Athletics
AthleticsA 10.58-Second Sprint and the Price of Empty Data CellsLast month, a provincial athletics coach sent me the file of an...
AthleticsSeoul Race 2026: The Final 500 Metres and What the Results Board Left OutOn the morning of 11 October 2026, in central Seoul, the clock read 08:49. A...
AthleticsKeely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit: An Aerodynamics Equation Placed at the Wrong DistanceOn the east stand at StoneX I saw what the cameras did not choose: a strand o...
AthleticsWorld Athletics' Ultimate Championship: The $150,000 Prize and an Unclosed EquationUsain Bolt stood in front of the cameras in Budapest and said that if this...
AthleticsKenya and the Anti-Doping Fight: The 2029 Promise, the Number 140, and the Gap Between Claim and EvidenceOctober, Nairobi. Sebastian Coe stands before the microphones, a backdrop...
AthleticsTragedy at Seoul Race 2026: The Death of Amateur Runner Yoo Ji-won and Unanswered QuestionsOn the morning of October 11, 2026, at Seoul Plaza, thousands of amateur...
AthleticsA Kiss at Mile 18, a Heart Stopped at Mile 20: The Cardiac-Screening Gap in Mass MarathonsAt mile 18 of the Portland Marathon, roughly kilometre 29, Trey Lara stopped ...
AthleticsNaomi Korir and Fifth Place: When Results Hide a BodyThe track in Glasgow was cold that afternoon. Not the damp cold of Hai Phong ...
AthleticsAssefa Cramps in Berlin's Final Two Kilometres: World Record Gone, Top-2 All-Time Mark KeptAt the 35-kilometre checkpoint on the loop through central Berlin, Tigst Asse...
AthleticsAsian Games 2026 Day 6: India and the Depth Problem — From a 4.15m Pole Vault to Bahrain's Sacrifice Tactics in the 10,000mThe bar settled at 4.15 metres. Baranica Elangovan placed her hand on the pol...
AthleticsPuripol Boonson and the 9.91 in Nagoya: A Record Waiting on One Empty BoxNagoya, one September evening. The scoreboard flickered and settled on 9.91. ...
AthleticsShanti Pereira and the 11.43 in Nagoya: A Semifinal Berth Misread as DeclineOn September 24, on the track inside Mizuho Park in Nagoya, Shanti Pereira...
AthleticsFrom DESCENTE's 2026 Bodysuit to Sydney 2026's Swift Suit: How Track Apparel Became TechnologyIn February 2026, on an indoor 60-yard track in Albuquerque, Evelyn Ashford s...
AthleticsAgnes Ngetich 1:05:15: A one-second world record and the truth behind the 'world record' labelCopenhagen, a pale sunny morning. When Agnes Ngetich crossed the finish line,...
AthleticsThe physics behind Keely Hodgkinson's skin-tight Nike suit at Athlos London: performance or branding?On the evening of September 19, at a stadium in north London, an athlete...
AthleticsKeely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit: Aerodynamics at 800m and the 3.12-Second GapOn the evening of 19 September, at StoneX Stadium in north London, Keely...
AthleticsCarrying a Wife 200 Metres in Can Gio: The 4 km/h Pace and the Real Equation Behind a Mass-Participation RaceCan Gio, September. The concrete road in front of the residential area was ho...
AthleticsCan Gio, a 200-Metre Wife-Carry and the Question of a Sport That Needs No MedalSeptember in Can Gio, the sun was not harsh but humid. The humidity clings to...
AthleticsHa Long Bay's 15,000-bib race: three distances, the word marathon, and the gaps that need verifyingThe QR code arrives before the runner In Nairobi, I opened my phone at five i...
AthleticsThe 'Marathon' in Ha Long 2026: A 21 km Course and a Record Not Measured in TimeOn my screen in New York sits a screenshot: a registration QR code, distribut...
AthleticsSeoul Race 2026: The Final 500 Metres and What the Results Board Left OutOn the morning of 11 October 2026, in central Seoul, the clock read 08:49. A...
AthleticsKeely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit: An Aerodynamics Equation Placed at the Wrong DistanceOn the east stand at StoneX I saw what the cameras did not choose: a strand o...
AthleticsWorld Athletics' Ultimate Championship: The $150,000 Prize and an Unclosed EquationUsain Bolt stood in front of the cameras in Budapest and said that if this...
AthleticsKenya and the Anti-Doping Fight: The 2029 Promise, the Number 140, and the Gap Between Claim and EvidenceOctober, Nairobi. Sebastian Coe stands before the microphones, a backdrop...
AthleticsTragedy at Seoul Race 2026: The Death of Amateur Runner Yoo Ji-won and Unanswered QuestionsOn the morning of October 11, 2026, at Seoul Plaza, thousands of amateur...
AthleticsA Kiss at Mile 18, a Heart Stopped at Mile 20: The Cardiac-Screening Gap in Mass MarathonsAt mile 18 of the Portland Marathon, roughly kilometre 29, Trey Lara stopped ...
AthleticsNaomi Korir and Fifth Place: When Results Hide a BodyThe track in Glasgow was cold that afternoon. Not the damp cold of Hai Phong ...
AthleticsAssefa Cramps in Berlin's Final Two Kilometres: World Record Gone, Top-2 All-Time Mark KeptAt the 35-kilometre checkpoint on the loop through central Berlin, Tigst Asse...
AthleticsAsian Games 2026 Day 6: India and the Depth Problem — From a 4.15m Pole Vault to Bahrain's Sacrifice Tactics in the 10,000mThe bar settled at 4.15 metres. Baranica Elangovan placed her hand on the pol...
AthleticsPuripol Boonson and the 9.91 in Nagoya: A Record Waiting on One Empty BoxNagoya, one September evening. The scoreboard flickered and settled on 9.91. ...
AthleticsShanti Pereira and the 11.43 in Nagoya: A Semifinal Berth Misread as DeclineOn September 24, on the track inside Mizuho Park in Nagoya, Shanti Pereira...
AthleticsFrom DESCENTE's 2026 Bodysuit to Sydney 2026's Swift Suit: How Track Apparel Became TechnologyIn February 2026, on an indoor 60-yard track in Albuquerque, Evelyn Ashford s...
AthleticsAgnes Ngetich 1:05:15: A one-second world record and the truth behind the 'world record' labelCopenhagen, a pale sunny morning. When Agnes Ngetich crossed the finish line,...
AthleticsThe physics behind Keely Hodgkinson's skin-tight Nike suit at Athlos London: performance or branding?On the evening of September 19, at a stadium in north London, an athlete...
AthleticsKeely Hodgkinson's Speed Suit: Aerodynamics at 800m and the 3.12-Second GapOn the evening of 19 September, at StoneX Stadium in north London, Keely...
AthleticsCarrying a Wife 200 Metres in Can Gio: The 4 km/h Pace and the Real Equation Behind a Mass-Participation RaceCan Gio, September. The concrete road in front of the residential area was ho...
AthleticsCan Gio, a 200-Metre Wife-Carry and the Question of a Sport That Needs No MedalSeptember in Can Gio, the sun was not harsh but humid. The humidity clings to...
AthleticsHa Long Bay's 15,000-bib race: three distances, the word marathon, and the gaps that need verifyingThe QR code arrives before the runner In Nairobi, I opened my phone at five i...
AthleticsThe 'Marathon' in Ha Long 2026: A 21 km Course and a Record Not Measured in TimeOn my screen in New York sits a screenshot: a registration QR code, distribut...
