Athletics
Coe Holds the Russia Ban, but Athletics' Neutral Door Is Already AjarOn the final day of the Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Sebastian Coe walk...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: Four of Those Years Came From a Fake PrescriptionA handwritten prescription on an old pad, signed by a relative with no medica...
Mahnoor Fatima, 32:32.40 and Sindh's First Gold at Pakistan's 54th National Athletics ChampionshipThe track at NED University The loop around the sports complex at NED...
2:29:07 and nearly $700,000: the spreadsheet behind a former nurse's marathonXi'an, October 18, 2026. The finish-line clock stops at 2 hours, 29 minutes a...
VPIM 2026: A Course Record, Three Bridges, and a Twenty-Minute Gap01:30, Long Bien Bridge. Hanoi's late-year air is dry and cool, not a wisp of...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the 21-Minute Gap Nobody PublishedThe clock at VPIM 2026 stopped at 2:47:52. Pham Thi Hong Le broke her own...
When the Data Is Empty: Lessons from a Broken Athletics Analysis PipelineThere is a moment in sports commentary when I learned to be silent at the rig...
The Final 500 Metres: What Lies Beneath the Death of an Amateur Runner at Seoul Race 202608:49, the morning of 11 October, at Seoul Plaza. A morning in October in Seo...
Kenya to Host the 2029 World Championships: The Doping Fight and the Number 140In October, in Nairobi, Sebastian Coe stood before the press and said Kenya's...
Berlin 2026: Assefa Runs 2:11:04 as the World Record Slips Away in the Final Two KilometresAt the 35 km mark, the Berlin Marathon 2026 timing boards showed Tigst Assefa...
Three Million Pounds in Silesia 2028: European Athletics Switches to Placing-Based Prize MoneyNine gold medals, and the money nobody collected Birmingham left British...
HDBank Green Marathon 2026 in Can Gio: AIMS certification, mangrove terrain, and the real value of a community road raceA marathon course is only officially recognized when someone rides a bicycle...
Agnes Ngetich and 1:05:15: A Record Erased by Exactly One Second, Yet Another Record Still Stands 2 Minutes 23 Seconds AwayCopenhagen, one Sunday morning. A flat course, light sun, cool Nordic air, an...
Keely Hodgkinson and the full-body speed suit: When the 800m is misread through aerodynamicsOn the evening of 19 September, at StoneX Stadium in north London, when Keely...
Dawit Seare's 12:56 in Copenhagen: Seven Seconds Off the World Record and the Shadow of the CalendarIn Copenhagen, Dawit Seare crossed the line in 12 minutes 56 seconds in the...
Carrying a Wife 200 Metres, Then Running 42 km in Can Gio: Reading the Load Code of a Community RaceA married couple covered 200 metres in a little over three minutes, the husba...
Dawit Seare's 12:56: Eritrea Puts Two Feet on the Podium, Ingebrigtsen Pays for Eight DaysAt the fourth kilometre, Jakob Ingebrigtsen moved to the front of the pack. A...
15,000 Bibs, the Word "Marathon" and the 42.195 km Gap: The Ha Long 2026 Race Through a Data LensOn 11 October 2026, along the coastal road beside Ha Long Bay, roughly 15,000...
A Marathon Without 42.195 km: Deconstructing the Global Gate Ha Long 2026 Race DataThree distances were published: 3 km, 10 km and 21 km. The gap sits at 42.195...
Ha Long 2026 Race: 15,000 Runners, Three Distances, and a 'Marathon' Label That Doesn't Match the DataOn 11 October 2026, along the coastal road by Ha Long Bay, the organisers are...
Decoding Modern Athletics: Seven Layers of Analysis Behind a Running TrackThe electronic timer stopped at 9.95 seconds. The stands rose to their feet....
Three Women Sweep the Last-Standing Group at Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: 21% of the Field, 100% of the Final ThreeThe final loop at Hardwick Estate, Derbyshire, started on the hour like every...
