Athletics
Van Trang finishes 4:26 at Y Ty Mua Vang 2026: the case file behind a second-place overall finishAt the final metre, Van Trang did not sprint. She walked three steps, pulled...
Ngetich Breaks Women-Only Half Marathon World Record in Copenhagen: 1:05:15, One Second and Two Record BoardsSunday morning on the Copenhagen course. The clock ticked over and stopped at...
2:29:07 and $700,000: The Mechanism Behind a Former Nurse's Marathon RunShe stood at the starting line of the Xi'an race on October 18, 2026, in shoe...
Zhang Shuihua: a former nurse, nearly $700,000, and the 9:28 gap money does not measureOn 18 October 2026, at the finish line of the Xi'an Marathon, the electronic...
Zhang Shuihua's 2:29:07 in Xi'an: a former nurse and the near-$700,000 math of Chinese marathon runningOn 18 October 2026, in Xi'an, a woman crossed the 42.195 km finish line in 2...
A Former Nurse and the 700,000 USD Marathon Question: When Feet Outrun the Media MachineThere is one figure I cannot shake after reading the report on Zhang Shuihua,...
ASIAD 2026: One Gold, a Four-Gold Target and Vietnam's Relay GambleThe electronic scoreboard blinked once and then held still. Women's vault...
Five Thousandths of a Second in Paris, and How Athletics Is Repricing ItselfOn 4 August 2026, at the Stade de France, the men's 100 metres final ended wi...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Data Gap Behind 11,000 RunnersWhen Pham Thi Hong Le crossed the line in front of Hoan Kiem Lake, the clock...
Budapest opening night: Ingebrigtsen wins the 5000m with a late surge, Mahuchikh clears 1.99m, Katzberg is wiped out by the two-throw ruleThe electronic clock in Budapest ticked to 12:59.24 just as Jakob Ingebrigtse...
The 2026 Injury Code: A Notebook Opened Before the Ankle's VerdictIn June 2026, at the second bend of an athletics training ground on the...
The Silence Between the Sidelines: When Athletics Analysis Returns ZeroIn Boston, late at night, I opened the athletics analysis file I had been...
Nairobi 2029: The Altitude Gamble and the Two Stories Nobody TellsAt 1,795 metres above sea level, thinner air reduces drag, and the clock on...
Coe says Kenya doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsIn a statement delivered in Nairobi, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe...
Coe says Kenya doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsIn a recent statement, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe offered an...
The Last 500 Meters and the Medical Infrastructure Gap After Yoo Ji-won's DeathOn October 11, 2026, the clock on the Seoul course read 08:49 when Yoo Ji-won...
Rumesh Tharanga and the 92.62 m Throw: Sri Lanka's Record Still Awaiting Wind, Series and VerificationIn Rome, in a 2026 season the documents describe as a breakthrough, a javelin...
From a Blank Data Sheet to the Running Track: The Discipline of the Sports WriterInside the newsroom, my screen lit up with a blank data sheet. Every cell was...
Kipchoge and the Melbourne Marathon course record: When age 41 is no longer a limitThe clock above the Melbourne Cricket Ground stands stopped at 2 hours 09...
From a Kiss at Mile 18 to a Collapse at Mile 20: The Cardiac Screening Gap in Mass-Participation MarathonsAt the mile 18 marker of the Portland Marathon, a man paused for a few second...
A Kiss at Mile 18, a Void at Mile 20: How a Marathon Killed a 25-Year-OldPortland, one October morning. At mile 18 — roughly 29 kilometers — a woman...
Kilometer 32 and the Cardiac Screening Gap: The Death of a Recreational MarathonerAt mile 18, his wife stopped at the roadside and kissed him. Two miles later ...
Ngetich Breaks Women-Only Half Marathon World Record in Copenhagen: 1:05:15, One Second and Two Record BoardsSunday morning on the Copenhagen course. The clock ticked over and stopped at...
2:29:07 and $700,000: The Mechanism Behind a Former Nurse's Marathon RunShe stood at the starting line of the Xi'an race on October 18, 2026, in shoe...
Zhang Shuihua: a former nurse, nearly $700,000, and the 9:28 gap money does not measureOn 18 October 2026, at the finish line of the Xi'an Marathon, the electronic...
Zhang Shuihua's 2:29:07 in Xi'an: a former nurse and the near-$700,000 math of Chinese marathon runningOn 18 October 2026, in Xi'an, a woman crossed the 42.195 km finish line in 2...
A Former Nurse and the 700,000 USD Marathon Question: When Feet Outrun the Media MachineThere is one figure I cannot shake after reading the report on Zhang Shuihua,...
ASIAD 2026: One Gold, a Four-Gold Target and Vietnam's Relay GambleThe electronic scoreboard blinked once and then held still. Women's vault...
Five Thousandths of a Second in Paris, and How Athletics Is Repricing ItselfOn 4 August 2026, at the Stade de France, the men's 100 metres final ended wi...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Data Gap Behind 11,000 RunnersWhen Pham Thi Hong Le crossed the line in front of Hoan Kiem Lake, the clock...
Budapest opening night: Ingebrigtsen wins the 5000m with a late surge, Mahuchikh clears 1.99m, Katzberg is wiped out by the two-throw ruleThe electronic clock in Budapest ticked to 12:59.24 just as Jakob Ingebrigtse...
The 2026 Injury Code: A Notebook Opened Before the Ankle's VerdictIn June 2026, at the second bend of an athletics training ground on the...
The Silence Between the Sidelines: When Athletics Analysis Returns ZeroIn Boston, late at night, I opened the athletics analysis file I had been...
Nairobi 2029: The Altitude Gamble and the Two Stories Nobody TellsAt 1,795 metres above sea level, thinner air reduces drag, and the clock on...
Coe says Kenya doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsIn a statement delivered in Nairobi, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe...
Coe says Kenya doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsIn a recent statement, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe offered an...
The Last 500 Meters and the Medical Infrastructure Gap After Yoo Ji-won's DeathOn October 11, 2026, the clock on the Seoul course read 08:49 when Yoo Ji-won...
Rumesh Tharanga and the 92.62 m Throw: Sri Lanka's Record Still Awaiting Wind, Series and VerificationIn Rome, in a 2026 season the documents describe as a breakthrough, a javelin...
From a Blank Data Sheet to the Running Track: The Discipline of the Sports WriterInside the newsroom, my screen lit up with a blank data sheet. Every cell was...
Kipchoge and the Melbourne Marathon course record: When age 41 is no longer a limitThe clock above the Melbourne Cricket Ground stands stopped at 2 hours 09...
From a Kiss at Mile 18 to a Collapse at Mile 20: The Cardiac Screening Gap in Mass-Participation MarathonsAt the mile 18 marker of the Portland Marathon, a man paused for a few second...
A Kiss at Mile 18, a Void at Mile 20: How a Marathon Killed a 25-Year-OldPortland, one October morning. At mile 18 — roughly 29 kilometers — a woman...
Kilometer 32 and the Cardiac Screening Gap: The Death of a Recreational MarathonerAt mile 18, his wife stopped at the roadside and kissed him. Two miles later ...
