Athletics
The 0.100 Second Audit: Why Bangladesh's Athletics Has Talent But No Track and No Timing2026-11-05The most honest data point in athletics, for me, is the reaction time. An...
Vietnam's Asian Games Reckoning After Ten Days: Far From the Four-Gold Target, With Athletics the Biggest Empty Room2026-11-03The opening ceremony of the Asian Games was held on 19 September. Ten days of...
Almgren Wins New York City Marathon on Debut, Chepkirui Takes Women's Title2026-11-02Almgren of Sweden won the New York City Marathon on his marathon debut,...
Assefa Was 20 Seconds Inside World-Record Pace at 35km — and 68 Behind at the Finish2026-10-31The sun over Berlin was already hard at mid-morning. When Tigst Assefa crosse...
2:18:31 and a Missing Date: What Remains Unverified in the Jepchirchir Case2026-10-23I keep a 214-line spreadsheet on my laptop. In 2026, with stadiums empty and...
Bangladesh Athletics' Verification Crisis: One Certified 6.59 and Four Uncertified Golds2026-10-22On an indoor track in Astana in February 2026, the number that lit the...
AthleticsPeres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended Over EPO Finding: Sydney Victory Raises Major Questions for World AthleticsThe finish in Sydney, then a sample collected in Kenya August 30, 2026. In th...
AthleticsSeven Times the Money, But the 2028 Reform Is Structural — Not FinancialOn the closing evening of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in...
AthleticsThe History No One Writes: The Half-Told Story of Women in Bangladesh AthleticsIn 2026, I sat with the results sheet of the National Athletics Championships...
AthleticsThe 32-Minute Gold: Where Sindh's First Medal Stops, the Real Question BeginsOnce the first event of the morning had finished on the track at NED Universi...
AthleticsFrom Timing Chip to Ponytail Hole: The Ledger Behind Keely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit That No One Is CalculatingTitle: From Timing Chip to Ponytail Hole: The Ledger Behind Keely Hodgkinson'...
AthleticsThe 0.100 Second Audit: Why Bangladesh's Athletics Has Talent But No Track and No TimingThe most honest data point in athletics, for me, is the reaction time. An...
AthleticsThe 1:39:00 Reading: San Sebastián's Celebrity Half Marathon and the Road-Racing EconomyOn the rain-slicked streets of San Sebastián, a 40-year-old woman crosses the...
AthleticsBangladesh Athletics on the Nagoya Stage: Where the Stopwatch and the Track Do Not Add UpThe first thing I check on a programme sheet from Nagoya Central Stadium is...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe Targets Legacy from First African World ChampionshipsWorld Athletics has confirmed a decision that redraws the geography of its...
Athletics70.46 Metres on the First Attempt — But the Wind Column on the Result Sheet Is Blank"70.46 metres, first attempt." When that line came off the wire, I did not...
AthleticsVietnam's Asian Games Reckoning After Ten Days: Far From the Four-Gold Target, With Athletics the Biggest Empty RoomThe opening ceremony of the Asian Games was held on 19 September. Ten days of...
AthleticsAlmgren Wins New York City Marathon on Debut, Chepkirui Takes Women's TitleAlmgren of Sweden won the New York City Marathon on his marathon debut,...
AthleticsDebutant Almgren Wins New York City Marathon as Chepkirui Edges Women's SprintNEW YORK — The New York City Marathon has always been a race that rewards...
AthleticsAlmgren Wins NYC Marathon on Debut; Chepkirui Takes Women's TitleAlmgren won the men's race at the New York City Marathon on his marathon debu...
AthleticsThe Marathon Wire Copy Has No Year, but It Has a 'First in 30 Years'The first red flag sat in the second paragraph: 2:06:01, with no year attache...
AthleticsAssefa Was 20 Seconds Inside World-Record Pace at 35km — and 68 Behind at the FinishThe sun over Berlin was already hard at mid-morning. When Tigst Assefa crosse...
AthleticsThe Empty Column Beside 92.62 Metres: Rumesh Pathirage's Record, the CIC Deal and an Incomplete Results SheetAt two in the morning at my Khulna desk I opened the Budapest results sheet t...