Athletics
Kenneth Bednarek Secures Budapest Sprint Double, Ends the 'Silver Man' Era and Sets Sights on Olympic Glory
The 'insufficient data' blank cell and the most dangerous illusion of a big-tournament summer
Injury Code of the Athletics Season: The Body Writes Its Verdict Before the Results Board Does
Empty Data, Full Bias: The Trap of Athletics Analysis Without Numbers
Oversized Shoe Soles: Kazakh Race Walker Stripped of 2026 Asian Games Gold in an Unprecedented Equipment Disqualification
Assefa Wins Berlin Marathon 2026 but Misses World Record After Late CrampsAbout 500 meters from the finish in Berlin, Tigst Assefa lost her smooth...
Shanti Pereira's 11.43 Seconds: A Calculated Semi-Final Berth, and the Medal That Actually Lives in the 200mShanti Pereira crossed the line in the women's 100m heats and did not raise h...
Nairobi 2029: The First African World Championships and the 1,795-Metre Altitude TestAt dawn in Kasarani the air is thin enough that an 800-metre warm-up loop...
Yoo Ji-won, Seoul Race 2026 and the Gap Behind the Amateur Running Boom08:49, the morning of October 11, at Seoul Race 2026. At kilometre 21 of the...
When the Athletics Data Sheet Goes Blank: Lessons from Records That Cannot Be VerifiedIn the press room in Chengdu, I opened the technical file and saw that every...
45 Minutes on the Sidelines of the Track: Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Empty Seats No One CountsLate afternoon in May, the National Stadium in My Dinh was still stiflingly h...
Kenneth Bednarek Secures Budapest Sprint Double, Ends the 'Silver Man' Era and Sets Sights on Olympic Glory1. Introduction: A Night That Changed Everything Kenneth Bednarek walked onto...
Vietnamese Athletics and the Data Problem: A Deep-Dive Analysis from the Nine-Dimension Assessment Framework to Competitive RealityVIETNAMESE ATHLETICS AND THE DATA PROBLEM: A DEEP-DIVE ANALYSIS FROM THE...
Reading a Track and Field Mark: Wind, Altitude and the Shoe Behind the NumberIn the last three men's sprint finals I watched from the stands, one detail...
Puripol Boonson Runs 9.90 at ASIAD 2026: Asia's 100m Record Gets a Knock from Southeast AsiaOn the night of September 25, in the men's 100m semifinal, Puripol Boonson...
Kenny Bednarek and the Budapest Double: The 200m Curve Reads the Verdict FirstOn the night of the competition in Budapest, I did not look at the scoreboard...
The Discipline of the Empty Cell: Lessons from an Athletics Analysis Sheet With No DataThe Discipline of the Empty Cell: Lessons from an Athletics Analysis Sheet Wi...
The 'insufficient data' blank cell and the most dangerous illusion of a big-tournament summerIn a meeting room in Tokyo this summer, I opened the pre-match report and fou...
Injury Code of the Athletics Season: The Body Writes Its Verdict Before the Results Board DoesOn the third day of the national athletics championships, I sat in the sevent...
Empty Seats and Lanes: Vietnamese Women and the Nine Silent Layers of AthleticsOn the national stadium's stand, block B, row twelve, there is a gap I have...
Empty Data, Full Bias: The Trap of Athletics Analysis Without NumbersA nine-dimension analysis of athletics, fully equipped with sections running...
Colombo Marathon 2026: Tropical Heat, a 7,500-Runner Gap and the Lesson of Heat InjuryIn late October 2026, around 1,000 pairs of feet will leave the Bandaranaike...
Oversized Shoe Soles: Kazakh Race Walker Stripped of 2026 Asian Games Gold in an Unprecedented Equipment DisqualificationKazakhstan believed it had made history. On September 27, 2026, at the 20th...
Unlisted Shoes and a Suspended Asian Games Gold MedalThose shoes crossed the finish line almost four minutes ahead of the nearest...
