Athletics
Cyrena Samba-Mayela: The Clock From September 18, a Hanging Two-Year Ban, and the Real Risk Behind Paris Silver2026-09-26I was stacking the Friday bulletin in a Chattogram studio when the line cross...
The Three-Failure Limit and a Two-Year Sword: What Nobody Is Measuring in the Samba-Mayela Case2026-09-26I did not mark 18 September on my calendar. That evening in Rangpur, a small...
Eighty Minutes Apart: Vietnam's Three Athletics Entries on a Nagoya Evening, and a Dhaka Ledger2026-09-27"Women's 200m final at 17:25. Women's 4x100m relay qualifying at 18:45." Two...
Medals on the Sheet, No Clock: The Empty Cells in Asian Games Athletics2026-09-27Aichi-Nagoya, September 24, 2026. Opening the athletics file from Day Six of...
What 'Historic' Covers Up: India's Athletics Sheet at Aichi-Nagoya Day 6 Has No Times In It2026-09-26The sixth day ended with a results sheet that carried four headlines and...
Cyrena Samba-Mayela: The September 18 Ledger, Empty Squares and a Frozen Season2026-09-26The date is September 18. The sanction was imposed on September 18; the...
AthleticsEighty Minutes Apart: Vietnam's Three Athletics Entries on a Nagoya Evening, and a Dhaka Ledger"Women's 200m final at 17:25. Women's 4x100m relay qualifying at 18:45." Two...
AthleticsMedals on the Sheet, No Clock: The Empty Cells in Asian Games AthleticsAichi-Nagoya, September 24, 2026. Opening the athletics file from Day Six of...
AthleticsWhat 'Historic' Covers Up: India's Athletics Sheet at Aichi-Nagoya Day 6 Has No Times In ItThe sixth day ended with a results sheet that carried four headlines and...
AthleticsCyrena Samba-Mayela: The Clock From September 18, a Hanging Two-Year Ban, and the Real Risk Behind Paris SilverI was stacking the Friday bulletin in a Chattogram studio when the line cross...
AthleticsCyrena Samba-Mayela: The September 18 Ledger, Empty Squares and a Frozen SeasonThe date is September 18. The sanction was imposed on September 18; the...
AthleticsCyrena Samba-Mayela: From 12.34 to September 18 — The Half of the Hurdles Ledger Nobody WritesAfter the Paris final I wrote three numbers into my notebook — 12.33, 12.34,...
AthleticsThe Three-Failure Limit and a Two-Year Sword: What Nobody Is Measuring in the Samba-Mayela CaseI did not mark 18 September on my calendar. That evening in Rangpur, a small...
AthleticsName First, Date Second: The Number Nobody Is Quoting in the Cyrena Samba-Mayela CaseThe name came up on the Friday bulletin, and the old habit kicked in...
AthleticsThe Number Nobody Wrote: Cyrena Samba-Mayela's Whereabouts Case and an Incomplete AnnouncementSeptember 18. In the report of French hurdler Cyrena Samba-Mayela's provision...
AthleticsCyrena Samba-Mayela and the Whereabouts Gap: One Suspension, Three Questions, and an Empty CellTwo sheets of paper sit side by side on my desk. One is the result of the Par...
AthleticsThe Ledger of 9.91 Seconds: What Nagoya's Semifinal Record Says — and What It Still Doesn'tSEPTEMBER 24, 2026. Nagoya, Japan. Paloma Mizuho Stadium. A number left the...
AthleticsPuripol Boonson's 9.91 Semifinal: The Unfinished Asian Games Record Claim at Paloma MizuhoWhen the electronic timing board at Paloma Mizuho Stadium flashed 9.91 second...
AthleticsA File With No Doping in It, and a Sanction Anyway: What the Cyrena Samba-Mayela Case Does Not SayThis Case Did Not Begin With a Vial. It Began With a Form. Anti-doping cases...
Athletics9.91 Seconds and One Empty Box: The Record That Isn't Finished YetNagoya's Paloma Mizuho Stadium, Asian Games 2026, the first men's 100 m...