Athletics
The Blank Column Beside the Number: When Athletics Records a Mark and Forgets the Wind2026-10-27On the A4 sheet used by the organisers of a county athletics meet in Kiambu, ...
Vietnam at the 2026 Asian Games: Close to Medals, Far from a System2026-10-25At the gymnastics arena, a Vietnamese athlete lands, holds her balance, then...
Thailand keeps fourth place at ASIAD 2026 after men's 4x100m baton ruling2026-10-25The stadium clock in Japan stopped at 38.49 seconds. Four Thai sprinters...
Late Shoe Ruling at the Asian Games: A Race Reversed by a Few Millimeters2026-10-22At the Games technical room, a ruling delivered one day late turned the women...
Samba-Mayela and the September 18 Provisional Suspension: When Paperwork Outruns the Legs2026-10-20Paris, the night of the women's 100m hurdles final. I was in row seventeen at...
11,000 Footsteps and One Course Record: What VPIM 2026 Actually Says About Vietnamese Marathon Running2026-10-19In the last three results tables I sat with from Southeast Asian marathons, o...
The Blank Column Beside the Number: When Athletics Records a Mark and Forgets the WindOn the A4 sheet used by the organisers of a county athletics meet in Kiambu, ...
From Hospital Corridor to Finish Line: Former Nurse Zhang Shuihua and the 700,000 USD Marathon EconomyOn the morning of 18 October 2026, at the Xi'an road race, the electronic clo...
Asian Games marathon race-walk gold annulled: how a few millimetres of shoe sole redrew the medal tableOn the morning of September 28, in Aichi–Nagoya, the organising committee of...
Two Vietnamese Runners Finish Tor des Géants 330 km: Reading the 72-Hour Gap Behind the Finish LineThe clock at the final checkpoint in the Aosta Valley stopped at 138 hours 40...
Vietnam at the 2026 Asian Games: Close to Medals, Far from a SystemAt the gymnastics arena, a Vietnamese athlete lands, holds her balance, then...
Thailand keeps fourth place at ASIAD 2026 after men's 4x100m baton rulingThe stadium clock in Japan stopped at 38.49 seconds. Four Thai sprinters...
Peres Jepchirchir's Provisional Suspension: Reading 2:18:31 in Sydney Through Data, Not InstinctSydney, 30 August. Peres Jepchirchir crossed the line in 2:18:31, more than...
Late Shoe Ruling at the Asian Games: A Race Reversed by a Few MillimetersAt the Games technical room, a ruling delivered one day late turned the women...
The 42km Marathon via 30,000 Burpee Broad Jumps: When the Gym Creates Its Own 'Athletics'Kevin Ociepka completed 42km via 30,000 burpee broad jumps in 155 hours 44...
Former Chinese Nurse Earns Nearly $700,000 from Marathon Running: When Feet Become an Economic EngineIn her last three marathons, Zhang Shuihua finished under the 2-hour-30-minut...
2:29:07, $700,000 and a Body Taxed: Decoding Nurse-Marathoner Zhang ShuihuaOn October 18, 2026, at the finish line of the Xi'an Marathon, a woman crosse...
Samba-Mayela and the September 18 Provisional Suspension: When Paperwork Outruns the LegsParis, the night of the women's 100m hurdles final. I was in row seventeen at...
1:30 AM on Long Bien Bridge: VPIM 2026 and the Twenty-Minute Gap1:30 in the morning, the surface of Long Bien Bridge was still damp from the...
VPIM 2026: A 2:47:52 Course Record and the 20-Minute Gap Behind the MedalThe first pair of shoes touched the Long Bien Bridge deck at 01:30. I was...
11,000 Footsteps and One Course Record: What VPIM 2026 Actually Says About Vietnamese Marathon RunningIn the last three results tables I sat with from Southeast Asian marathons, o...
Amy Hunt's 22.16 Seconds: When a Perfect Bend Cannot Save the Final 20 MetresIn the last four Diamond League finals I have logged by hand, there is one...
Sri Lankan Mercantile Athletics Championship: 27 Meet Records and the Data Void Behind 2,188 AthletesThere is one number in the Sri Lankan mercantile athletics championship resul...
A Few Millimetres of Sole, an Asian Games Gold: When Equipment Governance Becomes a Competitive EventThe Twenty-Four Hours in Nagoya On September 27, 2026, on the road loop aroun...
Keely Hodgkinson's Skin-Tight Suit: When the 800m Track Wears a Sprinter's ClothesThe moment Keely Hodgkinson surged across the finish line at StoneX Stadium i...
