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The Wind Gauge and the Four Questions to Ask Before Believing a Women's Athletics RecordI have watched the Indianapolis tape from July 2026 more than thirty times. N...
Nairobi 2029: When World Athletics Bets on 1,795 Meters of AltitudeWhen World Athletics announced Nairobi as host of the 2029 World Athletics...
Ruti Aga and the Six-Year Ban: When a Fake Prescription Outweighs the Doping OffenceI still remember that morning in early 2026 — an old laptop, a flickering...
World Athletics Holds Russia Ban: Coe Draws the “Integrity” Line Ahead of CASBudapest, the final day of the Ultimate Championship. In the press room,...
European Athletics Sets Record £3m Prize Fund for Silesia 2028: A Payroll Replaces a LotteryNine gold medals. Not a single pound from the prize fund. At the European...
Blank Cells on the Track: Kenyan Women's Athletics and the Cost of Forgotten DataA nine-section file landed on my desk on a Tuesday afternoon in Nairobi....
12:56 in Copenhagen: Dawit Seare Beats Jakob Ingebrigtsen as Eritrea Takes Gold and BronzeIn Copenhagen, an hour before the start of the men's 5 km, I opened the athle...
Nairobi 2029: The First African World Championships and the Silence Nobody NamedAt 1,795 metres above sea level, the air is thin enough that a sprinter can...
Nairobi 2029 and the 1,795-Meter Altitude Gamble: When World Athletics Turns the Track Toward AfricaLate at night in Beijing, I sat alone in the editing room with a topographic...
Coe says Kenya's doping fight is improving ahead of the 2029 World ChampionshipsNairobi, an October afternoon. Sebastian Coe stands before the media and...
Nairobi 2029 and 140 Sanctions: When a Promise of Progress Needs a Data TableIn the data file I reopen every time a season closes, one line makes my hand...
45.94 Seconds and the Unpaid Technology DividendOn August 3, 2026, on the track of the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, the...
The shoe that was not on the approved list, and the Asian Games gold annulledYasmina Toxanbayeva crossed the line first in the road race at the Asian Game...
The cost of a temporary silence: Cyrena Samba-Mayela and her uncertain 2026On September 18, 2026, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced a provisional...
World Athletics' $10 Million Championship: Two Names Called, and the Empty SeatsOn September 11, 2026, in Budapest, a new athletics competition will open. Th...
Reading an Athletics Mark: Wind, Altitude, Shoes and the Data Layers No Scoreboard PrintsReading an Athletics Mark: Wind, Altitude, Shoes and the Data Layers No...
Sebastian Coe and World Athletics' Red Line: The Russia Ban, CAS, and an Unsolved GapOn the final day of the inaugural Ultimate Championship in Budapest, amid...
Budapest: 45.98 Seconds in the Men's 400m Hurdles and a Rare 800m FinalIn Budapest, 46.78 seconds was not enough to win gold. That was Karsten...
When the Data Stays Silent: An Analyst's Discipline Facing an Empty Dossier2:47 a.m. in Nishi-ku, Osaka, and the screen returned a blank frame. I...
World Athletics Ultimate Championship: One Trophy, $10 Million and the September VoidOn September 11, in Budapest, Noah Lyles will not be starting in lane four. H...
Bolt marvels at record prize money of World Athletics Ultimate ChampionshipUsain Bolt, the Jamaican sprint legend, has expressed admiration for the reco...
World Athletics Ultimate Championship: The new 'ultimate' athletics eventIn September, Budapest will host an unprecedented athletics event: the World...
World Athletics Ultimate Championship: When Athletics Decides to Promote Its Own ShowOn a concrete stand at a provincial athletics meet In Nha Trang, I once sat o...
