Athletics
Rumesh Tharanga's 92.62 Metres: A Sri Lankan Record and the Verification Test Before LA282026-10-14On a night in Rome, the javelin left Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage's hand and stu...
Can Gio 42 km: When a Community Race Is Measured by Data, Not by Glamour2026-10-05There is a kind of silence that only a data person can hear: the sound of a...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics: What the Footprints Say That the Scoreboard Does Not2026-10-05The track behind Mỹ Đình Stadium on the evening of May 16, 2026 was still...
Vietnamese Athletics Through the Lens of Athens 2026: The Gap Is Not in the Legs2026-10-03Athens, early August 2026. On the straight of the Olympic Stadium, Maurice...
Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended: The Kenya Sample and a Three-Minute Margin That Must Be Re-ReadIn the athletes' corridor of a major marathon, the 45 minutes before the gun ...
Rumesh Tharanga's 92.62 Metres: A Sri Lankan Record and the Verification Test Before LA28On a night in Rome, the javelin left Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage's hand and stu...
Rumesh Tharanga's 92.62m Javelin Throw: Between the All-Time Elite and an Unverified NumberThere is a number circulating in South Asian athletics circles: 92.62 metres....
92.62 Metres in Rome: Sri Lanka's Javelin Sensation and the Data Gaps Behind ItA javelin left the hand of Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage in Rome and planted itse...
Kipchoge Breaks Melbourne Marathon Course Record at 41: The Win Is Real, the Peak Is NotThe sound of footsteps on the asphalt of a Formula 1 circuit section rang out...
The Eight-Day Double and the 12:56 Verdict: Seare Won, but Ingebrigtsen Has Not Lost His CrownThe fourth kilometre had not yet closed when Jakob Ingebrigtsen surged ahead....
Kenny Bednarek and the Budapest sprint double: Farewell to the 'silver man' tagBudapest, a late-summer night. Lane four lay still under the floodlights, and...
Kenny Bednarek's Budapest sprint double: the numbers behind the 'silver man' labelBudapest closed the men's 100 metres at 9.85 seconds. Enough for Kenny Bednar...
Hanoi Techcombank Marathon Season 5: A Race Record, the Gap to World Class, and a Market in Full SprintOn the Red River Dike, at Twelve Minutes Past Eight On the Red River dike, ne...
Can Gio 42 km: When a Community Race Is Measured by Data, Not by GlamourThere is a kind of silence that only a data person can hear: the sound of a...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics: What the Footprints Say That the Scoreboard Does NotThe track behind Mỹ Đình Stadium on the evening of May 16, 2026 was still...
Asiad 20 closes: Vietnam stops at three golds and a gap nobody countsOn the final evening in Aichi-Nagoya, as the flame of Asiad 20 was...
Asiad 20 Closes: 348 Athletes, Three Golds and the Silence on the TrackThe closing ceremony of Asiad 20 in Aichi-Nagoya (Japan) wrapped up Vietnam's...
Vietnamese Athletics Through the Lens of Athens 2026: The Gap Is Not in the LegsAthens, early August 2026. On the straight of the Olympic Stadium, Maurice...
LSR Colombo Marathon 2026: A Race Revived After Seven Years and the True Worth of a Tropical CourseAt the 35th kilometre of the coastal route linking Colombo to Negombo, what...
From Jakarta 2026 to Aichi-Nagoya 2026: The Void After Vietnamese Athletics' Golden GenerationI was standing in stand B of Gelora Bung Karno stadium on an afternoon in lat...
After the Reallocated Jakarta Gold: Vietnam's Track and Field Enters the 2026 Asian Games With an Unfilled GapOn the evening of 27 August 2026, on the track at the Gelora Bung Karno stadi...
After the Jakarta 2026 Gold: The Generational Void in Vietnamese Athletics Before Aichi-Nagoya 2026On the evening of August 28, 2026, on the track circling Gelora Bung Karno...
The Fateful Shoe: Kazakh Race Walker Stripped of Asiad Gold Over A Few Extra Millimetres of Sole — A Historic Moment for Equipment Rules in SportThe Verdict of a Shoe: The 20th Asian Games in Japan just recorded an...
From Ormenio to Gavdos: Twelve Days Turning a Human Body Into a Field LaboratoryA man cycles across Greece's northern borderlands, swims through open water,...
The Shoe Not on the List: An Asian Games Gold Stripped and Data That Won't AlignOn a road racing course, sometimes the thing that decides a medal is not the...
Assefa, 68 Seconds, and the Final Two Kilometres of Women's Marathon HistoryAt the 35-kilometre mark, the electronic board along the Berlin course flashe...
The Final Two Kilometres in Berlin: When Tigst Assefa Touched the Record and Let It SlipI still remember that September noon. Da Nang's sun was so fierce that the...
An Analysis with No Numbers: 'Insufficient Data' Is Also a ConclusionWhen football stopped, I began counting every step again. This morning I held...