Three Women Sweep the Podium at Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: Re-reading a "First" Claim with a Data RulerThe clock at Hardwick Estate, Derbyshire, strikes the hour. The 6.706 km loop...
Three Minutes and Forty-Nine Seconds, and the Shoe That Was Not on the ListOn September 27, 2026, in Nagoya, Japan, a gold medal in the women's 42.195 k...
Eight Hundred Metres and the Gems Buried Beneath the Reserve ListIn May 2026, under the first rains of the season at New Clark City, I sat in...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Records That Were Never KeptLast summer, I stood at the corner of lane 4 in a provincial stadium, holding...
From Hospital Corridor to Finish Line: Former Nurse Zhang Shuihua and the 700,000 USD Marathon EconomyOn the morning of 18 October 2026, at the Xi'an road race, the electronic clo...
Asian Games marathon race-walk gold annulled: how a few millimetres of shoe sole redrew the medal tableOn the morning of September 28, in Aichi–Nagoya, the organising committee of...
Two Vietnamese Runners Finish Tor des Géants 330 km: Reading the 72-Hour Gap Behind the Finish LineThe clock at the final checkpoint in the Aosta Valley stopped at 138 hours 40...
Vietnam at the 2026 Asian Games: Close to Medals, Far from a SystemAt the gymnastics arena, a Vietnamese athlete lands, holds her balance, then...
Thailand keeps fourth place at ASIAD 2026 after men's 4x100m baton rulingThe stadium clock in Japan stopped at 38.49 seconds. Four Thai sprinters...
Peres Jepchirchir's Provisional Suspension: Reading 2:18:31 in Sydney Through Data, Not InstinctSydney, 30 August. Peres Jepchirchir crossed the line in 2:18:31, more than...
Late Shoe Ruling at the Asian Games: A Race Reversed by a Few MillimetersAt the Games technical room, a ruling delivered one day late turned the women...
The 42km Marathon via 30,000 Burpee Broad Jumps: When the Gym Creates Its Own 'Athletics'Kevin Ociepka completed 42km via 30,000 burpee broad jumps in 155 hours 44...
Former Chinese Nurse Earns Nearly $700,000 from Marathon Running: When Feet Become an Economic EngineIn her last three marathons, Zhang Shuihua finished under the 2-hour-30-minut...
2:29:07, $700,000 and a Body Taxed: Decoding Nurse-Marathoner Zhang ShuihuaOn October 18, 2026, at the finish line of the Xi'an Marathon, a woman crosse...
Samba-Mayela and the September 18 Provisional Suspension: When Paperwork Outruns the LegsParis, the night of the women's 100m hurdles final. I was in row seventeen at...
1:30 AM on Long Bien Bridge: VPIM 2026 and the Twenty-Minute Gap1:30 in the morning, the surface of Long Bien Bridge was still damp from the...
VPIM 2026: A 2:47:52 Course Record and the 20-Minute Gap Behind the MedalThe first pair of shoes touched the Long Bien Bridge deck at 01:30. I was...
11,000 Footsteps and One Course Record: What VPIM 2026 Actually Says About Vietnamese Marathon RunningIn the last three results tables I sat with from Southeast Asian marathons, o...
Amy Hunt's 22.16 Seconds: When a Perfect Bend Cannot Save the Final 20 MetresIn the last four Diamond League finals I have logged by hand, there is one...
Sri Lankan Mercantile Athletics Championship: 27 Meet Records and the Data Void Behind 2,188 AthletesThere is one number in the Sri Lankan mercantile athletics championship resul...
A Few Millimetres of Sole, an Asian Games Gold: When Equipment Governance Becomes a Competitive EventThe Twenty-Four Hours in Nagoya On September 27, 2026, on the road loop aroun...
Keely Hodgkinson's Skin-Tight Suit: When the 800m Track Wears a Sprinter's ClothesThe moment Keely Hodgkinson surged across the finish line at StoneX Stadium i...
Three Women Sweep the Podium at Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: Re-reading a "First" Claim with a Data RulerThe clock at Hardwick Estate, Derbyshire, strikes the hour. The 6.706 km loop...
Three Minutes and Forty-Nine Seconds, and the Shoe That Was Not on the ListOn September 27, 2026, in Nagoya, Japan, a gold medal in the women's 42.195 k...
Eight Hundred Metres and the Gems Buried Beneath the Reserve ListIn May 2026, under the first rains of the season at New Clark City, I sat in...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Records That Were Never KeptLast summer, I stood at the corner of lane 4 in a provincial stadium, holding...
