Athletics
When the Track Empties: Lessons from a Season Without Crowds
Vietnamese Athletics and the Art of Reading an Empty Cell
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Twenty-Minute Gap
2:47:52 and 2:31:49: Behind the Marathon Medals of VPIM 2026
Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Data Void: A Track That Leaves No Trace
Kipchoge wins Melbourne Marathon at 41: the 2:09:10 course record and an eight-and-a-half-minute gap to his peak
A Kiss at Mile 18 and the Cardiac Screening Gap in Mass-Marathon RunningAt mile 18 of the Portland Marathon, Trey Lara stopped beside his wife and...
3:22:20, a Pair of Shoes a Few Millimetres Over and 24 Hours: The File on a Stripped Asian Games GoldThe morning of 28 September, the technical room A day earlier she crossed the...
Assefa Runs 2:11:04 in Berlin: World Record Lost in the Final Two Kilometres to a Foot InjuryIn the final four hundred metres of the Berlin Marathon, Tigst Assefa was no...
Ruti Aga, a Prescription From a Clinic That Never Existed, and Six Years Erased From the RoadIn the file published by the Athletics Integrity Unit, the detail that stoppe...
Ruti Aga and the Six-Year Ban: The Extra Four Years Came From a Fake PrescriptionI have rewatched the closing stretch of the 2026 Tokyo Marathon several times...
32:32.40 in Karachi: Sindh's First Gold and a Twelve-Minute Gap to the WorldThe clock on the NED University track stopped at 32 minutes, 32.40 seconds....
Mahnoor Fatima, 32:32.40 and the twelve-minute gap nobody wants to nameTwelve and a half laps. Mahnoor Fatima, in Sindh colours, crossed the line at...
32:32 in Karachi: One Gold Medal and Three Layers of Missing DataNED University, Karachi. Twelve and a half laps close, Mahnoor Fatima crosses...
2:29:07 and the 9:28 Gap: A Tactical View from NairobiWhen the clock on the Xi'an course stopped at 2:29:07 on October 18, 2026,...
When the Track Empties: Lessons from a Season Without CrowdsThat 47% figure never appeared on a scoreboard — it lived inside the players'...
Vietnamese Athletics and the Art of Reading an Empty CellThe wind gauge at the edge of the home straight jumped from +1.8 to +2.1 metr...
VPIM 2026: Pham Thi Hong Le's 2:47:52 Is a Course Record, and a 21-Minute Gap to the Olympic StandardAt 01:30 the start gate stands beside Hoan Kiem Lake. More than eleven thousa...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Twenty-Minute GapAt 1:30 a.m. the start gate on Dien Bien Phu Street opened. Late-November chi...
2:47:52 and 2:31:49: Behind the Marathon Medals of VPIM 2026Early morning in Hanoi, before the clock had reached 4 a.m., footsteps were...
When the Stadium Lights Go Out: The Whisper of a 12.2-Meter Finish LineSeptember, Budapest. Opening night of the richest athletics championship in...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Data Void: A Track That Leaves No TraceOn the Mỹ Đình scoreboard on the evening of 15 May 2026, three results appear...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the Historic Gamble of African AthleticsA number that World Athletics never published in its official release: Nairob...
Nairobi 2029: Africa's First World Championships and the Near-1,800-Metre Altitude Riddle Nobody Is Talking AboutOne afternoon in 2026, I stood at the edge of a track in a district-level...
Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage and the 92.62-metre javelin: Sri Lanka's open fileIn 2049, I opened my notebook from that Rome summer and found a scrawled line...
3:22:20, a Pair of Shoes a Few Millimetres Over and 24 Hours: The File on a Stripped Asian Games GoldThe morning of 28 September, the technical room A day earlier she crossed the...
Assefa Runs 2:11:04 in Berlin: World Record Lost in the Final Two Kilometres to a Foot InjuryIn the final four hundred metres of the Berlin Marathon, Tigst Assefa was no...
Ruti Aga, a Prescription From a Clinic That Never Existed, and Six Years Erased From the RoadIn the file published by the Athletics Integrity Unit, the detail that stoppe...
Ruti Aga and the Six-Year Ban: The Extra Four Years Came From a Fake PrescriptionI have rewatched the closing stretch of the 2026 Tokyo Marathon several times...
32:32.40 in Karachi: Sindh's First Gold and a Twelve-Minute Gap to the WorldThe clock on the NED University track stopped at 32 minutes, 32.40 seconds....
Mahnoor Fatima, 32:32.40 and the twelve-minute gap nobody wants to nameTwelve and a half laps. Mahnoor Fatima, in Sindh colours, crossed the line at...
32:32 in Karachi: One Gold Medal and Three Layers of Missing DataNED University, Karachi. Twelve and a half laps close, Mahnoor Fatima crosses...
2:29:07 and the 9:28 Gap: A Tactical View from NairobiWhen the clock on the Xi'an course stopped at 2:29:07 on October 18, 2026,...
When the Track Empties: Lessons from a Season Without CrowdsThat 47% figure never appeared on a scoreboard — it lived inside the players'...
Vietnamese Athletics and the Art of Reading an Empty CellThe wind gauge at the edge of the home straight jumped from +1.8 to +2.1 metr...
VPIM 2026: Pham Thi Hong Le's 2:47:52 Is a Course Record, and a 21-Minute Gap to the Olympic StandardAt 01:30 the start gate stands beside Hoan Kiem Lake. More than eleven thousa...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Twenty-Minute GapAt 1:30 a.m. the start gate on Dien Bien Phu Street opened. Late-November chi...
2:47:52 and 2:31:49: Behind the Marathon Medals of VPIM 2026Early morning in Hanoi, before the clock had reached 4 a.m., footsteps were...
When the Stadium Lights Go Out: The Whisper of a 12.2-Meter Finish LineSeptember, Budapest. Opening night of the richest athletics championship in...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Data Void: A Track That Leaves No TraceOn the Mỹ Đình scoreboard on the evening of 15 May 2026, three results appear...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the Historic Gamble of African AthleticsA number that World Athletics never published in its official release: Nairob...
Nairobi 2029: Africa's First World Championships and the Near-1,800-Metre Altitude Riddle Nobody Is Talking AboutOne afternoon in 2026, I stood at the edge of a track in a district-level...
Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage and the 92.62-metre javelin: Sri Lanka's open fileIn 2049, I opened my notebook from that Rome summer and found a scrawled line...
