Athletics
137 Hours 50 Minutes on the Mountain: Two Vietnamese Runners Finish the 330 km Tor des Géants, and the Data Still Missing
Nairobi 2029: The First African World Athletics Championships and the 1,795-Meter Variable
92.62 Meters in Rome: A 5.86-Meter Gap and an Unanswered Question
The Empty Data Sheet in Osaka: The Discipline of Silence of a Number-Reader
East African Women's Athletics: When Unnamed Feet Rewrite the History of the Track
Wind, Altitude and the 40mm Sole: The Audit Behind Every Athletics MarkOn the evening of 2 June 2026, I sat in front of a screen in a small apartmen...
Jemma Reekie and the road mile record: a track longer than a battered summerI rewatched the footage from a European road mile race late in the summer....
From DESCENTE 2026 to the Sydney 2026 Swift Suit: How the Track Learned to Dress, and the Technical Bill Behind ItAlbuquerque, February 2026. Inside a windless arena, Evelyn Ashford ran the 6...
The Hollow Nine-Dimension Report: A Stress Test for Sports AnalyticsThe printer in the Shanghai office pushed out nine pages at 23:40, and I had ...
137 Hours 50 Minutes on the Mountain: Two Vietnamese Runners Finish the 330 km Tor des Géants, and the Data Still MissingAt hour 137, Luu Duc Toan was a few kilometres from the finish of the Tor des...
Kipchoge Breaks Melbourne Marathon Course Record at 41: A Real Win, Not a PeakThe clock above the Melbourne Cricket Ground stopped at 2:09:10. Eliud Kipcho...
Two Finals Twenty Minutes Apart: Nguyen Thi Oanh and the Gap on Vietnamese Sports PagesOn 9 May 2026, in Phnom Penh, Nguyen Thi Oanh crossed the line in the 3000m...
Nairobi 2029: The First African World Athletics Championships and the 1,795-Meter VariableWhen World Athletics named Nairobi as host of the 2029 World Championships, n...
Nairobi 2029 and the 140 Sanctions: Athletics Hands Kenya a Prize While the Verdict Is Still Being ReadIn October, in a meeting room in Nairobi, Sebastian Coe stood before official...
92.62 Meters in Rome: A 5.86-Meter Gap and an Unanswered QuestionThere is a moment in athletics that I call "the silence before the applause."...
Chicago Marathon 2026: Kipruto Hits 2:01:09, Feysa Holds Off Lokedi, and a Wheelchair Record Still PendingThe clock at the Grant Park finish line stopped at 2:01:09 as Amos Kipruto...
Kipchoge Wins Melbourne Marathon 2026 in 2:09:10: Reading a Course Record Through Three Layers of DataI rewound the tape at kilometre 40 three times. On screen, Eliud Kipchoge...
Trey Lara's Mile 20: The Safety Gap a Mass Marathon Never FilledAt mile 18, Trey Lara's wife stood at the roadside and gave him a kiss. Anyon...
Athletics in the annual season: when a single information point outweighs a results tableThe annual athletics season does not begin with a medal. It begins on misty...
1:39 in Donostia: When a Mass-Participation Half Marathon Becomes a Media StoryRain in Donostia. Along both sides of the course, umbrellas formed a blurred...
San Sebastián, 21 km and 1:39: When a Recreational Mark Is Read as an Athletic FeatThe streets of San Sebastián were wet after rain. Spectators stood under...
