Athletics
Ledger First, Legend Later: An Audit of South Korea's Grievances at the Aichi-Nagoya Games
From Khulna to Dhaka: A Lost Report, A Voice Regained
Colombo Marathon's 20th Edition: Tourism Message Dominates Over Competition
More Than 81.49 Metres: Where the Coach's Optimism About Arshad Nadeem's Decline Stops
VPIM 2026: Le and Khoi Retain Titles, but the Word 'Record' Deserves an Asterisk
Tigst Assefa Makes History in Berlin Despite Late-Race Setback in World Record AttemptTigst Assefa was approaching Berlin's Brandenburg Gate with the women's...
Cyrena Samba-Mayela's Provisional Suspension: The Start Date, Not the Ban Length, Is the Real QuestionI watched the Paris 100 metres hurdles final at dawn, in a cable operator's...
Shanti Pereira's 11.43 Seconds: A Heat's Doorway, a Blank Wind Column and the 200m LedgerNagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, the morning of 24 September. The...
Athletics Reporting Without Evidence: Why Reliable Data Must Come Before AnalysisAn athletics race may last only a few seconds. Establishing the true...
Fistula: Why Naomi Korir's Story Is Not Just About Sympathy, But System FailureWhen I first heard Naomi Korir's name, I was looking for a number. But no tim...
Vietnamese Athletics and the Asian Games Medal Challenge: Structural Barriers Between Regional Dominance and Continental SuccessVietnam's Asian Games medal ambitions have exposed a problem that cannot be...
Beyond the Stopwatch: From Evelyn Ashford to Keely Hodgkinson, the Fashion Revolution in AthleticsWhen a sprinter steps into the starting blocks, spectators usually focus on t...
Two Seconds in Melbourne, Eight Minutes Behind Himself: Reading Kipchoge’s Course RecordThe clock read 2:09:10. Before ducking into the tunnel at the Melbourne Crick...
The Limits of Sports Reporting Without Evidence: Why Complete Data MattersThe most important question before publishing a sports report is what is...
Ledger First, Legend Later: An Audit of South Korea's Grievances at the Aichi-Nagoya GamesI began with the ledger, and the legend arrived later. The Reuters report fro...
Nguyen Thi Oanh Faces High Expectations in the Women’s 10,000m FinalNguyen Thi Oanh will carry the largest share of Vietnam’s athletics attention...
From Containers to Cabins, Broken Sleep at Garden Pier: How Long Can the Asian Games' 'Low-Cost' Model Hold?On an evening at Nagoya's Garden Pier, South Korea's Chef de Mission, Lee...
From Khulna to Dhaka: A Lost Report, A Voice RegainedLet me start with a nine-year-old story. December 2026, Khulna District...
From Stopwatch Ghost to Deadline Ledger: The Invisible Market of Talent Transfer in Bangladesh AthleticsSeven in the evening. I am sitting in front of a microphone inside a Chattogr...
Nguyen Mai Trung leads Nghệ An marathon, Mỹ Hiền ahead among womenNguyen Mai Trung leads the men's 42km race at the Nghệ An leg of the VnExpres...
China's Young Wave in Nagoya: Record Flashes and the Shadow of VerificationAt the athletics track and javelin runway of the 20th Asian Games in Nagoya,...
Colombo Marathon's 20th Edition: Tourism Message Dominates Over CompetitionIntroduction: A Report About an Event Economy, Not About Results On 4 October...
More Than 81.49 Metres: Where the Coach's Optimism About Arshad Nadeem's Decline Stops93.97 metres in Paris. 81.49 in Budapest. Ninth in Glasgow. Fourth in Japan,...
The Verification Crisis in Athletics Reporting: How an Empty Analysis Pipeline Can Produce Fabricated Sports NewsVerifiable data is the foundation of sports journalism. In athletics the...
VPIM 2026: Le and Khoi Retain Titles, but the Word 'Record' Deserves an AsteriskHanoi, Vietnam — Pham Thi Hong Le and Huynh Anh Khoi retained their women's a...
Debutant Champion: Almgren Wins New York Marathon, Chepkirui Takes the Women's CrownSweden's Almgren has won the men's title at the New York City Marathon,...
Almgren Wins New York Marathon on Debut; Chepkirui Takes Women's RaceSweden's Almgren won the men's race at the New York City Marathon on his...
The 38.49 File: Thailand's Appeal Fails in Nagoya, but the Clock and the Report Still DisagreeI read the clock first and the headline second. In Nagoya the men's 4x100m...