Athletics
Seven World Records in Chicago: A Flat Course, Carbon Shoes, and the Part Nobody MeasuresThe Chicago course sits between 175 and 183 metres above sea level. Cumulativ...
Puripol Boonson and 9.90 seconds: reading the 2026 Asian Games record through a physical-load sheetLess than an hour. That was the entire window Puripol Boonson had between his...
Six Years for Ruti Aga: The 2+4 Sentence and the Price of a Forged PrescriptionA clinic that does not exist. A "doctor" with no medical registration number....
32:32.40 in Karachi: Mahnoor Fatima's race-walk gold and the structure behind itMahnoor Fatima crossed the line on the track at NED University, Karachi, with...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: A Fake Prescription From a Relative Cost Three Times the InjectionOn the prescription form Ruti Aga submitted to the Athletics Integrity Unit,...
Mahnoor Fatima and the 5,000m race-walk gold: reading Pakistani athletics through a national championshipThe loop around NED University's track, Karachi, late afternoon. The stands a...
The Nurse Who Finished After the Start Line: When $700,000 Can't Buy a Race EntryThere is a video shot at the entrance of an old residential block, where the...
From Hospital to Highway: The $700,000 Story of a Nurse-MarathonerShe once stood by hospital beds, recording the vital signs of others. Now,...
Zhang Shuihua: the 2:29:07 marathon, $700,000, and the gap between amateur and professionalZhang Shuihua's running shoes used to sit under the locker in the hospital...
The Living Gap on Nairobi's Track: When Kenyan Athletics Data Falls SilentSaturday afternoon at Nyayo Stadium, I stood on the east stand where Nairobi'...
Chicago Marathon: A Flat Course and Seven World Records That Need Re-readingOn 11 October 2026, the Chicago Marathon staged its 48th edition with more th...
Chicago Marathon: A Flat Course and the Interrogation of World RecordsOn October 11, 2026, the Chicago course opened its gates to more than 55,000...
Portland Marathon and the Cardiac Screening Gap on Mass-Participation CoursesAt kilometer 29 of the Portland Marathon, Trey Lara's wife was waiting. About...
Mile 20 at the Portland Marathon: the death of a 25-year-old runner and the screening gapAt mile 18, his wife stood at the roadside, put her arms around his neck and...
Empty Analysis: With No Data, No Sports Article Can Be ProducedThe supplied source analysis contains no information points whatsoever....
Budapest and the $10 Million Athletics Meet: When a Silver Medal Pays More Than a World TitleThe September night in Budapest was cold enough that the athletes' breath...
Wife-Carrying in Can Gio: Re-Reading 200 Metres of a Race With No Records"A beat slow, and I saw the race begin at the twelfth frame." I rewound the...
The Trap of Empty Data in Vietnamese Women's AthleticsThe Trap of Empty Data in Vietnamese Women's Athletics At noon on July 12,...
Vietnamese Athletics: The Hidden Layer of Data Behind Every StopwatchOne afternoon I stood at the edge of a small stadium, where the women's 400m...
East African Women's Athletics: Missing the Record-Keeper, Not the TalentIn March 2026, with the entire international calendar frozen, I sat in my...
Athletics in the Super-Shoe Era: Records, Data and the Price of TrustAthletics in the Super-Shoe Era: Records, Data and the Price of Trust In...
Excavating Young Athletics Talent: One Fast Run Is Not Enough to Write a CareerOn the night of the women's 100-metre final, a seventeen-year-old girl tore...
When the Wind Gauge Decides a Destiny: Kenyan Women's Athletics and the Forgotten RecordsIn June 2026, on the straight of Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, a...
The Empty Analysis: The Discipline of Silence in Sports Data WorkI received the request on a Tuesday morning: write an in-depth analysis of an...
Puripol Boonson and 9.90 seconds: reading the 2026 Asian Games record through a physical-load sheetLess than an hour. That was the entire window Puripol Boonson had between his...
Six Years for Ruti Aga: The 2+4 Sentence and the Price of a Forged PrescriptionA clinic that does not exist. A "doctor" with no medical registration number....
32:32.40 in Karachi: Mahnoor Fatima's race-walk gold and the structure behind itMahnoor Fatima crossed the line on the track at NED University, Karachi, with...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: A Fake Prescription From a Relative Cost Three Times the InjectionOn the prescription form Ruti Aga submitted to the Athletics Integrity Unit,...
Mahnoor Fatima and the 5,000m race-walk gold: reading Pakistani athletics through a national championshipThe loop around NED University's track, Karachi, late afternoon. The stands a...
The Nurse Who Finished After the Start Line: When $700,000 Can't Buy a Race EntryThere is a video shot at the entrance of an old residential block, where the...
From Hospital to Highway: The $700,000 Story of a Nurse-MarathonerShe once stood by hospital beds, recording the vital signs of others. Now,...
Zhang Shuihua: the 2:29:07 marathon, $700,000, and the gap between amateur and professionalZhang Shuihua's running shoes used to sit under the locker in the hospital...
The Living Gap on Nairobi's Track: When Kenyan Athletics Data Falls SilentSaturday afternoon at Nyayo Stadium, I stood on the east stand where Nairobi'...
Chicago Marathon: A Flat Course and Seven World Records That Need Re-readingOn 11 October 2026, the Chicago Marathon staged its 48th edition with more th...
Chicago Marathon: A Flat Course and the Interrogation of World RecordsOn October 11, 2026, the Chicago course opened its gates to more than 55,000...
Portland Marathon and the Cardiac Screening Gap on Mass-Participation CoursesAt kilometer 29 of the Portland Marathon, Trey Lara's wife was waiting. About...
Mile 20 at the Portland Marathon: the death of a 25-year-old runner and the screening gapAt mile 18, his wife stood at the roadside, put her arms around his neck and...
Empty Analysis: With No Data, No Sports Article Can Be ProducedThe supplied source analysis contains no information points whatsoever....
Budapest and the $10 Million Athletics Meet: When a Silver Medal Pays More Than a World TitleThe September night in Budapest was cold enough that the athletes' breath...
Wife-Carrying in Can Gio: Re-Reading 200 Metres of a Race With No Records"A beat slow, and I saw the race begin at the twelfth frame." I rewound the...
The Trap of Empty Data in Vietnamese Women's AthleticsThe Trap of Empty Data in Vietnamese Women's Athletics At noon on July 12,...
Vietnamese Athletics: The Hidden Layer of Data Behind Every StopwatchOne afternoon I stood at the edge of a small stadium, where the women's 400m...
East African Women's Athletics: Missing the Record-Keeper, Not the TalentIn March 2026, with the entire international calendar frozen, I sat in my...
Athletics in the Super-Shoe Era: Records, Data and the Price of TrustAthletics in the Super-Shoe Era: Records, Data and the Price of Trust In...
Excavating Young Athletics Talent: One Fast Run Is Not Enough to Write a CareerOn the night of the women's 100-metre final, a seventeen-year-old girl tore...
When the Wind Gauge Decides a Destiny: Kenyan Women's Athletics and the Forgotten RecordsIn June 2026, on the straight of Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, a...
The Empty Analysis: The Discipline of Silence in Sports Data WorkI received the request on a Tuesday morning: write an in-depth analysis of an...
