Athletics
Hong Le, Anh Khoi and the Record of a 15,000-Runner RaceOn the Red River dike, around kilometre 34 of the marathon course, I stood fo...
Mai Trung and Dan Quyet: ten metres at kilometre three, and the 39 that remainAt 3:00 a.m. on 27 September 2026, Ho Chi Minh Square was still damp with mis...
Ruti Aga and the Prescription From a Clinic That Never Existed: Six Years, Four of Them for the Cover-UpThe clinic named on the prescription does not exist. The person who signed it...
Six Years for a Forged Prescription: Ruti Aga's Real Cost Was Never the Banned SubstanceIn March, a half marathon in China. Ruti Aga won it. I watched the organiser'...
Mahnoor Fatima, 32:32.40 and Sindh's First Gold at Pakistan's 54th National Athletics ChampionshipThe 400-metre track at NED University, Karachi. The final lap of the women's...
Zhang Shuihua: 2:29:07 in Xi'an, $700,000, and a Resignation LetterThe clock above the finish line in Xi'an stopped at 2:29:07 on 18 October 202...
Former Nurse Zhang Shuihua: 2:29:07, Nearly $700,000, and the Real Ceiling of Chinese Women's MarathonThere is a moment almost every semi-professional female athlete in Asia has...
The Silent Failure of Athletics Data: Every Column Filled, Not a Single Fact InsidePhnom Penh, May 2026. Nguyen Thi Oanh crossed the line in the women's 1500m,...
Nairobi 2029: A Historic Hosting Award and Kenya's Anti-Doping DeadlineOn 14 October in Nairobi, Sebastian Coe described Kenya's doping fight with t...
Rumesh Tharanga's 92.62m throw and the empty wind boxOn a results sheet from a meeting in Rome, one box sits neatly filled: 92.62....
Yoo Ji-won's Death and the Medical Gap in Korean Mass-Participation RunningAt the 21st kilometre of Seoul Race 2026, roughly 500 metres from the finish...
Tor des Géants: Lê Thị Hằng, Lưu Đức Toản and 330 Kilometres Without a Safety RopeLê Thị Hằng crossed the Tor des Géants finish line after 138 hours and 40...
Wind, Shoes and the Silence After Every Time MarkAt SEA Games 31 in Hanoi, Nguyen Thi Oanh completed a golden hat-trick in the...
The Discipline of Verification in Women's Sports: Lessons from Seven Days Called 'Fabrication'On August 22, 2026, when Kansas City Current officially announced its contrac...
Nairobi 2029: Africa's First World Championships and the 1,795-Metre Altitude VariableThe day World Athletics announced Nairobi as host of the 2029 World...
Nairobi 2029: Africa Hosts the World Championships for the First Time, and the Altitude Question Nobody Is AskingAt 1,795 meters above sea level, each breath delivers only about 83 percent o...
Nairobi 2029: The Altitude Gamble Behind Africa's First World ChampionshipsI rewatched the Monaco announcement footage three times before writing the...
Nairobi 2029: World Athletics Picks Africa and Forgets the 1,795-Metre AltitudeWhen Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, announced that Nairobi woul...
Seoul Race 2026: A Death at Kilometer 21 and the Data Gap in Road-Race Medical Infrastructure08:49 on the morning of October 11, 2026. Central Seoul. Less than 500 meters...
Yoo Ji-won and the Last 500 Meters: What a 12,000-Runner Mass Race Cannot GuaranteeIn three decades standing at the edge of the track, I learned something no...
Mai Trung and Dan Quyet: ten metres at kilometre three, and the 39 that remainAt 3:00 a.m. on 27 September 2026, Ho Chi Minh Square was still damp with mis...
Ruti Aga and the Prescription From a Clinic That Never Existed: Six Years, Four of Them for the Cover-UpThe clinic named on the prescription does not exist. The person who signed it...
Six Years for a Forged Prescription: Ruti Aga's Real Cost Was Never the Banned SubstanceIn March, a half marathon in China. Ruti Aga won it. I watched the organiser'...
Mahnoor Fatima, 32:32.40 and Sindh's First Gold at Pakistan's 54th National Athletics ChampionshipThe 400-metre track at NED University, Karachi. The final lap of the women's...
Zhang Shuihua: 2:29:07 in Xi'an, $700,000, and a Resignation LetterThe clock above the finish line in Xi'an stopped at 2:29:07 on 18 October 202...
Former Nurse Zhang Shuihua: 2:29:07, Nearly $700,000, and the Real Ceiling of Chinese Women's MarathonThere is a moment almost every semi-professional female athlete in Asia has...
The Silent Failure of Athletics Data: Every Column Filled, Not a Single Fact InsidePhnom Penh, May 2026. Nguyen Thi Oanh crossed the line in the women's 1500m,...
Nairobi 2029: A Historic Hosting Award and Kenya's Anti-Doping DeadlineOn 14 October in Nairobi, Sebastian Coe described Kenya's doping fight with t...
Rumesh Tharanga's 92.62m throw and the empty wind boxOn a results sheet from a meeting in Rome, one box sits neatly filled: 92.62....
Yoo Ji-won's Death and the Medical Gap in Korean Mass-Participation RunningAt the 21st kilometre of Seoul Race 2026, roughly 500 metres from the finish...
Tor des Géants: Lê Thị Hằng, Lưu Đức Toản and 330 Kilometres Without a Safety RopeLê Thị Hằng crossed the Tor des Géants finish line after 138 hours and 40...
Wind, Shoes and the Silence After Every Time MarkAt SEA Games 31 in Hanoi, Nguyen Thi Oanh completed a golden hat-trick in the...
The Discipline of Verification in Women's Sports: Lessons from Seven Days Called 'Fabrication'On August 22, 2026, when Kansas City Current officially announced its contrac...
Nairobi 2029: Africa's First World Championships and the 1,795-Metre Altitude VariableThe day World Athletics announced Nairobi as host of the 2029 World...
Nairobi 2029: Africa Hosts the World Championships for the First Time, and the Altitude Question Nobody Is AskingAt 1,795 meters above sea level, each breath delivers only about 83 percent o...
Nairobi 2029: The Altitude Gamble Behind Africa's First World ChampionshipsI rewatched the Monaco announcement footage three times before writing the...
Nairobi 2029: World Athletics Picks Africa and Forgets the 1,795-Metre AltitudeWhen Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, announced that Nairobi woul...
Seoul Race 2026: A Death at Kilometer 21 and the Data Gap in Road-Race Medical Infrastructure08:49 on the morning of October 11, 2026. Central Seoul. Less than 500 meters...
Yoo Ji-won and the Last 500 Meters: What a 12,000-Runner Mass Race Cannot GuaranteeIn three decades standing at the edge of the track, I learned something no...
