Athletics
Kenya's Women's Athletics Archive and the Blank Pages2026-10-17The last sheet in the paper file of a women's athletics meeting held in Eldor...
Nairobi 2029: The First African World Championships and the Altitude Factor Nobody Names2026-10-15On a weekend afternoon, I spent nearly two hours rewatching footage of the 20...
Rumesh Tharanga and the 92.62m Throw: Does Sri Lanka Really Have a Javelin Legend?2026-10-14They laughed at me in 2026, now they pay to hear me analyze. Rome, a summer...
Athletics: Read the Number Correctly Before Trusting the Medal2026-10-06One evening of competition, the electronic board lit up with a figure that...
Nine Blank Pages: When Athletics Data Goes Silent and the Line Between 'No Information' and 'No Risk'2026-10-06On my desk in Nairobi sits a nine-page document. It has a title, a table of...
Kaçkar by UTMB, Second Edition: Two Thousand Runners and an Empty Results Board2026-10-05Fog covered the Ayder valley the first time Kaçkar by UTMB was held. The...
AthleticsNine Athletics Analysis Dimensions, and Not a Single Data Point to ReadThe last record I received from an athletics data pipeline carried three...
AthleticsVPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Depth Problem of Vietnamese Marathon RunningThe clock at the 42.195km finish stopped at 2 hours 47 minutes 52 seconds whe...
AthleticsKipruto's 2:01:09 in Chicago 2026: a 91-second debt and the new limit of men's marathoningTwenty metres from the line on Columbus Drive, Hawi Feysa could still hear...
AthleticsKenya's Women's Athletics Archive and the Blank PagesThe last sheet in the paper file of a women's athletics meeting held in Eldor...
AthleticsThe Hill at Kilometer 36 Is Gone: Kipchoge Wins Melbourne and the Price of a Record Cleared in AdvanceThe hill at kilometer 36 is no longer there. Melbourne Marathon organizers cu...
AthleticsVietnamese Athletics and the Trap of Data-Void AnalysisIn March 2026, I sat in an editorial office in Da Nang with a 40-page dossier...
AthleticsEmpty Data and the Fabrication Trap in Vietnamese Sports NewsThat night, I opened a nine-page analysis. It had headings, tables, a...
AthleticsThe Empty Folder Before Kickoff: When Sports Data Goes SilentThe night before a major broadcast, I opened my analysis folder and found it...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: The Athletics Axis Shifts, and the Forgotten 1,795-Metre VariableWhen World Athletics announced Nairobi as host of the 2029 World Athletics...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: The First African World Championships and the Altitude Factor Nobody NamesOn a weekend afternoon, I spent nearly two hours rewatching footage of the 20...
AthleticsCoe says Kenya doping fight improving ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsIn a statement delivered from Nairobi, World Athletics President Sebastian Co...
AthleticsTragedy at Seoul Race 2026: The Death of Amateur Runner Yoo Ji-won and Unanswered QuestionsOn the morning of October 11, 2026, at the 24th Seoul Race, the running...
AthleticsCoe Says Kenya Doping Fight Improving Ahead of 2029 World ChampionshipsWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe has made an official visit to Nairobi...
