Athletics
What an Empty Results Sheet Actually Records
Peres Jepchirchir EPO Case: Digging the 2:18:31 Stratum and Finding a Calendar Gap
Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage: Sri Lanka's Javelin Star and the Long Road to Los Angeles 2028
VnExpress Marathon on the Vinh–Cua Lo coast: the Mai Trung and My Hien duel, but the real story is Vietnam's mass-running culture
A Prescription Pad and a Stopwatch: The Six Years of Ruti Aga
What an Empty Results Sheet Actually RecordsA results sheet reached my desk last December. Seven names, seven times, and ...
Peres Jepchirchir EPO Case: What the 2:18:31 Sydney Marathon and the Silence Around the Clock RevealA 2:18:31. That was the time written next to Peres Jepchirchir's name at the...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe Targets Legacy from First African World ChampionshipsNairobi won the hosting rights for the 2029 World Athletics Championships las...
A 242-Point Gap and 27 Meet Records: Which Numbers Speak at Diyagama, and Which Stay SilentThe team-points column on the Diyagama Stadium scoreboard reads 548. Directly...
Peres Jepchirchir EPO Case: Digging the 2:18:31 Stratum and Finding a Calendar GapWhen the finish line at the Sydney Marathon flashed 2:18:31, I turned the...
Gold Lost to a Shoe Dispute: A Document Audit of the Asian Games Medal ReallocationThe first number I saw when I opened the final results sheet for the women's...
No Track, But Records Exist: What Bangladesh Athletics' Real Problem IsOn Thursday evening at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram, I watched the 100m...
Kenya's Doping Fight: 140 Sanctions Later, Why Is Nairobi Still Hosting the 2029 World Championships?Sebastian Coe told reporters in Nairobi on October 14 that Kenya's anti-dopin...
Gold Lost to a Shoe: The Rulebook Sting and Medal-Redistribution Politics of the Nagoya Race WalkI began with a phone camera because the official one never turned on. Septemb...
A Few Millimetres of Sole: Asian Games Gold Annulled, Host Japan Inherits BronzeThe woman who walked 42.195 kilometres and finished fourth was timed at...
Melbourne's 'Course Record' and Kipchoge's 'Still Peaking' Claim: Where Marathon Reality Stands at 41When Eliud Kipchoge crossed the 42.195 kilometres of the Melbourne Marathon a...
Beyond 2:50:41: How a Hanoi Marathon 'Course Record' Masks the Elite GapThree days of expo, 30 booths, nearly 40,000 visitors, 15,000 runners—the...
The Ledger Beyond the Track: Bangladesh Athletics Is Not Short of Talent but of Crisis ManagementEvery national sports structure needs a crisis record. It is not an emotional...
Title on Debut: Almgren Wins New York City Marathon, Chepkirui Takes Second Women's CrownAlmgren has won the men's race at the New York City Marathon, taking the titl...
A Crown on Debut: Almgren Wins New York Marathon as Women's Race Is Decided by Seven SecondsAlmgren of Sweden won the men's race at the New York City Marathon on Sunday,...
Peres Jepchirchir EPO Case: What the 2:18:31 Sydney Marathon and the Silence Around the Clock RevealA 2:18:31. That was the time written next to Peres Jepchirchir's name at the...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe Targets Legacy from First African World ChampionshipsNairobi won the hosting rights for the 2029 World Athletics Championships las...
A 242-Point Gap and 27 Meet Records: Which Numbers Speak at Diyagama, and Which Stay SilentThe team-points column on the Diyagama Stadium scoreboard reads 548. Directly...
Peres Jepchirchir EPO Case: Digging the 2:18:31 Stratum and Finding a Calendar GapWhen the finish line at the Sydney Marathon flashed 2:18:31, I turned the...
Gold Lost to a Shoe Dispute: A Document Audit of the Asian Games Medal ReallocationThe first number I saw when I opened the final results sheet for the women's...
No Track, But Records Exist: What Bangladesh Athletics' Real Problem IsOn Thursday evening at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram, I watched the 100m...
Kenya's Doping Fight: 140 Sanctions Later, Why Is Nairobi Still Hosting the 2029 World Championships?Sebastian Coe told reporters in Nairobi on October 14 that Kenya's anti-dopin...
Gold Lost to a Shoe: The Rulebook Sting and Medal-Redistribution Politics of the Nagoya Race WalkI began with a phone camera because the official one never turned on. Septemb...
A Few Millimetres of Sole: Asian Games Gold Annulled, Host Japan Inherits BronzeThe woman who walked 42.195 kilometres and finished fourth was timed at...
Melbourne's 'Course Record' and Kipchoge's 'Still Peaking' Claim: Where Marathon Reality Stands at 41When Eliud Kipchoge crossed the 42.195 kilometres of the Melbourne Marathon a...
Beyond 2:50:41: How a Hanoi Marathon 'Course Record' Masks the Elite GapThree days of expo, 30 booths, nearly 40,000 visitors, 15,000 runners—the...
The Ledger Beyond the Track: Bangladesh Athletics Is Not Short of Talent but of Crisis ManagementEvery national sports structure needs a crisis record. It is not an emotional...
Title on Debut: Almgren Wins New York City Marathon, Chepkirui Takes Second Women's CrownAlmgren has won the men's race at the New York City Marathon, taking the titl...
A Crown on Debut: Almgren Wins New York Marathon as Women's Race Is Decided by Seven SecondsAlmgren of Sweden won the men's race at the New York City Marathon on Sunday,...