Athletics
Silesia 2028 and the £3m split: European athletics moves from lottery to payroll
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Real Limits of a Mass-Participation Marathon
VPIM 2026: 2:47:52 and 2:31:49 Are Course Records, Not Performance Records
Hodgkinson's 12-Month Suit: 1:56.40, a Ponytail Hole, and an Aerodynamics Problem in the Wrong Event
Long Jump, 200m and the Women's 4x100m Relay: September 27 and the Depth Question for Vietnamese Athletics
1:05:15 and the One Second That Changed Everything: Agnes Ngetich Breaks the Women-Only Half Marathon World Record
Mahnoor Fatima Wins Sindh's First Gold: Reading 32:32.40 Against the World StandardThe electronic clock around the NED University track in Karachi stopped at 32...
Zhang Shuihua: From Night Shifts to 2:29:07 in Xi'anXi'an, 18 October 2026. I reopened the livestream at two in the morning Nairo...
Silesia 2028 and the £3m split: European athletics moves from lottery to payrollNine gold medals for Great Britain & Northern Ireland at Birmingham 2026 came...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Real Limits of a Mass-Participation MarathonAt 1:30 a.m., Hanoi was still under a thin layer of mist. The 42.195 km group...
VPIM 2026: 2:47:52 and 2:31:49 Are Course Records, Not Performance Records01:30. The lights on Long Bien Bridge were still off. The 42.195km field of...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Unmeasured Twenty-Minute GapThe clock at the finish line stopped at 2:47:52. The VPIM 2026 organising...
2:47:52 and 2:31:49: Behind the Gold Medals of VPIM 2026The Hanoi sky in November was dry, cold just enough, and the streetlights alo...
Hodgkinson's 12-Month Suit: 1:56.40, a Ponytail Hole, and an Aerodynamics Problem in the Wrong EventKeely Hodgkinson walked out onto the 800m track at StoneX Stadium in north...
Long Jump, 200m and the Women's 4x100m Relay: September 27 and the Depth Question for Vietnamese AthleticsThe competition schedule sat on my desk close to midnight, printed on the thi...
1:05:15 and the One Second That Changed Everything: Agnes Ngetich Breaks the Women-Only Half Marathon World RecordThere is a type of record that the timing board does not lie about, but that...
Data Void: When Kenyan Women's Athletics Performances Are Never RecordedIn July 2026, from the seventh row of the Kasarani stands, I watched Kenya's...
Puripol Boonson: 9.91 seconds in ASIAD 2026 semifinal – New ASIAD record or just an illusion?In a shocking development in Asian athletics, Thai sprinter Puripol Boonson...
Hong Le and Anh Khoi win Hanoi Techcombank Marathon Season 5: reading the word 'record' through dataWhen Pham Thi Hong Le turned onto the final stretch of Dinh Tien Hoang street...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Starting Lines Nobody RecordsAt SEA Games 32 in Phnom Penh, Nguyen Thi Oanh stepped onto the 3000m...
When the Track Data Comes Back EmptyI opened the analysis file at six in the morning Nairobi time, after a...
Nguyen Thi Oanh and Four SEA Games 32 Golds: What Stood Behind the Historic MomentNguyen Thi Oanh and Four SEA Games 32 Golds: What Stood Behind the Historic...
Nairobi 2029 and the 140-Sanction File: Kenyan Athletics Between a Historic Ticket and a Crisis of TrustWhen World Athletics announced Nairobi as host of the 2029 World Athletics...
Coe says Kenya doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsIn a recent statement, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe asserted that...
Chicago Marathon 2026: Kipruto wins in 2:01:09 as Feysa holds off LokediAt Grant Park the digital clock stopped at 2:01:09 as Amos Kipruto crossed th...
The Track That Keeps No Trace: The Data Gap in Vietnamese AthleticsIn May 2026, at SEA Games 32 in Phnom Penh, I sat in the commentary booth...
Chicago Marathon: Seven World Records and the Question of a Flat CourseThe clock at the finish line of the 2026 Chicago Marathon stopped at 2:09:56....
Portland Marathon and the death of Trey Lara: the cardiac screening gap for recreational runnersAt kilometre 29 of the Portland Marathon, Trey Lara's wife stood at the...
Zhang Shuihua: From Night Shifts to 2:29:07 in Xi'anXi'an, 18 October 2026. I reopened the livestream at two in the morning Nairo...
Silesia 2028 and the £3m split: European athletics moves from lottery to payrollNine gold medals for Great Britain & Northern Ireland at Birmingham 2026 came...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Real Limits of a Mass-Participation MarathonAt 1:30 a.m., Hanoi was still under a thin layer of mist. The 42.195 km group...
VPIM 2026: 2:47:52 and 2:31:49 Are Course Records, Not Performance Records01:30. The lights on Long Bien Bridge were still off. The 42.195km field of...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Unmeasured Twenty-Minute GapThe clock at the finish line stopped at 2:47:52. The VPIM 2026 organising...
2:47:52 and 2:31:49: Behind the Gold Medals of VPIM 2026The Hanoi sky in November was dry, cold just enough, and the streetlights alo...
Hodgkinson's 12-Month Suit: 1:56.40, a Ponytail Hole, and an Aerodynamics Problem in the Wrong EventKeely Hodgkinson walked out onto the 800m track at StoneX Stadium in north...
Long Jump, 200m and the Women's 4x100m Relay: September 27 and the Depth Question for Vietnamese AthleticsThe competition schedule sat on my desk close to midnight, printed on the thi...
1:05:15 and the One Second That Changed Everything: Agnes Ngetich Breaks the Women-Only Half Marathon World RecordThere is a type of record that the timing board does not lie about, but that...
Data Void: When Kenyan Women's Athletics Performances Are Never RecordedIn July 2026, from the seventh row of the Kasarani stands, I watched Kenya's...
Puripol Boonson: 9.91 seconds in ASIAD 2026 semifinal – New ASIAD record or just an illusion?In a shocking development in Asian athletics, Thai sprinter Puripol Boonson...
Hong Le and Anh Khoi win Hanoi Techcombank Marathon Season 5: reading the word 'record' through dataWhen Pham Thi Hong Le turned onto the final stretch of Dinh Tien Hoang street...
Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Starting Lines Nobody RecordsAt SEA Games 32 in Phnom Penh, Nguyen Thi Oanh stepped onto the 3000m...
When the Track Data Comes Back EmptyI opened the analysis file at six in the morning Nairobi time, after a...
Nguyen Thi Oanh and Four SEA Games 32 Golds: What Stood Behind the Historic MomentNguyen Thi Oanh and Four SEA Games 32 Golds: What Stood Behind the Historic...
Nairobi 2029 and the 140-Sanction File: Kenyan Athletics Between a Historic Ticket and a Crisis of TrustWhen World Athletics announced Nairobi as host of the 2029 World Athletics...
Coe says Kenya doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsIn a recent statement, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe asserted that...
Chicago Marathon 2026: Kipruto wins in 2:01:09 as Feysa holds off LokediAt Grant Park the digital clock stopped at 2:01:09 as Amos Kipruto crossed th...
The Track That Keeps No Trace: The Data Gap in Vietnamese AthleticsIn May 2026, at SEA Games 32 in Phnom Penh, I sat in the commentary booth...
Chicago Marathon: Seven World Records and the Question of a Flat CourseThe clock at the finish line of the 2026 Chicago Marathon stopped at 2:09:56....
Portland Marathon and the death of Trey Lara: the cardiac screening gap for recreational runnersAt kilometre 29 of the Portland Marathon, Trey Lara's wife stood at the...
