Athletics
The Results Sheet Is Empty, but the Questions Are Not: What a Failed Analysis Teaches UsIn 2026, at the Dhaka SAF Games, I was a 22-year-old journalist sitting in th...
Asian Games September 24: Nguyen Thi Oanh Carries Vietnam’s Second-Gold Hopes, but Does the Evidence Support the Optimism?The most important moment for Vietnam’s athletics team on the September 24...
Naomi Korir’s Running Did Not Stop, but the Distance ChangedA fifth-place finish in a Commonwealth Games final in Glasgow appears, at fir...
Vietnam's Athletics: Time to Learn from the Asian Games FailureAs Vietnam's sports leadership stands mid-way through the Asian Games and...
Chicago Marathon 2026: Kipruto's 2:01:09 and Feysa's 2:13:33 — The Bigger Story Lies Beyond the ClockThe Sunday morning in Chicago opened with a number and closed with one. In th...
Nine-Dimensional Analysis on an Empty Input: Why Verification Comes First in Sports ReportingA nine-dimensional athletics analysis framework was recently applied to an...
Crown on Debut: Almgren's Fairytale in New York, and a Seven-Second Thriller Among the WomenSweden's Almgren has won the men's title at the New York City Marathon — on h...
Crown on Debut: Almgren Wins New York City Marathon, but the Verification Questions RemainAt the New York City Marathon, Swedish athlete Almgren won the title on his...
Almgren Wins New York City Marathon on Debut; Chepkirui Survives Three-Way SprintSweden's Almgren won the men's race at the New York City Marathon on his very...
The Hand Clock, the Tape and the Entry List: A Four-Decade Audit of Bangladeshi SprintingIn Dhaka, the stopwatch stopped being a tool and became a witness. I was...
New York City Marathon: Almgren Wins on Debut, Chepkirui Takes Women's RaceAlmgren of Sweden has won the men's title at the current edition of the New...
Arshad Nadeem’s Road Back: Modern Training, Injury Management and Renewed FocusPakistan’s Olympic javelin champion Arshad Nadeem is at a critical point in h...
3:14.54 — A Relay Record, a Reallocated Gold, and the Empty Slot in Quách Thị Lan's FarewellI read the retirement statement three times, and three times I looked for one...
Four Meet Records, Zero Marks: Where the Branding Outran the Results SheetThe 41st Mercantile Athletic Federation (MAF) Meet ran at Diyagama from Augus...
Zero Point Three Two: Where the Baton Decides, Thailand Finishes FourthThe medal list vanished from the Asian Games website for more than an hour. T...
Vietnam's Asian Games Arithmetic: The Shortfall Is Investment, Not MedalsDay ten of competition. Vietnam's ledger held one gold — the women's karate...




