Athletics
VPIM 2026: Pham Thi Hong Le Breaks Course Record in 2:47:52, but the Ceiling Remains 21 Minutes Off the Olympic Standard
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record, and the 20-Minute Gap Nobody Measured
Two Vietnamese Runners Finish the 330 km Tor des Géants: 138 Hours Between the Living Line and the 150-Hour Cut-Off
Nairobi 2029: Africa and the Unnamed Altitude Variable
Nairobi 2029: The 1,795-Metre Altitude and the Gap in World Athletics' Announcement
AthleticsVPIM 2026: Pham Thi Hong Le Breaks Course Record in 2:47:52, but the Ceiling Remains 21 Minutes Off the Olympic Standard01:30. The 42.195km start gate opens while Hanoi is still dark, and that is t...
AthleticsVPIM 2026: When a Course Record Does Not Mean a Performance Breakthrough1:30 AM, main race day of VPIM 2026. The lead vehicle turns on its hazard...
AthleticsVPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record, and the 20-Minute Gap Nobody Measured01:29, Hoan Kiem Lake, and forty people without a camera My phone read 01:29...
Athletics155 Hours 44 Minutes and 30,000 Burpee Broad Jumps: A World Record With No RefereeAt Parkstadion Baunatal in Hesse, the track has no lanes, no electronic timin...
AthleticsOne Night in Budapest, 1.95m and a $75,000 Cheque: When Athletics First Paid for LosingNicola Olyslagers walked out of the high-jump zone in Budapest with a silver...
AthleticsNine Blank Cells on the Data Sheet: Vietnamese Athletics and What the Machine Cannot MeasureNine Blank Cells The laptop on the press desk at My Dinh returned nine...
AthleticsKipchoge Breaks Melbourne Marathon Course Record at 41: The Anatomy of a Win, Not a PeakEliud Kipchoge crossed the line in Melbourne at 2:09:10. The scoreboard flash...
Athletics12 Days, 5 Sports, 13 Regions: How a Greek Doctor Turned His Own Body Into a Data LighthouseI watched a six-second clip. Not a sprint, not a surge on the track — just a...
AthleticsTwo Vietnamese Runners Finish the 330 km Tor des Géants: 138 Hours Between the Living Line and the 150-Hour Cut-OffLuu Duc Toan describes narrow paths running along cliff faces, with no safety...
AthleticsJemma Reekie: European Road Mile Record and the Silence After the Fall in PolandIn May, on a track in Poland, Jemma Reekie fell. The fall was not replayed ma...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: Africa and the Unnamed Altitude VariableI stand beside the track at Kasarani Stadium, feeling the thin air of 1,795...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: The 1,795-Metre Altitude and the Gap in World Athletics' AnnouncementLast month, World Athletics announced that Nairobi had won the right to host...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: World Athletics Bets on an African LegacyA November morning in Shanghai, I opened my inbox and found the line I had be...
AthleticsKenya and the Number 140 Left Out of the Speech: The Gamble Behind Hosting the 2029 World ChampionshipsIn October of that year, in a hall in Nairobi, Sebastian Coe stood before...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe Says Kenya's Doping Fight Is Improving, but the Data Remains UnresolvedOn a July night in Da Nang in 2026, I sat in front of a screen livestreaming ...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: Kenya Stakes Its Honor on the Anti-Doping FightIn a press room in Nairobi, Sebastian Coe spoke of "progress." I sat in the...
AthleticsCoe says Kenya doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsIn a recent statement, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe asserted that...
AthleticsKenya, the AIU and 2029: An Integrity Test Under the Nairobi LightsNairobi, a day in October. Sebastian Coe stands before the media, and behind...
AthleticsKilometre 21 in Seoul and the Medical Data Gap of a 12,000-Runner RaceAt 08:49 on an October morning in Seoul, the finish line was still some 500...
AthleticsThe 92.62 m Javelin in Rome: An Empty Wind Box in Sri Lanka's FileIn the final round of the Budapest final, the javelin left Rumesh Tharanga...
AthleticsThe 92.62-Metre Mark in Rome: When a Sri Lankan Javelin Demands EvidenceI still remember that night in Rome. Not for the bell towers or the pasta, bu...
AthleticsVPIM 2026: When a Course Record Does Not Mean a Performance Breakthrough1:30 AM, main race day of VPIM 2026. The lead vehicle turns on its hazard...
AthleticsVPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record, and the 20-Minute Gap Nobody Measured01:29, Hoan Kiem Lake, and forty people without a camera My phone read 01:29...
Athletics155 Hours 44 Minutes and 30,000 Burpee Broad Jumps: A World Record With No RefereeAt Parkstadion Baunatal in Hesse, the track has no lanes, no electronic timin...
AthleticsOne Night in Budapest, 1.95m and a $75,000 Cheque: When Athletics First Paid for LosingNicola Olyslagers walked out of the high-jump zone in Budapest with a silver...
AthleticsNine Blank Cells on the Data Sheet: Vietnamese Athletics and What the Machine Cannot MeasureNine Blank Cells The laptop on the press desk at My Dinh returned nine...
AthleticsKipchoge Breaks Melbourne Marathon Course Record at 41: The Anatomy of a Win, Not a PeakEliud Kipchoge crossed the line in Melbourne at 2:09:10. The scoreboard flash...
Athletics12 Days, 5 Sports, 13 Regions: How a Greek Doctor Turned His Own Body Into a Data LighthouseI watched a six-second clip. Not a sprint, not a surge on the track — just a...
AthleticsTwo Vietnamese Runners Finish the 330 km Tor des Géants: 138 Hours Between the Living Line and the 150-Hour Cut-OffLuu Duc Toan describes narrow paths running along cliff faces, with no safety...
AthleticsJemma Reekie: European Road Mile Record and the Silence After the Fall in PolandIn May, on a track in Poland, Jemma Reekie fell. The fall was not replayed ma...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: Africa and the Unnamed Altitude VariableI stand beside the track at Kasarani Stadium, feeling the thin air of 1,795...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: The 1,795-Metre Altitude and the Gap in World Athletics' AnnouncementLast month, World Athletics announced that Nairobi had won the right to host...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: World Athletics Bets on an African LegacyA November morning in Shanghai, I opened my inbox and found the line I had be...
AthleticsKenya and the Number 140 Left Out of the Speech: The Gamble Behind Hosting the 2029 World ChampionshipsIn October of that year, in a hall in Nairobi, Sebastian Coe stood before...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe Says Kenya's Doping Fight Is Improving, but the Data Remains UnresolvedOn a July night in Da Nang in 2026, I sat in front of a screen livestreaming ...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: Kenya Stakes Its Honor on the Anti-Doping FightIn a press room in Nairobi, Sebastian Coe spoke of "progress." I sat in the...
AthleticsCoe says Kenya doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsIn a recent statement, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe asserted that...
AthleticsKenya, the AIU and 2029: An Integrity Test Under the Nairobi LightsNairobi, a day in October. Sebastian Coe stands before the media, and behind...
AthleticsKilometre 21 in Seoul and the Medical Data Gap of a 12,000-Runner RaceAt 08:49 on an October morning in Seoul, the finish line was still some 500...
AthleticsThe 92.62 m Javelin in Rome: An Empty Wind Box in Sri Lanka's FileIn the final round of the Budapest final, the javelin left Rumesh Tharanga...
AthleticsThe 92.62-Metre Mark in Rome: When a Sri Lankan Javelin Demands EvidenceI still remember that night in Rome. Not for the bell towers or the pasta, bu...
