Swimming
Twenty-Five Minutes Between Two Events: Erisman's Measured Courage and the Scheduling Puzzle
Two Scoreboards, One Pool: What Wisconsin's 202-95 and 160-140 Actually Measured
From 4.71 to 8.01 Seconds: Zona Smith's Florida Pledge and Mirpur's One Open Pool
Data-Integrity Crisis: Why a Null Input Paralyzes Swimming Analysis
The Truth Hiding Behind 50.32: From Mirpur's Rented Applause to a Dutch Sprint Lesson
Fifty-Six Names, Twenty-Eight Doors: The Empty Clock Column in the CSL Award SheetOn Tuesday morning in Chicago the two-column run sheet came off the printer...
Missing Source Material Prevents a Reliable Swimming Competition AnalysisThe supplied analysis contains no identifiable swimming competition, athlete,...
The Record Slower Than His Own Best: Luka Mijatovic, 500 Yards, and the LedgerThe clock stopped at 24.46 seconds on the final 25 yards. In a 500-yard...
Chang Mohan's Four-Medal Triumph at Dakar Youth Olympics: China's Emerging Swimming ProspectTwo gold medals and two silver medals. At just 15, Chang Mohan produced one o...
From Dakar to Mirpur: A 1:59.59 and the Question We Never AskOn November 6, in the Dakar pool's closing session — six days of racing gone...
Moesha Johnson Wins in Cancun, but Her Tactical Experiment Matters More Than the MarginMoesha Johnson’s victory in the Cancun 10km World Cup opener can be described...
Ugrai's Record, Zombori's Resurgence: New Generation Signals at the Hungarian Short Course ChampionshipsThe Story Behind the Records Is About the Future The most important developme...
Ava Jochims in Stanford's Class of 2027: What the Numbers Actually Price Into a 'Best of the Rest' LabelAt last year's ACC Championships, I wrote down the times that reached the 400...
From Mirpur to Budapest: Reading a Lifetime BestIn Lublin, at the short-course European Championships, Gabor Zombori swam...
Twenty-Five Minutes Between Two Events: Erisman's Measured Courage and the Scheduling PuzzleIn international swimming, the United States selection trials are never merel...
Who Is Writing the 53-Second Story Under Mirpur's Open Sky?When the morning sun glints off the outdoor 50-metre pool at Mirpur Swimming...
The Night of Six World Records Where the Math Didn't Add UpOctober 28, 7:40 PM. Sitting in my reading room in Khulna, I was refreshing t...
The Athens Funnel: Who Gets the First LA28 Tickets Is Now Being Counted UnderwaterAt Mirpur I once learned that applause fades, the ledger remains. Last week,...
Swimming: Technique, Rules and Training Structure — An ExplainerSwimming is among humanity's oldest physical skills, yet as a modern sport it...
The Empty Vault: The Silent Crisis of Data Integrity in Sports AnalysisA sports analysis desk normally works in two stages. In the first, an article...
Claire Curzan's 53.92: First Woman Under 54 Seconds in the 100 Back — And the Questions Still Hanging Over ItThe headline sounds routine: a young swimmer, a trials meet, a world record, ...
Van Mathias Lowers Own American Record From Prelims With 25.21 SCM 50 Breast In FinalsVan Mathias has broken his own American record in the short-course meters (SC...
22.74 Is Two Seasons Old: Barbee's Stalled Sprint Matters More Than the FlipSame meet, same swimmer, same stroke — two different times. At the Arizona LS...
Four Seconds Matter More Than Twenty-Six Wins: The Real Signal on a Short-Course Results SheetIn the first light on my Barishal verandah I read results sheets the same way...
Thirteen Minutes, One Lifeguard, $100 Million — In the SwimRVA Suit, the Real Question Is LicensureA seven-year-old fellow camper saw the child in the pool water first. Not an...
Two Scoreboards, One Pool: What Wisconsin's 202-95 and 160-140 Actually MeasuredTwo scoreboards hung over the same water on Saturday. The women's dual ended...
Missing Source Material Prevents a Reliable Swimming Competition AnalysisThe supplied analysis contains no identifiable swimming competition, athlete,...
The Record Slower Than His Own Best: Luka Mijatovic, 500 Yards, and the LedgerThe clock stopped at 24.46 seconds on the final 25 yards. In a 500-yard...
Chang Mohan's Four-Medal Triumph at Dakar Youth Olympics: China's Emerging Swimming ProspectTwo gold medals and two silver medals. At just 15, Chang Mohan produced one o...
From Dakar to Mirpur: A 1:59.59 and the Question We Never AskOn November 6, in the Dakar pool's closing session — six days of racing gone...
Moesha Johnson Wins in Cancun, but Her Tactical Experiment Matters More Than the MarginMoesha Johnson’s victory in the Cancun 10km World Cup opener can be described...
Ugrai's Record, Zombori's Resurgence: New Generation Signals at the Hungarian Short Course ChampionshipsThe Story Behind the Records Is About the Future The most important developme...
Ava Jochims in Stanford's Class of 2027: What the Numbers Actually Price Into a 'Best of the Rest' LabelAt last year's ACC Championships, I wrote down the times that reached the 400...
From Mirpur to Budapest: Reading a Lifetime BestIn Lublin, at the short-course European Championships, Gabor Zombori swam...
Twenty-Five Minutes Between Two Events: Erisman's Measured Courage and the Scheduling PuzzleIn international swimming, the United States selection trials are never merel...
Who Is Writing the 53-Second Story Under Mirpur's Open Sky?When the morning sun glints off the outdoor 50-metre pool at Mirpur Swimming...
The Night of Six World Records Where the Math Didn't Add UpOctober 28, 7:40 PM. Sitting in my reading room in Khulna, I was refreshing t...
The Athens Funnel: Who Gets the First LA28 Tickets Is Now Being Counted UnderwaterAt Mirpur I once learned that applause fades, the ledger remains. Last week,...
Swimming: Technique, Rules and Training Structure — An ExplainerSwimming is among humanity's oldest physical skills, yet as a modern sport it...
The Empty Vault: The Silent Crisis of Data Integrity in Sports AnalysisA sports analysis desk normally works in two stages. In the first, an article...
Claire Curzan's 53.92: First Woman Under 54 Seconds in the 100 Back — And the Questions Still Hanging Over ItThe headline sounds routine: a young swimmer, a trials meet, a world record, ...
Van Mathias Lowers Own American Record From Prelims With 25.21 SCM 50 Breast In FinalsVan Mathias has broken his own American record in the short-course meters (SC...
22.74 Is Two Seasons Old: Barbee's Stalled Sprint Matters More Than the FlipSame meet, same swimmer, same stroke — two different times. At the Arizona LS...
Four Seconds Matter More Than Twenty-Six Wins: The Real Signal on a Short-Course Results SheetIn the first light on my Barishal verandah I read results sheets the same way...
Thirteen Minutes, One Lifeguard, $100 Million — In the SwimRVA Suit, the Real Question Is LicensureA seven-year-old fellow camper saw the child in the pool water first. Not an...
Two Scoreboards, One Pool: What Wisconsin's 202-95 and 160-140 Actually MeasuredTwo scoreboards hung over the same water on Saturday. The women's dual ended...