Athletics
Bednarek and the Budapest double: four silvers, one season at 27, and a different definition of winning
Singapore sends 20 athletes to Aichi-Nagoya: the flag bearer is a para athlete with no published mark
Olyslagers earns $75,000 for silver: When prize money outruns sporting value
Nairobi 2029: World Athletics' First African Host and the Overlooked Altitude Equation
September 27 at the Asian Games: Three Women's Lanes, One Test of Depth
Bednarek and the Budapest double: four silvers, one season at 27, and a different definition of winningBudapest, the night of the men's 100m final. The stands were not full. The...
1.95 Metres and $75,000: When Olyslagers' Silver Medal Costs More Than a World TitleNicola Olyslagers landed after her 1.95-metre jump on a freezing night in...
Shoes Missing From the Approved List: An Asian Games Gold Revoked, and the Data Still Unaccounted ForYasmina Toxanbayeva crossed the line nearly four minutes ahead of the...
The Track Without Data: When an Athletics Analyst Must Learn to Stay SilentThere is a moment in athletics writing that I remember more clearly than any...
Singapore sends 20 athletes to Aichi-Nagoya: the flag bearer is a para athlete with no published markOn 12 September 2026, at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, James Ethan Ang...
Olyslagers earns $75,000 for silver: When prize money outruns sporting valueA chilly Budapest evening. Nicola Olyslagers leaves the bar at 1.95 metres. S...
Nairobi 2029: World Athletics' First African Host and the Overlooked Altitude EquationAt roughly 2,400 metres above sea level on the Iten plateau, morning mist sti...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the Stratigraphic Gamble of African AthleticsThat night in Tokyo, I reopened my notebook from 2026. In the J3 stratigraphy...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Data Void: When Performances Go UnrecordedI stayed behind alone in the emptied stands after the women's athletics sessi...
Vietnamese Athletics Data: When the Results Board Has Nothing to ReadLate afternoon at a domestic athletics meet, the electronic board showed the...
September 27 at the Asian Games: Three Women's Lanes, One Test of DepthI remember the evening when the Vietnamese delegation's competition schedule...
Puripol Boonson and 9.90 Seconds: When Southeast Asia Touched the Edge of Asian Sprinting HistoryThe starting pistol at the ASIAD 2026 men's 100m final fired, and in the 9.90...
European Athletics Championships 2028 record £3m prize fund: Who actually benefits?Start with a scene that has not happened yet. In 2028, in Silesia, Poland, a...
41 Years of a Corporate Athletics Meet: Four Records, Zero Marks, and One Unresolved Contradiction41 Years of a Corporate Athletics Meet: Four Records, Zero Marks, and One...
Agnes Ngetich breaks the women-only half marathon world record: one second and a forgotten definitionThe clock in Copenhagen stopped at 1:05:15. Agnes Ngetich crossed the line;...
Agnes Ngetich's One Second: The Women's Half Marathon Record and the Half-Story Nobody TellsOne second. On the half marathon course in Copenhagen, one second equals...
Agnes Ngetich's One Second: The Women's Half Marathon Record Board and the Half-Truth in the HeadlineOn the morning of September 20 in Copenhagen, Agnes Ngetich crossed the finis...
12:56 in Copenhagen: Dawit Seare, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and the Eight-Day Gap12 minutes 56 seconds. Dawit Seare crossed the line first in the men's 5 km...
Carrying 45kg Over 200 Metres, Then 42km the Next Day: Anatomy of Body Load at the Can Gio Running EventThe race course was 200 metres long. A 34-year-old man bent forward and let a...
15,000 Runners by Ha Long Bay: The 'Record' Medal and the Gap Nobody MeasuredI remember the night of September 2026. Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Quang...
1.95 Metres and $75,000: When Olyslagers' Silver Medal Costs More Than a World TitleNicola Olyslagers landed after her 1.95-metre jump on a freezing night in...
Shoes Missing From the Approved List: An Asian Games Gold Revoked, and the Data Still Unaccounted ForYasmina Toxanbayeva crossed the line nearly four minutes ahead of the...
The Track Without Data: When an Athletics Analyst Must Learn to Stay SilentThere is a moment in athletics writing that I remember more clearly than any...
Singapore sends 20 athletes to Aichi-Nagoya: the flag bearer is a para athlete with no published markOn 12 September 2026, at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, James Ethan Ang...
Olyslagers earns $75,000 for silver: When prize money outruns sporting valueA chilly Budapest evening. Nicola Olyslagers leaves the bar at 1.95 metres. S...
Nairobi 2029: World Athletics' First African Host and the Overlooked Altitude EquationAt roughly 2,400 metres above sea level on the Iten plateau, morning mist sti...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the Stratigraphic Gamble of African AthleticsThat night in Tokyo, I reopened my notebook from 2026. In the J3 stratigraphy...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Data Void: When Performances Go UnrecordedI stayed behind alone in the emptied stands after the women's athletics sessi...
Vietnamese Athletics Data: When the Results Board Has Nothing to ReadLate afternoon at a domestic athletics meet, the electronic board showed the...
September 27 at the Asian Games: Three Women's Lanes, One Test of DepthI remember the evening when the Vietnamese delegation's competition schedule...
Puripol Boonson and 9.90 Seconds: When Southeast Asia Touched the Edge of Asian Sprinting HistoryThe starting pistol at the ASIAD 2026 men's 100m final fired, and in the 9.90...
European Athletics Championships 2028 record £3m prize fund: Who actually benefits?Start with a scene that has not happened yet. In 2028, in Silesia, Poland, a...
41 Years of a Corporate Athletics Meet: Four Records, Zero Marks, and One Unresolved Contradiction41 Years of a Corporate Athletics Meet: Four Records, Zero Marks, and One...
Agnes Ngetich breaks the women-only half marathon world record: one second and a forgotten definitionThe clock in Copenhagen stopped at 1:05:15. Agnes Ngetich crossed the line;...
Agnes Ngetich's One Second: The Women's Half Marathon Record and the Half-Story Nobody TellsOne second. On the half marathon course in Copenhagen, one second equals...
Agnes Ngetich's One Second: The Women's Half Marathon Record Board and the Half-Truth in the HeadlineOn the morning of September 20 in Copenhagen, Agnes Ngetich crossed the finis...
12:56 in Copenhagen: Dawit Seare, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and the Eight-Day Gap12 minutes 56 seconds. Dawit Seare crossed the line first in the men's 5 km...
Carrying 45kg Over 200 Metres, Then 42km the Next Day: Anatomy of Body Load at the Can Gio Running EventThe race course was 200 metres long. A 34-year-old man bent forward and let a...
15,000 Runners by Ha Long Bay: The 'Record' Medal and the Gap Nobody MeasuredI remember the night of September 2026. Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Quang...