Three women sweep the podium at Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: When endurance does not discriminate by genderLap twenty-three. The organisers' clock struck the hour, the whistle cutting...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: Four of Those Years Came From a Fake PrescriptionA handwritten prescription on an old pad, signed by a relative with no medica...
Mahnoor Fatima, 32:32.40 and Sindh's First Gold at Pakistan's 54th National Athletics ChampionshipThe track at NED University The loop around the sports complex at NED...
2:29:07 and nearly $700,000: the spreadsheet behind a former nurse's marathonXi'an, October 18, 2026. The finish-line clock stops at 2 hours, 29 minutes a...
VPIM 2026: A Course Record, Three Bridges, and a Twenty-Minute Gap01:30, Long Bien Bridge. Hanoi's late-year air is dry and cool, not a wisp of...
VPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the 21-Minute Gap Nobody PublishedThe clock at VPIM 2026 stopped at 2:47:52. Pham Thi Hong Le broke her own...
When the Data Is Empty: Lessons from a Broken Athletics Analysis PipelineThere is a moment in sports commentary when I learned to be silent at the rig...
The Final 500 Metres: What Lies Beneath the Death of an Amateur Runner at Seoul Race 202608:49, the morning of 11 October, at Seoul Plaza. A morning in October in Seo...
Kenya to Host the 2029 World Championships: The Doping Fight and the Number 140In October, in Nairobi, Sebastian Coe stood before the press and said Kenya's...
Berlin 2026: Assefa Runs 2:11:04 as the World Record Slips Away in the Final Two KilometresAt the 35 km mark, the Berlin Marathon 2026 timing boards showed Tigst Assefa...
Three Million Pounds in Silesia 2028: European Athletics Switches to Placing-Based Prize MoneyNine gold medals, and the money nobody collected Birmingham left British...
HDBank Green Marathon 2026 in Can Gio: AIMS certification, mangrove terrain, and the real value of a community road raceA marathon course is only officially recognized when someone rides a bicycle...
Agnes Ngetich and 1:05:15: A Record Erased by Exactly One Second, Yet Another Record Still Stands 2 Minutes 23 Seconds AwayCopenhagen, one Sunday morning. A flat course, light sun, cool Nordic air, an...
Keely Hodgkinson and the full-body speed suit: When the 800m is misread through aerodynamicsOn the evening of 19 September, at StoneX Stadium in north London, when Keely...
Dawit Seare's 12:56 in Copenhagen: Seven Seconds Off the World Record and the Shadow of the CalendarIn Copenhagen, Dawit Seare crossed the line in 12 minutes 56 seconds in the...
Carrying a Wife 200 Metres, Then Running 42 km in Can Gio: Reading the Load Code of a Community RaceA married couple covered 200 metres in a little over three minutes, the husba...
Dawit Seare's 12:56: Eritrea Puts Two Feet on the Podium, Ingebrigtsen Pays for Eight DaysAt the fourth kilometre, Jakob Ingebrigtsen moved to the front of the pack. A...
15,000 Bibs, the Word "Marathon" and the 42.195 km Gap: The Ha Long 2026 Race Through a Data LensOn 11 October 2026, along the coastal road beside Ha Long Bay, roughly 15,000...
A Marathon Without 42.195 km: Deconstructing the Global Gate Ha Long 2026 Race DataThree distances were published: 3 km, 10 km and 21 km. The gap sits at 42.195...
Ha Long 2026 Race: 15,000 Runners, Three Distances, and a 'Marathon' Label That Doesn't Match the DataOn 11 October 2026, along the coastal road by Ha Long Bay, the organisers are...
Decoding Modern Athletics: Seven Layers of Analysis Behind a Running TrackThe electronic timer stopped at 9.95 seconds. The stands rose to their feet....
Three Women Sweep the Last-Standing Group at Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: 21% of the Field, 100% of the Final ThreeThe final loop at Hardwick Estate, Derbyshire, started on the hour like every...
Three women sweep the podium at Rasselbock Backyard Ultra: When endurance does not discriminate by genderLap twenty-three. The organisers' clock struck the hour, the whistle cutting...
