and the Women Runners Erased from Athletics History
AthleticsNairobi 2029: World Athletics picks 1,795 metres of altitude and reopens the argument over what a medal is worthIn July 2026 I stayed up until nearly one in the morning, Vietnam time, to...
AthleticsThree women's events in one evening: Vietnam's athletics depth test on September 27Late afternoon on September 27, as the floodlights above the athletics stadiu...
AthleticsOlyslagers Takes Silver in Budapest: 1.95 Metres, $75,000 and the Gap Behind the MedalNicola Olyslagers stood at the eastern end of the approach runway, arms loose...
Athletics412 Cells of N/A in the Transfer Window: Lessons From an Empty Data PacketAt 8:40 on the morning of Tuesday, 10 February 2026, I opened the transfer da...
AthleticsNgetich Breaks Women-Only Half Marathon World Record in CopenhagenAt the 15km mark on the Copenhagen course, Agnes Ngetich held the same gap ov...
AthleticsVPIM 2026: Pham Thi Hong Le Breaks the Course Record — and Why 2:47:52 Is the Stronger Run Than 2:31:49The finish clock beside Hoan Kiem Lake stopped at 2:47:52. Pham Thi Hong Le...
AthleticsKenyan Women's Athletics: The Data Gap Behind the MedalsOn the electronic board at Nyayo National Stadium one Saturday morning, the...
AthleticsThe Living Gap on the Track: When Kenyan Athletics Data No Longer Explains VictoryAt the 78th minute of a final, the empty space is not on the scoreboard. It...
AthleticsJemma Reekie: A European Road Mile Record, and the Unfilled Gap at 800mShe crossed the line, and the way she crossed it made people rewind the video...
AthleticsThe Ultimate Championship: When World Athletics Becomes the Promoter of Its Own SportIn the J3 sediment layer, I saw a boy named Kubo. But this time, the layer I ...
AthleticsWhen the Data Is Empty: Lessons From an Analysis With No ContentDuring an internal cross-check at the Nagoya office, I came across a forty-pa...
AthleticsChicago Marathon: When the World's Flattest Course Becomes a Record LaboratoryIn 2026, Steve Jones crossed the finish line in Chicago at 2:08:05. Forty yea...
AthleticsOne Throw, One Money Trail: Why Yan Ziyi's 70.46 Metres Is Worth More Than Any Asian Games GoldIn a six-throw final, Yan Ziyi walked onto the runway once. Her first attempt...
AthleticsUltimate Championship 2026: $10 Million, One Trophy and World Athletics' Calendar ProblemAn evening without medals A red carpet runs from the athletes' entrance...
AthleticsEmpty Results Sheets and the Women Runners Erased from Athletics HistoryNairobi, 11 p.m. On my screen is the results sheet of a national-level...
AthleticsEast African Women's Athletics: World Records and a Race Nobody Bothers to DocumentRuth Chepngetich crossed the line at the Chicago Marathon on October 13, 2026...
AthleticsY Tý Mùa Vàng 2026: Vân Trang, 4 Hours 26 Minutes and the Story Beneath the Finish LineOn the final climb before reaching the summit of Lảo Thẩn, at 2,860 meters...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: How 1,795 Metres of Altitude Will Rewrite Athletics' Record BooksNairobi sits 1,795 metres above sea level. In my notebook, that was the first...
AthleticsWhen the Table Is Empty: The Line Between Sports Data Analysis and Fabrication in Vietnamese SportIn the past three weeks, I received four statistical tables from three...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: Kenya between the hosting honor and an unfinished doping burdenIn a cold room in Lausanne, urine samples sealed from the 2026 season still s...
Athletics25-year-old female runner dies at Seoul Race 2026 finish line: The price of passion and safety gapsOn the morning of October 11, 2026, at the 24th Seoul Race, a 25-year-old...
Athletics1:22:01 and Kilometre 21: What the Data Says About the Death of a 25-Year-Old Amateur RunnerOpening On 11 October 2026, at kilometre 21 of the half marathon at the 24th...
