Athletics
Nairobi 2029: The Vote That Beat London and Rome, and the Venue That Is Not in the File Yet2026-10-31It was half past midnight in Barishal, and the old notebook was open beside t...
The Verification Crisis in Athletics Reporting: A Framework for Analysing Performance, Qualification and Rules2026-10-31International sports journalism has an odd relationship with athletics. The...
Kipchoge Wins Melbourne Marathon at 41, Takes Course Record by Two Seconds2026-10-31Eliud Kipchoge, aged 41, won the men's elite race at the Melbourne Marathon i...
From 38.17 to 38.49: The 0.32 Seconds That Rejected Thailand's Appeal in Nagoya2026-10-17Thailand's staff signalled a protest within minutes of the men's 4x100m relay...
AthleticsThe 70.46m Record Never Made It Into the File: What China's Teen Wave at Nagoya Proves — and What It Doesn'tHook On the official results sheet for the women's javelin final at the Nagoy...
AthleticsUrine Leakage Forced Naomi Korir to Reduce Her Running Distance, But Not Abandon AthleticsKenya has never lacked talent in middle- and long-distance running. Its...
AthleticsThe Country of Empty Entry Lists: How the Data Gap in Bangladeshi Athletics Is Losing TalentWhen I first held the microphone borrowed from a cable office next to Khulna...
AthleticsChicago Marathon: The Perfect Stage for Records, But an Empty Column in the Ledger of SuccessThe 48th Chicago Marathon started on October 11, 2026. Seven world records ha...
AthleticsSports Journalism Before an Empty Source: When the Analytical Framework Declares Its Own EmptinessThe most elementary precondition of sports journalism is a subject. A name, a...
AthleticsA Sixth in the High Jump and Last in the Relay: What Vietnam's Athletics Day Recorded, and What It Left UnwrittenThe results sheet filled three boxes, and all three hold ordinal numbers. Duo...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: The Vote That Beat London and Rome, and the Venue That Is Not in the File YetIt was half past midnight in Barishal, and the old notebook was open beside t...
AthleticsThe Verification Crisis in Athletics Reporting: A Framework for Analysing Performance, Qualification and RulesInternational sports journalism has an odd relationship with athletics. The...
AthleticsKipchoge Wins Melbourne Marathon at 41, Takes Course Record by Two SecondsEliud Kipchoge, aged 41, won the men's elite race at the Melbourne Marathon i...
AthleticsRuti Aga's Six Years: Two for the Substance, Four for the PaperIn March, Ruti Aga won a half marathon in China. The sample she gave after th...
AthleticsThe Results Sheet With No Times on It: Bangladeshi Athletics' Real Deficit Is DataThe results sheet for a domestic 100m final in Dhaka stops you at the eighth...
AthleticsThe Document of Empty Cells: Why Bangladeshi Sprinting Cannot Measure ItselfAt three in the morning I open a spreadsheet. Two hundred and fourteen rows —...