Athletics
2:29:07 in Xi'an and $700,000: The File of a Former Nurse Turned MarathonerThe clock in Xi'an stopped at 2:29:07. Zhang Shuihua crossed the line near th...
The Athletics Analysis That Came Back Blank, and the Cost of an Unguarded Data Pipeline2:40 a.m. in Shanghai. I open the report file that comes back from the...
Toxanbayeva's Asian Games gold stripped: the verdict sits on the approved-shoe listAt the road-racing event of the Asian Games, Yasmina Toxanbayeva crossed the...
VPIM 2026: Course Records of 2:47:52 and 2:31:49 — and Vietnam's Marathon Depth Problem1:30 a.m., on the ramp up to Nhat Tan Bridge. Hanoi in November, below 20...
VPIM 2026: Two Course Records and the Twenty-Minute GapAt 01:30 the VPIM 2026 start gate opened. The 42.195km field poured up the...
VPIM 2026: Two Course Records and the 20-Minute Gap to World Standard01:30 on Long Bien Bridge The clock at the head of Long Bien Bridge turned to...
A Doctor Turns His Own Body Into a Living Laboratory: The 12-Day Traverse of 13 Greek Regions and the Big Question About Human LimitsAt noon on the twelfth day, when the tiller of the small boat touched the col...
Kevin Ociepka, the 42 km Burpee Broad Jump and the Verification Gap of a RecordKevin Ociepka entered the track at Parkstadion Baunatal in Hessen, Germany, i...
Ultimate Championship Opens in Budapest: $150,000 Per Title and the Ledger Nobody Has Audited YetUsain Bolt stepped in front of the cameras in the pose the whole world knows ...
Reading a Track: The Variables Beyond the StopwatchIn the stands, I always note four lines for a 100-meter run: the time, the wi...
Ultimate Championship in Budapest: $150,000 Per Title and an Arithmetic That Doesn't CloseBudapest, September 10, 2026. Usain Bolt sits in the front row of the press...
The Shoe Missing From the Approved List and the Asian Games Gold That Was StrippedI sat in the eleventh row, about thirty meters above the track — the seat I...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the Gamble to Leave a Legacy from the First African World ChampionshipsInside the press room in Nairobi, there was a number nobody mentioned, even...
When the Data Sheet Is Empty: Nine Layers of Interrogating an Athletics MeetThe laptop in the press room has forty minutes left before the filing deadlin...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the Altitude Gamble of Africa's First World ChampionshipsLast month, a short notice from World Athletics overturned the map of world...
The Last Five Hundred Meters in Seoul: Yoo Ji-won, the Amateur Running Boom, and an Unmeasured Safety GapOn the morning of October 11, as the electronic clock of Seoul Race 2026 read...
Tragedy at Seoul Race 2026: The Death of Amateur Runner Yoo Ji-won and Unanswered Questions About Mass-Participation Sports SafetyOn October 11, 2026, at the 24th Seoul Race, a large-scale long-distance...
Coe says Kenya's doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsCoe says Kenya's doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World Championships In ...
Yoo Ji-won: The Last 500 Metres and the Medical Gap in Korea's Running BoomFrom the stands, I heard my heart beating in time with someone I had never me...
Rumesh Tharanga and the 92.62-metre throw: What is missing from the Sri Lankan javelin recordIn the men's javelin record books, two numbers stand side by side with a gap...
Rumesh Tharanga and the 92.62m Throw: A 5.86-Metre Gap Nobody Has VerifiedIn Rome, on a summer afternoon in 2026, the javelin left Rumesh Tharanga...
Rumesh Tharanga's 92.62 Metres: A Throw With No Wind Reading, No Source, No SeriesRome. Lane 4 of the runway. The javelin leaves the hand and plants at 92.62...
2:09:10 at 41: Kipchoge Wins Melbourne, but Do Not Call It Peak FormWhen Eliud Kipchoge turned into the Melbourne Cricket Ground stands, the roar...
Between the Stopwatch and the Breath: How Athletics Is Relearning to Tell Its StoryOn the night of August 4, 2026, at the Stade de France, the men's 100 meters...
