Athletics
Athletics10.49 Seconds and the Unmeasurable Wind: The 100m Women's Record Puzzle2026-09-27On July 16, 2026, at the U.S. Olympic Trials held in Indianapolis, Florence...
AthleticsPuripol Boonson's 9.91s at ASIAD 2026: The Spreadsheet Still Missing a Wind Cell2026-09-26On the evening of September 24, I sat in row eleven of the Aichi-Nagoya stadi...
AthleticsThe 9.91 in Nagoya: An Unconfirmed Record and the True Boundary of Asian Sprinting2026-09-26I stood in the eleventh row, behind a temporary floodlight pole, a spot peopl...
AthleticsKevin Ociepka's 42km Burpee Marathon in 155 Hours: A Record With No Referee2026-09-14At Parkstadion Baunatal, a small athletics stadium in Hessen, Germany, the...
AthleticsThe Track With No Data: When the Analysis Sheet Is Empty and the Writer Must Choose Between Fabrication and Silence2026-09-122:47 in the morning. Da Nang is quiet enough that I can hear the ceiling fan...
Kenyan Athletics and the Curse of Unverifiable RecordsOn a March morning in Eldoret, in the small tea shop run by Mama Wanjiru, two...
10.49 Seconds and the Unmeasurable Wind: The 100m Women's Record PuzzleOn July 16, 2026, at the U.S. Olympic Trials held in Indianapolis, Florence...
Asian Games 2026 Day 6: Indian Athletics, Bahrain, and Two Bronze Medals Below the Global StandardLate on the sixth day of competition in Aichi-Nagoya, the bar in the women's...
Puripol Boonson's 9.91s at ASIAD 2026: The Spreadsheet Still Missing a Wind CellOn the evening of September 24, I sat in row eleven of the Aichi-Nagoya stadi...
The 9.91 in Nagoya: An Unconfirmed Record and the True Boundary of Asian SprintingI stood in the eleventh row, behind a temporary floodlight pole, a spot peopl...
Shanti Pereira and the Twelfth Frame: 11.43 Seconds Doesn't Say AnythingI watched that footage seven times. Not to find the moment Shanti Pereira...
Wind, Altitude and Shoes: The Three Conditions Behind Every Track and Field MarkOn the final straight of the track, the electronic timer clicks over. A young...
Tor des Géants 330 km: Two Vietnamese Runners Finish in a Race Where 40 Per Cent Drop OutAt three in the morning, above 2,000 metres in the Alps of Italy's Aosta...
Keely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit and an Aerodynamics Equation Applied to the Wrong DistanceKeely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit and an Aerodynamics Equation Applied to the Wro...
Husband Carries Wife 200 Metres in Can Gio: A Course Measured by Heartbeat, Not by SecondsI watched the clip three times, even though it runs less than a minute. A...
Ha Long Bay, 15,000 Runners, and a 'Marathon' With No Marathon DistanceOn 11 October 2026, along the coastal road at Vinhomes Global Gate Ha Long,...
Vietnamese Athletics and the Data Gap: One 100m Mark Is Not Enough to ConcludeThe men's 100m final at a recent national athletics championship was publishe...
Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: 21% Women on the Start List, 100% of the Last Three Standing — and What the Report Left OutThree women walked off the start line for the final loop. One hundred and...
Three women take the final laps at Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: a milestone still waiting to be verifiedThe bell rings on the hour. At Hardwick Estate, Derbyshire, there is no...
Reading a Track: When the Stopwatch Lies and the Stadium Tells the TruthReading a Track: When the Stopwatch Lies and the Stadium Tells the Truth On a...
The Discipline of the Zero: Why a Sports Data Analyst Must Learn to Say 'Insufficient Information'There was one night in Hai Phong when I opened a file on my screen. The file...
10.49 Seconds and the Unmeasurable Wind: The 100m Women's Record PuzzleOn July 16, 2026, at the U.S. Olympic Trials held in Indianapolis, Florence...
Asian Games 2026 Day 6: Indian Athletics, Bahrain, and Two Bronze Medals Below the Global StandardLate on the sixth day of competition in Aichi-Nagoya, the bar in the women's...
Puripol Boonson's 9.91s at ASIAD 2026: The Spreadsheet Still Missing a Wind CellOn the evening of September 24, I sat in row eleven of the Aichi-Nagoya stadi...
The 9.91 in Nagoya: An Unconfirmed Record and the True Boundary of Asian SprintingI stood in the eleventh row, behind a temporary floodlight pole, a spot peopl...
Shanti Pereira and the Twelfth Frame: 11.43 Seconds Doesn't Say AnythingI watched that footage seven times. Not to find the moment Shanti Pereira...
Wind, Altitude and Shoes: The Three Conditions Behind Every Track and Field MarkOn the final straight of the track, the electronic timer clicks over. A young...
Tor des Géants 330 km: Two Vietnamese Runners Finish in a Race Where 40 Per Cent Drop OutAt three in the morning, above 2,000 metres in the Alps of Italy's Aosta...
Keely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit and an Aerodynamics Equation Applied to the Wrong DistanceKeely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit and an Aerodynamics Equation Applied to the Wro...
Husband Carries Wife 200 Metres in Can Gio: A Course Measured by Heartbeat, Not by SecondsI watched the clip three times, even though it runs less than a minute. A...
Ha Long Bay, 15,000 Runners, and a 'Marathon' With No Marathon DistanceOn 11 October 2026, along the coastal road at Vinhomes Global Gate Ha Long,...
Vietnamese Athletics and the Data Gap: One 100m Mark Is Not Enough to ConcludeThe men's 100m final at a recent national athletics championship was publishe...
Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: 21% Women on the Start List, 100% of the Last Three Standing — and What the Report Left OutThree women walked off the start line for the final loop. One hundred and...
Three women take the final laps at Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: a milestone still waiting to be verifiedThe bell rings on the hour. At Hardwick Estate, Derbyshire, there is no...
Reading a Track: When the Stopwatch Lies and the Stadium Tells the TruthReading a Track: When the Stopwatch Lies and the Stadium Tells the Truth On a...
The Discipline of the Zero: Why a Sports Data Analyst Must Learn to Say 'Insufficient Information'There was one night in Hai Phong when I opened a file on my screen. The file...
