Athletics
September 18 and the Missing Number: What the Paperwork in Cyrena Samba-Mayela's Case Does Not Say
The Empty Cell in the Timing Booth: What India's Athletics on Day 6 of the 2026 Asian Games Says — and What It Does Not
No Times in the Ledger, Medals in the Stadium: Auditing India's Athletics on Day 6 of the 2026 Asian Games
The Empty Clock Column: India's Athletics on Asian Games Day 6, and a Ledger That Still Owes Us Numbers
Vietnam's 2:41:55 Marathon That Ranks 69th Nationally — The Rise of Mass Participation, The Elite VoidAt 3 a.m., before the coastal roads of Vinh lit up, the 42km marathon of the...
September 18 and the Missing Number: What the Paperwork in Cyrena Samba-Mayela's Case Does Not SayThe Athletics Integrity Unit's statement reached my desk in two short...
Cyrena Samba-Mayela: The Three Empty Cells That Will Decide the Whereabouts CaseOn Friday the Athletics Integrity Unit published a line. The line is short, a...
The Empty Cell in the Timing Booth: What India's Athletics on Day 6 of the 2026 Asian Games Says — and What It Does NotThe first thing I do when a results sheet lands in front of me is something...
No Times in the Ledger, Medals in the Stadium: Auditing India's Athletics on Day 6 of the 2026 Asian GamesStart With the Empty Cells Four Indian athletics results in a single day. One...
The Empty Clock Column: India's Athletics on Asian Games Day 6, and a Ledger That Still Owes Us NumbersI counted first. Then I wondered why nobody else had. Sitting with the Day 6...
Standing in the Shadow of 9.91: The Missing Wind Gauge, the Unfinished Final and Puripol Boonson's Semifinal RecordNagoya, September. On the Paloma Mizuho Stadium track, the semifinal clock...
No Certificate, No Record: Thailand’s 9.91 Seconds and the Asian Games Loose EndThere is an old rule at my desk, and it is not scripture — just bookkeeping...
Cyrena Samba-Mayela's Provisional Suspension: How a Case Without a Positive Test Can Cut a Training Year in HalfThere is no number in the September 18 decision. The Athletics Integrity Unit...
September 18: Cyrena Samba-Mayela's File, Three Failures, and the Arithmetic of a DateSeptember 18 sits alone in my ledger — no time beside it, no wind reading, no...
Cyrena Samba-Mayela: A Whereabouts Breach, a Provisional Suspension, and the Facts Still MissingRecall the Paris finish line. Women's 100m hurdles, ten barriers, and the gap...
The 9.91 in Nagoya: A Record Still Waiting for the Wind GaugeAt Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya the clock stopped at 9.91 seconds. The boa...
The Door of 9.91 Seconds: A Nagoya Semifinal, an Empty Wind Column, and Three Questions Entered in the LedgerPaloma Mizuho Stadium, Nagoya. Late September, the Japanese humidity still...
9.91 Seconds in Nagoya: The Record With an Empty Wind ColumnNagoya, Paloma Mizuho Stadium. Evening session, floodlights on wet red track....
September 18 and the Missing Number: What the Paperwork in Cyrena Samba-Mayela's Case Does Not SayThe Athletics Integrity Unit's statement reached my desk in two short...
Cyrena Samba-Mayela: The Three Empty Cells That Will Decide the Whereabouts CaseOn Friday the Athletics Integrity Unit published a line. The line is short, a...
The Empty Cell in the Timing Booth: What India's Athletics on Day 6 of the 2026 Asian Games Says — and What It Does NotThe first thing I do when a results sheet lands in front of me is something...
No Times in the Ledger, Medals in the Stadium: Auditing India's Athletics on Day 6 of the 2026 Asian GamesStart With the Empty Cells Four Indian athletics results in a single day. One...
The Empty Clock Column: India's Athletics on Asian Games Day 6, and a Ledger That Still Owes Us NumbersI counted first. Then I wondered why nobody else had. Sitting with the Day 6...
Standing in the Shadow of 9.91: The Missing Wind Gauge, the Unfinished Final and Puripol Boonson's Semifinal RecordNagoya, September. On the Paloma Mizuho Stadium track, the semifinal clock...
No Certificate, No Record: Thailand’s 9.91 Seconds and the Asian Games Loose EndThere is an old rule at my desk, and it is not scripture — just bookkeeping...
Cyrena Samba-Mayela's Provisional Suspension: How a Case Without a Positive Test Can Cut a Training Year in HalfThere is no number in the September 18 decision. The Athletics Integrity Unit...
September 18: Cyrena Samba-Mayela's File, Three Failures, and the Arithmetic of a DateSeptember 18 sits alone in my ledger — no time beside it, no wind reading, no...
Cyrena Samba-Mayela: A Whereabouts Breach, a Provisional Suspension, and the Facts Still MissingRecall the Paris finish line. Women's 100m hurdles, ten barriers, and the gap...
The 9.91 in Nagoya: A Record Still Waiting for the Wind GaugeAt Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya the clock stopped at 9.91 seconds. The boa...
The Door of 9.91 Seconds: A Nagoya Semifinal, an Empty Wind Column, and Three Questions Entered in the LedgerPaloma Mizuho Stadium, Nagoya. Late September, the Japanese humidity still...
9.91 Seconds in Nagoya: The Record With an Empty Wind ColumnNagoya, Paloma Mizuho Stadium. Evening session, floodlights on wet red track....