Athletics
Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended: A Major Shock for Women's Marathon
The Blank Result Sheet at the Youth Athletics Meet and a Reporter's Discipline of Verification
Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended: 2:18:31 in Sydney and the Data Test
Six Years for Ruti Aga: A Sentence Written on a Forged Prescription
2:29:07 Does Not Buy 700,000 USD: What a Former Chinese Nurse Actually Sold on the Road
The Blank Cells in Vietnam's Women's Athletics Data
Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended: A Major Shock for Women's MarathonThe world of women's marathon has been hit by a major shock as Peres...
45.98 Seconds in Budapest: When the Men's 400m Hurdles Reaches the Floor of Human LimitsThe clock in Budapest stopped at 45.98 seconds. Alison dos Santos folded...
The Blank Result Sheet at the Youth Athletics Meet and a Reporter's Discipline of VerificationLate July, the stands at Hoa Xuan stadium were down to a few dozen people whe...
Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended: 2:18:31 in Sydney and the Data TestIn Sydney, Peres Jepchirchir finished more than three minutes ahead of Irene...
Six Years for Ruti Aga: A Sentence Written on a Forged PrescriptionA prescription slip. A signature from a family member. A clinic whose directo...
32:32.40 in Karachi: Pakistan's race-walk gold and a 12-minute gap to the worldThe twelfth lap closed on the track at NED University in Karachi, and Mahnoor...
32:32.40 in Karachi: Sindh's first gold and what Pakistan's track reveals about athletics depthKarachi, on the track at NED University, a race walker steps into lane one fo...
2:29:07 Does Not Buy 700,000 USD: What a Former Chinese Nurse Actually Sold on the RoadThe clock at the finish line of the Xi'an Marathon stopped at 2:29:07 on 18...
Former Nurse Zhang Shuihua: 2:29:07 in Xi'an, $700,000, and a Ticket Out of the HospitalXi'an, October 18, 2026. The clock at the finish line stopped at 2:29:07. The...
The Blank Cells in Vietnam's Women's Athletics DataAt the end of November, after the women's 1500m at Hang Day Stadium, I stood...
Carbon plates, biological passports and the 40 mm cap: the three layers of verification behind a women's athletics recordOn 13 October 2026, in Chicago, the clock on the course stopped at 2:09:56....
The Wind Gauge and Athletics' Forgotten Paper TrailThe stadium clock read 21:14. Lane four. The athlete broke the plane with her...
VPIM 2026: Course Records Fall, but the Competitive Ceiling Stays 20 Minutes Off Olympic StandardAt 3 a.m., the first runner came through the approach ramp of Long Bien Bridg...
Berlin Marathon: Assefa and the 68 Seconds That Cost a World Record — When the Body Betrays the WillI was sitting in a press room in Nairobi, the livestream stuttering through a...
Assefa and 2:11:04 in Berlin: When the World Record Was Two Kilometres AwayShe sat down just past the finish line, both hands wrapped around her right...
Twelve Days, Five Sports, One Body: The Greek Traverse Without a StopwatchOrmenio is the small town at the far north of Greece, pressed against the...
Amy Hunt's 22.16 Seconds in Brussels: The Best Bend of Her Career and the Bill in the Final 20 MetresAbout twenty metres from the line in Brussels, Amy Hunt's right shoulder...
Beneath MAS Holdings' 548 Points: 27 Meet Records and the Empty Cells of Sri Lankan AthleticsThe results file landed in my inbox at 11 p.m.: a nineteen-page PDF from the...
Nairobi 2029: The 1,795-Metre Altitude and World Athletics' Historic GambleOn 26 March 2026, at World Athletics headquarters in Monaco, an announcement...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the legacy of the first African World ChampionshipsLast month, at World Athletics headquarters, a single announcement redrew the...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the Historic Gamble at 1,795 MetresLast month, a short line went out from World Athletics: Nairobi will host the...
Tragedy at Seoul Race 2026: The Portrait of Yoo Ji-won and Unanswered QuestionsOn the morning of October 11, 2026, as the clock on Seoul Plaza read 8:49 AM,...
45.98 Seconds in Budapest: When the Men's 400m Hurdles Reaches the Floor of Human LimitsThe clock in Budapest stopped at 45.98 seconds. Alison dos Santos folded...
The Blank Result Sheet at the Youth Athletics Meet and a Reporter's Discipline of VerificationLate July, the stands at Hoa Xuan stadium were down to a few dozen people whe...
Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended: 2:18:31 in Sydney and the Data TestIn Sydney, Peres Jepchirchir finished more than three minutes ahead of Irene...
Six Years for Ruti Aga: A Sentence Written on a Forged PrescriptionA prescription slip. A signature from a family member. A clinic whose directo...
32:32.40 in Karachi: Pakistan's race-walk gold and a 12-minute gap to the worldThe twelfth lap closed on the track at NED University in Karachi, and Mahnoor...
32:32.40 in Karachi: Sindh's first gold and what Pakistan's track reveals about athletics depthKarachi, on the track at NED University, a race walker steps into lane one fo...
2:29:07 Does Not Buy 700,000 USD: What a Former Chinese Nurse Actually Sold on the RoadThe clock at the finish line of the Xi'an Marathon stopped at 2:29:07 on 18...
Former Nurse Zhang Shuihua: 2:29:07 in Xi'an, $700,000, and a Ticket Out of the HospitalXi'an, October 18, 2026. The clock at the finish line stopped at 2:29:07. The...
The Blank Cells in Vietnam's Women's Athletics DataAt the end of November, after the women's 1500m at Hang Day Stadium, I stood...
Carbon plates, biological passports and the 40 mm cap: the three layers of verification behind a women's athletics recordOn 13 October 2026, in Chicago, the clock on the course stopped at 2:09:56....
The Wind Gauge and Athletics' Forgotten Paper TrailThe stadium clock read 21:14. Lane four. The athlete broke the plane with her...
VPIM 2026: Course Records Fall, but the Competitive Ceiling Stays 20 Minutes Off Olympic StandardAt 3 a.m., the first runner came through the approach ramp of Long Bien Bridg...
Berlin Marathon: Assefa and the 68 Seconds That Cost a World Record — When the Body Betrays the WillI was sitting in a press room in Nairobi, the livestream stuttering through a...
Assefa and 2:11:04 in Berlin: When the World Record Was Two Kilometres AwayShe sat down just past the finish line, both hands wrapped around her right...
Twelve Days, Five Sports, One Body: The Greek Traverse Without a StopwatchOrmenio is the small town at the far north of Greece, pressed against the...
Amy Hunt's 22.16 Seconds in Brussels: The Best Bend of Her Career and the Bill in the Final 20 MetresAbout twenty metres from the line in Brussels, Amy Hunt's right shoulder...
Beneath MAS Holdings' 548 Points: 27 Meet Records and the Empty Cells of Sri Lankan AthleticsThe results file landed in my inbox at 11 p.m.: a nineteen-page PDF from the...
Nairobi 2029: The 1,795-Metre Altitude and World Athletics' Historic GambleOn 26 March 2026, at World Athletics headquarters in Monaco, an announcement...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the legacy of the first African World ChampionshipsLast month, at World Athletics headquarters, a single announcement redrew the...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe and the Historic Gamble at 1,795 MetresLast month, a short line went out from World Athletics: Nairobi will host the...
Tragedy at Seoul Race 2026: The Portrait of Yoo Ji-won and Unanswered QuestionsOn the morning of October 11, 2026, as the clock on Seoul Plaza read 8:49 AM,...