Puripol Boonson's 9.91 Seconds: A Semifinal Record and the Gap Left UnfilledThe reaction time was 0.158 seconds. Across eight lanes of the men's 100m...
Shanti Pereira in Nagoya: an 11.43-second heat and Singapore's one-woman athletics machineAt Mizuho Park stadium in Nagoya, on the afternoon of September 24, Shanti...
Rumesh Tharanga's 92.62 Metres: A Sri Lankan Record and the Verification Test Before LA28On a night in Rome, the javelin left Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage's hand and stu...
Rumesh Tharanga's 92.62m Javelin Throw: Between the All-Time Elite and an Unverified NumberThere is a number circulating in South Asian athletics circles: 92.62 metres....
92.62 Metres in Rome: Sri Lanka's Javelin Sensation and the Data Gaps Behind ItA javelin left the hand of Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage in Rome and planted itse...
Kipchoge Breaks Melbourne Marathon Course Record at 41: The Win Is Real, the Peak Is NotThe sound of footsteps on the asphalt of a Formula 1 circuit section rang out...
The Eight-Day Double and the 12:56 Verdict: Seare Won, but Ingebrigtsen Has Not Lost His CrownThe fourth kilometre had not yet closed when Jakob Ingebrigtsen surged ahead....
Kenny Bednarek and the Budapest sprint double: Farewell to the 'silver man' tagBudapest, a late-summer night. Lane four lay still under the floodlights, and...
Kenny Bednarek's Budapest sprint double: the numbers behind the 'silver man' labelBudapest closed the men's 100 metres at 9.85 seconds. Enough for Kenny Bednar...
Hanoi Techcombank Marathon Season 5: A Race Record, the Gap to World Class, and a Market in Full SprintOn the Red River Dike, at Twelve Minutes Past Eight On the Red River dike, ne...
Can Gio 42 km: When a Community Race Is Measured by Data, Not by GlamourThere is a kind of silence that only a data person can hear: the sound of a...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics: What the Footprints Say That the Scoreboard Does NotThe track behind Mỹ Đình Stadium on the evening of May 16, 2026 was still...
Asiad 20 closes: Vietnam stops at three golds and a gap nobody countsOn the final evening in Aichi-Nagoya, as the flame of Asiad 20 was...
Asiad 20 Closes: 348 Athletes, Three Golds and the Silence on the TrackThe closing ceremony of Asiad 20 in Aichi-Nagoya (Japan) wrapped up Vietnam's...
Vietnamese Athletics Through the Lens of Athens 2026: The Gap Is Not in the LegsAthens, early August 2026. On the straight of the Olympic Stadium, Maurice...
LSR Colombo Marathon 2026: A Race Revived After Seven Years and the True Worth of a Tropical CourseAt the 35th kilometre of the coastal route linking Colombo to Negombo, what...
From Jakarta 2026 to Aichi-Nagoya 2026: The Void After Vietnamese Athletics' Golden GenerationI was standing in stand B of Gelora Bung Karno stadium on an afternoon in lat...
After the Reallocated Jakarta Gold: Vietnam's Track and Field Enters the 2026 Asian Games With an Unfilled GapOn the evening of 27 August 2026, on the track at the Gelora Bung Karno stadi...
After the Jakarta 2026 Gold: The Generational Void in Vietnamese Athletics Before Aichi-Nagoya 2026On the evening of August 28, 2026, on the track circling Gelora Bung Karno...
The Fateful Shoe: Kazakh Race Walker Stripped of Asiad Gold Over A Few Extra Millimetres of Sole — A Historic Moment for Equipment Rules in SportThe Verdict of a Shoe: The 20th Asian Games in Japan just recorded an...
From Ormenio to Gavdos: Twelve Days Turning a Human Body Into a Field LaboratoryA man cycles across Greece's northern borderlands, swims through open water,...
The Shoe Not on the List: An Asian Games Gold Stripped and Data That Won't AlignOn a road racing course, sometimes the thing that decides a medal is not the...
Assefa, 68 Seconds, and the Final Two Kilometres of Women's Marathon HistoryAt the 35-kilometre mark, the electronic board along the Berlin course flashe...
The Final Two Kilometres in Berlin: When Tigst Assefa Touched the Record and Let It SlipI still remember that September noon. Da Nang's sun was so fierce that the...
An Analysis with No Numbers: 'Insufficient Data' Is Also a ConclusionWhen football stopped, I began counting every step again. This morning I held...
Puripol Boonson's 9.91 Seconds: A Semifinal Record and the Gap Left UnfilledThe reaction time was 0.158 seconds. Across eight lanes of the men's 100m...
Shanti Pereira in Nagoya: an 11.43-second heat and Singapore's one-woman athletics machineAt Mizuho Park stadium in Nagoya, on the afternoon of September 24, Shanti...
