Athletics
AthleticsAsiad 20: Sepak Takraw Wins Gold as Vietnam's Athletics Finishes Outside the MedalsThe scoreboard read 15-8 and 15-4 in the sepak takraw hall, and the cheer...
AthleticsShanti Pereira and 11.43 Seconds in Nagoya: A Calculated Semifinal Ticket, Not an ExplosionNagoya, midday, 24 September 2026 The late-summer heat was still sitting on t...
AthleticsAthletics and the Empty Frame: The Test Every Results Sheet Must PassThe report sits on my desk in Shanghai: nine sections, full headings, full...
AthleticsVPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Real Limits of a Mass-Participation MarathonAt 1:30 a.m., Hanoi was still as an unwritten page. On Long Bien Bridge, a th...
AthleticsIngebrigtsen Withdraws From Josh Kerr Showdown: The Courage of Knowing When to StopWhen Jakob Ingebrigtsen crossed the finish line in the 5,000m at the World...
AthleticsRumesh Tharanga and the 92.62 m Javelin Throw: A Sri Lankan Record Still Awaiting VerificationOn the final round of the Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Rumesh Tharanga...
AthleticsKipchoge Wins Melbourne Marathon 2026: Reading 2:09:10 After Deducting the Course DividendTwo hours, nine minutes and ten seconds. The big screen at the Melbourne...
AthleticsVietnamese Women's 400m: The Race Decided in the Second CurveNha Trang, June, six in the morning. The stadium stands are empty, with only ...
AthleticsMile 20 at the Portland Marathon: The Cardiac-Screening Gap in Mass Road RunningAt mile 18 of the Portland Marathon, Trey Lara stopped and kissed his wife. A...
AthleticsNull Input: When the Most Perfect Sports Report Says Nothing at All3:17 a.m., Osaka. An eleven-page PDF appeared on my office screen. The...
AthleticsIten at 5 a.m.: the women runners racing in shoes without a carbon plateAt Iten, the footsteps begin before the sun shows. At five in the morning,...
AthleticsThe Data Gap in Vietnamese Athletics: What Remains After the MedalOn the results sheet of a provincial athletics meet, the "performance" column...
AthleticsVietnamese Women's Athletics: The Medal Is Real, the Data to Analyze It Is NotA night at the My Dinh National Stadium. The floodlights come on, and the...
AthleticsAsian Games 2026: Vietnam and the Athletics Gap Nobody Wants to ReadOn the closing day of Asian Games 20 in Aichi-Nagoya, I sat with the medal...
AthleticsAsiad 2026 closes: Athletics was on Vietnam's gold-target list, but no gold cameAt the closing ceremony of Asiad 2026 in Hangzhou, I stood in the press area...
AthleticsShanti Pereira and 11.43 Seconds in Nagoya: A Calculated Semifinal Ticket, Not an ExplosionNagoya, midday, 24 September 2026 The late-summer heat was still sitting on t...
AthleticsAthletics and the Empty Frame: The Test Every Results Sheet Must PassThe report sits on my desk in Shanghai: nine sections, full headings, full...
AthleticsVPIM 2026: The 2:47:52 Course Record and the Real Limits of a Mass-Participation MarathonAt 1:30 a.m., Hanoi was still as an unwritten page. On Long Bien Bridge, a th...
AthleticsIngebrigtsen Withdraws From Josh Kerr Showdown: The Courage of Knowing When to StopWhen Jakob Ingebrigtsen crossed the finish line in the 5,000m at the World...
AthleticsRumesh Tharanga and the 92.62 m Javelin Throw: A Sri Lankan Record Still Awaiting VerificationOn the final round of the Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Rumesh Tharanga...
AthleticsKipchoge Wins Melbourne Marathon 2026: Reading 2:09:10 After Deducting the Course DividendTwo hours, nine minutes and ten seconds. The big screen at the Melbourne...
AthleticsVietnamese Women's 400m: The Race Decided in the Second CurveNha Trang, June, six in the morning. The stadium stands are empty, with only ...
AthleticsMile 20 at the Portland Marathon: The Cardiac-Screening Gap in Mass Road RunningAt mile 18 of the Portland Marathon, Trey Lara stopped and kissed his wife. A...
AthleticsNull Input: When the Most Perfect Sports Report Says Nothing at All3:17 a.m., Osaka. An eleven-page PDF appeared on my office screen. The...
AthleticsIten at 5 a.m.: the women runners racing in shoes without a carbon plateAt Iten, the footsteps begin before the sun shows. At five in the morning,...
AthleticsThe Data Gap in Vietnamese Athletics: What Remains After the MedalOn the results sheet of a provincial athletics meet, the "performance" column...
AthleticsVietnamese Women's Athletics: The Medal Is Real, the Data to Analyze It Is NotA night at the My Dinh National Stadium. The floodlights come on, and the...
AthleticsAsian Games 2026: Vietnam and the Athletics Gap Nobody Wants to ReadOn the closing day of Asian Games 20 in Aichi-Nagoya, I sat with the medal...
AthleticsAsiad 2026 closes: Athletics was on Vietnam's gold-target list, but no gold cameAt the closing ceremony of Asiad 2026 in Hangzhou, I stood in the press area...