Athletics92.62 Meters in Rome and the Unverified Gap in the Javelin WorldIn Rome, on an afternoon of the 2026 season, the javelin left Rumesh Tharanga...
AthleticsThree women's events in one evening: Vietnam's athletics depth test on September 27Late afternoon on September 27, as the floodlights above the athletics stadiu...
AthleticsOlyslagers Takes Silver in Budapest: 1.95 Metres, $75,000 and the Gap Behind the MedalNicola Olyslagers stood at the eastern end of the approach runway, arms loose...
Athletics412 Cells of N/A in the Transfer Window: Lessons From an Empty Data PacketAt 8:40 on the morning of Tuesday, 10 February 2026, I opened the transfer da...
AthleticsNgetich Breaks Women-Only Half Marathon World Record in CopenhagenAt the 15km mark on the Copenhagen course, Agnes Ngetich held the same gap ov...
AthleticsVPIM 2026: Pham Thi Hong Le Breaks the Course Record — and Why 2:47:52 Is the Stronger Run Than 2:31:49The finish clock beside Hoan Kiem Lake stopped at 2:47:52. Pham Thi Hong Le...
AthleticsKenyan Women's Athletics: The Data Gap Behind the MedalsOn the electronic board at Nyayo National Stadium one Saturday morning, the...
AthleticsThe Living Gap on the Track: When Kenyan Athletics Data No Longer Explains VictoryAt the 78th minute of a final, the empty space is not on the scoreboard. It...
AthleticsJemma Reekie: A European Road Mile Record, and the Unfilled Gap at 800mShe crossed the line, and the way she crossed it made people rewind the video...
AthleticsThe Ultimate Championship: When World Athletics Becomes the Promoter of Its Own SportIn the J3 sediment layer, I saw a boy named Kubo. But this time, the layer I ...
AthleticsWhen the Data Is Empty: Lessons From an Analysis With No ContentDuring an internal cross-check at the Nagoya office, I came across a forty-pa...
AthleticsChicago Marathon: When the World's Flattest Course Becomes a Record LaboratoryIn 2026, Steve Jones crossed the finish line in Chicago at 2:08:05. Forty yea...
AthleticsOne Throw, One Money Trail: Why Yan Ziyi's 70.46 Metres Is Worth More Than Any Asian Games GoldIn a six-throw final, Yan Ziyi walked onto the runway once. Her first attempt...
AthleticsUltimate Championship 2026: $10 Million, One Trophy and World Athletics' Calendar ProblemAn evening without medals A red carpet runs from the athletes' entrance...
AthleticsEmpty Results Sheets and the Women Runners Erased from Athletics HistoryNairobi, 11 p.m. On my screen is the results sheet of a national-level...
AthleticsEast African Women's Athletics: World Records and a Race Nobody Bothers to DocumentRuth Chepngetich crossed the line at the Chicago Marathon on October 13, 2026...
AthleticsY Tý Mùa Vàng 2026: Vân Trang, 4 Hours 26 Minutes and the Story Beneath the Finish LineOn the final climb before reaching the summit of Lảo Thẩn, at 2,860 meters...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: How 1,795 Metres of Altitude Will Rewrite Athletics' Record BooksNairobi sits 1,795 metres above sea level. In my notebook, that was the first...
AthleticsWhen the Table Is Empty: The Line Between Sports Data Analysis and Fabrication in Vietnamese SportIn the past three weeks, I received four statistical tables from three...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: Kenya between the hosting honor and an unfinished doping burdenIn a cold room in Lausanne, urine samples sealed from the 2026 season still s...
Athletics25-year-old female runner dies at Seoul Race 2026 finish line: The price of passion and safety gapsOn the morning of October 11, 2026, at the 24th Seoul Race, a 25-year-old...
Athletics1:22:01 and Kilometre 21: What the Data Says About the Death of a 25-Year-Old Amateur RunnerOpening On 11 October 2026, at kilometre 21 of the half marathon at the 24th...
Athletics92.62 Meters in Rome and the Unverified Gap in the Javelin WorldIn Rome, on an afternoon of the 2026 season, the javelin left Rumesh Tharanga...