Athletics
Zhang Shuihua and $700,000: Who Pays for a 2:29:07 Marathon?On 18 October 2026, at the finish line of the Xi'an Marathon, the clock stopp...
The East African Women's Track Audit: Records Need Chroniclers, Not Just FansOn 25 May 2026, at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, Beatrice Chebet...
When the Wind Column Is Blank: Vietnamese Athletics and the Cost of an Empty Result SheetOn my desk sits a stack of athletics result sheets printed over several years...
Nairobi 2029: Kenya Gets the World Championships, and a Doping Test Without a ScoreboardThe frame I keep from this story contains no running track. It is a morning i...
1:39:00 and the Lesson of How We Read a Finish Time Never Meant for the PodiumThere are numbers that appear on a phone screen, travel through status update...
VPIM 2026: Two Course Records, One Ceiling That Hasn't Moved1:30 a.m. Hanoi is not yet awake. On the deck of Long Bien Bridge, mist blurs...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Real Limits of a Mass-Participation MarathonAt 01:30, the 42.195km field left the start line in dry, cool Hanoi weather....
VPIM 2026: When a Course Record Is Not a Performance BreakthroughPham Thi Hong Le crossed the line in 2:47:52, nearly six minutes faster than...
When Corporate Sport Becomes a Branding Card: CDB and Four Meet Records Nobody Can VerifyOver three days, 21-23 August, at Diyagama, a corporate team called CDB set...
Boonson's 9.91-Second Lane: When a Thai Sprinter Rewrites Asia's Sprinting MapI looked back at the scoreboard of the men's 100m semifinal at ASIAD 2026 in...
Shoe Contracts Expire in Eldoret: The Real Race of Kenya's Women's AthleticsEldoret, 5:40 in the morning. Frost still clings to the edge of the track at...
World Athletics Ultimate Championship: a $10 million meet built to fill a hole in the calendarThree days in mid-September, the infield of Budapest's national athletics...
Jemma Reekie, the European road mile record and the data gap between two 800m defeatsIn my season notebook, the page for Jemma Reekie carries two lines written si...
Nairobi 2029: Africa Holds the Mic, and the Unspoken 1,795-Meter VariableI was in Nairobi when the news arrived. World Athletics chose Nairobi to host...
The Empty Report and the Line Between Sports Analysis and FabricationOn the night of August 12
Coe says Kenya doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe has offered an optimistic assessment ...
Tragedy at Seoul Race 2026: The Death of Amateur Runner Yoo Ji-won and Unanswered QuestionsOn the morning of October 11, 2026, at the 24th Seoul Race, a large-scale roa...
92.62 Metres in Rome With No Wind Reading: Re-Reading the Men's Javelin NumbersFor the past two weeks, my inbox has carried four suspiciously identical...
The 92.62m Javelin in Rome: Sri Lanka's Record and a Chain of Unverified GapsOn an evening in Rome, during a season the documents call "2026", a javelin...
Beyond the Melbourne Lights: When Kipchoge Returned and the Ground Whispered What the World Had Not HeardWhen Eliud Kipchoge crossed the finish line in front of the MCG, his hand...
2:09:10 in Melbourne: When a Record Is Designed Before It Is RunOn October 11, at the Melbourne Marathon, Eliud Kipchoge crossed the finish...
Chicago Marathon 2026: Kipruto's 2:01:09 and a Generational Handover in the Women's RaceAt twenty past eleven on 11 October 2026, on the closing stretch along Lake...
Chicago Marathon 2026: Feysa Holds Off Lokedi, Kipruto Stuns with 2:01:09On the final mile of the women's race along Michigan Avenue, Hawi Feysa and...
