Athletics
AthleticsThe Goal Lives in the Empty Space: Why Vietnamese Athletics Is Losing Exactly Where Nobody MeasuresAt a national final of the women's 100m, I once sat beside a coach and asked...
AthleticsTor des Géants 330 km: Two Vietnamese Finishers in 138 Hours, and the 70-Hour Gap That Deserves to Be WrittenOne night in mid-September I sat in front of a screen watching the Tor des...
AthleticsThe Data Void in Vietnamese Athletics: When Performances Go UnrecordedOn the stands of Lach Tray Stadium, I hold in my hand the result sheet for th...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: When the World's Track Shifts to 1,795 Metres of AltitudeNairobi, one morning last month. Inside a World Athletics meeting room,...
AthleticsMid-Transfer Window: The Data Void and the Trap Called 'Exclusive NewsOn the final day of the summer transfer window, the newsroom in New York spli...
AthleticsNairobi 2029 and Kenya's Unfinished Anti-Doping CommitmentAt the press conference in Nairobi, I noted a detail smaller than the headlin...
AthleticsYoo Ji-won, the final 500 meters, and the safety gap in the amateur running boomAt 8:49 a.m. on October 11, at the 21st kilometer of the half marathon at the...
AthleticsSri Lanka's 92.62-Metre Javelin: What the Field Still Has to ConfirmRome, late June. The Olympic Stadium is packed, and on the runway of the men'...
AthleticsEliud Kipchoge Breaks Melbourne Marathon Course Record at 41: A Real Win, But Not Peak FormWhen Eliud Kipchoge turned into the final stretch leading to the Melbourne...
AthleticsRumesh Tharanga and the 92.62 m Throw: Sri Lanka's Record Awaits VerificationAt the final throw of the men's javelin at the Ultimate Championship in...
AthleticsChicago Marathon 2026: Kipruto's 2:01:09 Is the Data Worth Reading, Not Feysa's Final-Mile SurgeInside the final 400 metres on the streets around Grant Park, Hawi Feysa brok...
AthleticsThe Blank Columns on Vietnam's Athletics Results SheetsThe results sheet was pasted on the corridor wall after the women's 400m fina...
AthleticsVietnamese Athletics and the Data Void Behind Every Gold MedalVietnamese Athletics and the Data Void Behind Every Gold Medal That night in...
AthleticsPortland Marathon: A 25-Year-Old Heart Fell at Mile 20 and the Screening Gap of Recreational RunnersThe kiss at mile 18 lasted less than three seconds. Trey Lara, 25, bent towar...
AthleticsDecoding the Hamstring on Vietnam's 100m Track: When Load Data Tells the Second StoryAt the 58th meter of the men's 100m final at the national athletics...
AthleticsThe Missing Half of the Story in Vietnamese AthleticsIn May 2026, from a corner of the stands at My Dinh Stadium, I held in my han...
AthleticsKenyan Women's Athletics: World Records, Olympic Medals, and the Information Gap That Was Never FilledOn August 10, 2026, Faith Kipyegon crossed the line in the women's 1,500m fin...
AthleticsASIAD Gold Stripped 24 Hours Later Over a Few Millimetres of Shoe Sole: An Athletics Shock and the Host Nation's Sudden MedalA gold medal was awarded, a flag was raised, and then exactly 24 hours later...
