Athletics
Olyslagers, a 1.95m silver and $75,000: when the prize table rewrites a high jump nightBudapest was colder than forecast that night. Nicola Olyslagers walked onto t...
Puripol Boonson breaks the Asian Games 100m record twice in one hour: 9.90 seconds and the unfinished part of the raceThe electronic clock at the stadium in Japan stopped at 9.91 seconds in the...
Ruti Aga and the six-year ban: when a fake prescription cost more than the positive testThe clinic named on the prescription did not exist. The "doctor" who signed i...
Ruti Aga and the Prescription From a Clinic That Never Existed: Six Years for a Cover-UpOn 10 September, the Athletics Integrity Unit published a statement running t...
Ruti Aga and the Six-Year Ban: The Fake Prescription Cost More Than the Banned SubstanceThe clinic named on the prescription does not exist. The "doctor" who signed ...
The Chinese Former Nurse and the $700,000 Equation: When Marathon Running Becomes an Industry of ErrorsMy muddled debut in 2026 taught me that the pitch always has its own way of...
Zhang Shuihua: the 2:29:07 marathon and the price of a storyIn the final ten kilometres in Xi'an on 18 October 2026, Zhang Shuihua's...
Jemma Reekie: A European Road Mile Record Without a Time, and a Five-Place Gap on the 800m TrackIn my tracking notebook, a European record usually occupies four lines: the...
Nine Dimensions, Zero Sources: The Measurement Gap in Vietnamese AthleticsThe national athletics championship results sheet had been sitting on my desk...
The Data Void in Vietnamese Athletics: When Results Are Never Written DownThe results sheet had been photocopied twice; the letters blurred at the righ...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the 21-Minute Gap to the Olympic StandardAt 01:30, the 42.195km start of VPIM 2026 fired while Hanoi was still dark....
2:47:52 and 2:31:49: Behind the Course Records of Vietnam's Largest MarathonAt 01:30 in the morning, on the approach ramp of Long Bien Bridge, the...
1:39:00 in Donostia and the 36-Minute Gap in a Recreational RaceRain had been falling in Donostia since morning. Spectators pressed under...
1.95 Meters and a $75,000 Check: How World Athletics Repriced the Silver MedalThe night in Budapest was cold. In the stands I wrapped myself in a coat so...
Blank Medical Records: The Injury-Data Gap in Vietnamese AthleticsAt the 38th minute of a routine fitness test, a 400m runner left the blocks o...
Ingebrigtsen Withdraws from 1500m at the New Athletics Championship: The Achilles and the 2027 MarkerOn Friday, Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the men's 5,000m final at the World Athleti...
The Blank Data Sheet and the Unquantifiable Heartbeat of AthleticsThat day, the screen in the technical room of a youth athletics meet in Hai...
Puripol Boonson breaks the Asian Games 100m record twice in one hour: 9.90 seconds and the unfinished part of the raceThe electronic clock at the stadium in Japan stopped at 9.91 seconds in the...
Ruti Aga and the six-year ban: when a fake prescription cost more than the positive testThe clinic named on the prescription did not exist. The "doctor" who signed i...
Ruti Aga and the Prescription From a Clinic That Never Existed: Six Years for a Cover-UpOn 10 September, the Athletics Integrity Unit published a statement running t...
Ruti Aga and the Six-Year Ban: The Fake Prescription Cost More Than the Banned SubstanceThe clinic named on the prescription does not exist. The "doctor" who signed ...
The Chinese Former Nurse and the $700,000 Equation: When Marathon Running Becomes an Industry of ErrorsMy muddled debut in 2026 taught me that the pitch always has its own way of...
Zhang Shuihua: the 2:29:07 marathon and the price of a storyIn the final ten kilometres in Xi'an on 18 October 2026, Zhang Shuihua's...
Jemma Reekie: A European Road Mile Record Without a Time, and a Five-Place Gap on the 800m TrackIn my tracking notebook, a European record usually occupies four lines: the...
Nine Dimensions, Zero Sources: The Measurement Gap in Vietnamese AthleticsThe national athletics championship results sheet had been sitting on my desk...
The Data Void in Vietnamese Athletics: When Results Are Never Written DownThe results sheet had been photocopied twice; the letters blurred at the righ...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the 21-Minute Gap to the Olympic StandardAt 01:30, the 42.195km start of VPIM 2026 fired while Hanoi was still dark....
2:47:52 and 2:31:49: Behind the Course Records of Vietnam's Largest MarathonAt 01:30 in the morning, on the approach ramp of Long Bien Bridge, the...
1:39:00 in Donostia and the 36-Minute Gap in a Recreational RaceRain had been falling in Donostia since morning. Spectators pressed under...
1.95 Meters and a $75,000 Check: How World Athletics Repriced the Silver MedalThe night in Budapest was cold. In the stands I wrapped myself in a coat so...
Blank Medical Records: The Injury-Data Gap in Vietnamese AthleticsAt the 38th minute of a routine fitness test, a 400m runner left the blocks o...
Ingebrigtsen Withdraws from 1500m at the New Athletics Championship: The Achilles and the 2027 MarkerOn Friday, Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the men's 5,000m final at the World Athleti...
The Blank Data Sheet and the Unquantifiable Heartbeat of AthleticsThat day, the screen in the technical room of a youth athletics meet in Hai...