From Ormenio to Gavdos: 12 Days, Five Sports, One Body — And an Engineering Question Nobody Has AnsweredI reopened the map of Greece at two in the morning Shanghai time. Outside the...
An Asian Games Gold Stripped Over an Unlisted Shoe: A Lesson From the Super-Shoe EraThe finish line of the road-racing event at the Asian Games left behind a...
Shanti Pereira's 11.43 Seconds: A Calculated Semi-Final Berth, and the Medal That Actually Lives in the 200mShanti Pereira crossed the line in the women's 100m heats and did not raise h...
Nairobi 2029: The First African World Championships and the 1,795-Metre Altitude TestAt dawn in Kasarani the air is thin enough that an 800-metre warm-up loop...
Yoo Ji-won, Seoul Race 2026 and the Gap Behind the Amateur Running Boom08:49, the morning of October 11, at Seoul Race 2026. At kilometre 21 of the...
When the Athletics Data Sheet Goes Blank: Lessons from Records That Cannot Be VerifiedIn the press room in Chengdu, I opened the technical file and saw that every...
45 Minutes on the Sidelines of the Track: Vietnamese Women's Athletics and the Empty Seats No One CountsLate afternoon in May, the National Stadium in My Dinh was still stiflingly h...
Kenneth Bednarek Secures Budapest Sprint Double, Ends the 'Silver Man' Era and Sets Sights on Olympic Glory1. Introduction: A Night That Changed Everything Kenneth Bednarek walked onto...
Vietnamese Athletics and the Data Problem: A Deep-Dive Analysis from the Nine-Dimension Assessment Framework to Competitive RealityVIETNAMESE ATHLETICS AND THE DATA PROBLEM: A DEEP-DIVE ANALYSIS FROM THE...
Reading a Track and Field Mark: Wind, Altitude and the Shoe Behind the NumberIn the last three men's sprint finals I watched from the stands, one detail...
Puripol Boonson Runs 9.90 at ASIAD 2026: Asia's 100m Record Gets a Knock from Southeast AsiaOn the night of September 25, in the men's 100m semifinal, Puripol Boonson...
Kenny Bednarek and the Budapest Double: The 200m Curve Reads the Verdict FirstOn the night of the competition in Budapest, I did not look at the scoreboard...
The Discipline of the Empty Cell: Lessons from an Athletics Analysis Sheet With No DataThe Discipline of the Empty Cell: Lessons from an Athletics Analysis Sheet Wi...
The 'insufficient data' blank cell and the most dangerous illusion of a big-tournament summerIn a meeting room in Tokyo this summer, I opened the pre-match report and fou...
Injury Code of the Athletics Season: The Body Writes Its Verdict Before the Results Board DoesOn the third day of the national athletics championships, I sat in the sevent...
Empty Seats and Lanes: Vietnamese Women and the Nine Silent Layers of AthleticsOn the national stadium's stand, block B, row twelve, there is a gap I have...
Empty Data, Full Bias: The Trap of Athletics Analysis Without NumbersA nine-dimension analysis of athletics, fully equipped with sections running...
Colombo Marathon 2026: Tropical Heat, a 7,500-Runner Gap and the Lesson of Heat InjuryIn late October 2026, around 1,000 pairs of feet will leave the Bandaranaike...
Oversized Shoe Soles: Kazakh Race Walker Stripped of 2026 Asian Games Gold in an Unprecedented Equipment DisqualificationKazakhstan believed it had made history. On September 27, 2026, at the 20th...
Unlisted Shoes and a Suspended Asian Games Gold MedalThose shoes crossed the finish line almost four minutes ahead of the nearest...
From Ormenio to Gavdos: 12 Days, Five Sports, One Body — And an Engineering Question Nobody Has AnsweredI reopened the map of Greece at two in the morning Shanghai time. Outside the...
An Asian Games Gold Stripped Over an Unlisted Shoe: A Lesson From the Super-Shoe EraThe finish line of the road-racing event at the Asian Games left behind a...