Chicago Marathon: When a Flat Course Becomes a World-Record LaunchpadThe 2026 Chicago Marathon marks the 48th running of the event, and once again...
The Athletics Analysis That Came Back Blank, and the Cost of an Unguarded Data Pipeline2:40 a.m. in Shanghai. I open the report file that comes back from the...
Toxanbayeva's Asian Games gold stripped: the verdict sits on the approved-shoe listAt the road-racing event of the Asian Games, Yasmina Toxanbayeva crossed the...
VPIM 2026: Course Records of 2:47:52 and 2:31:49 — and Vietnam's Marathon Depth Problem1:30 a.m., on the ramp up to Nhat Tan Bridge. Hanoi in November, below 20...
VPIM 2026: Two Course Records and the Twenty-Minute GapAt 01:30 the VPIM 2026 start gate opened. The 42.195km field poured up the...
VPIM 2026: Two Course Records and the 20-Minute Gap to World Standard01:30 on Long Bien Bridge The clock at the head of Long Bien Bridge turned to...
A Doctor Turns His Own Body Into a Living Laboratory: The 12-Day Traverse of 13 Greek Regions and the Big Question About Human LimitsAt noon on the twelfth day, when the tiller of the small boat touched the col...
Kevin Ociepka, the 42 km Burpee Broad Jump and the Verification Gap of a RecordKevin Ociepka entered the track at Parkstadion Baunatal in Hessen, Germany, i...
Ultimate Championship Opens in Budapest: $150,000 Per Title and the Ledger Nobody Has Audited YetUsain Bolt stepped in front of the cameras in the pose the whole world knows ...
Reading a Track: The Variables Beyond the StopwatchIn the stands, I always note four lines for a 100-meter run: the time, the wi...
Ultimate Championship in Budapest: $150,000 Per Title and an Arithmetic That Doesn't CloseBudapest, September 10, 2026. Usain Bolt sits in the front row of the press...
The Shoe Missing From the Approved List and the Asian Games Gold That Was StrippedI sat in the eleventh row, about thirty meters above the track — the seat I...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the Gamble to Leave a Legacy from the First African World ChampionshipsInside the press room in Nairobi, there was a number nobody mentioned, even...
When the Data Sheet Is Empty: Nine Layers of Interrogating an Athletics MeetThe laptop in the press room has forty minutes left before the filing deadlin...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the Altitude Gamble of Africa's First World ChampionshipsLast month, a short notice from World Athletics overturned the map of world...
The Last Five Hundred Meters in Seoul: Yoo Ji-won, the Amateur Running Boom, and an Unmeasured Safety GapOn the morning of October 11, as the electronic clock of Seoul Race 2026 read...
Tragedy at Seoul Race 2026: The Death of Amateur Runner Yoo Ji-won and Unanswered Questions About Mass-Participation Sports SafetyOn October 11, 2026, at the 24th Seoul Race, a large-scale long-distance...
Coe says Kenya's doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsCoe says Kenya's doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World Championships In ...
Yoo Ji-won: The Last 500 Metres and the Medical Gap in Korea's Running BoomFrom the stands, I heard my heart beating in time with someone I had never me...
Rumesh Tharanga and the 92.62-metre throw: What is missing from the Sri Lankan javelin recordIn the men's javelin record books, two numbers stand side by side with a gap...
Rumesh Tharanga and the 92.62m Throw: A 5.86-Metre Gap Nobody Has VerifiedIn Rome, on a summer afternoon in 2026, the javelin left Rumesh Tharanga...
Rumesh Tharanga's 92.62 Metres: A Throw With No Wind Reading, No Source, No SeriesRome. Lane 4 of the runway. The javelin leaves the hand and plants at 92.62...
2:09:10 at 41: Kipchoge Wins Melbourne, but Do Not Call It Peak FormWhen Eliud Kipchoge turned into the Melbourne Cricket Ground stands, the roar...
Between the Stopwatch and the Breath: How Athletics Is Relearning to Tell Its StoryOn the night of August 4, 2026, at the Stade de France, the men's 100 meters...
Chicago Marathon: When a Flat Course Becomes a World-Record LaunchpadThe 2026 Chicago Marathon marks the 48th running of the event, and once again...
