Athletics
The 2:18:31 That No Longer Shines: Peres Jepchirchir, EPO, and the Window Women's Marathon Keeps Ignoring
32:32.40 — Sindh's First Gold and the Unaudited Ledger of Pakistan's Race Walk
Sindh's First Gold, a 32:32.40 Clocking, and an Event That Is Itself the Question
The Register Before the Mark: How Indian Athletics Prices a Performance
32:32.40 — Sindh's First Gold and the Unaudited Ledger of Pakistan's Race WalkThe inauguration wrapped at five in the evening, the floodlights came on, and...
Sindh's First Gold, a 32:32.40 Clocking, and an Event That Is Itself the QuestionThe results sheet had exactly one column filled. Women's 5,000m race walk, 54...
The Register Before the Mark: How Indian Athletics Prices a PerformanceA district results sheet from last season is still on my desk. Two hundred...
Mahnoor's 32:32.40 and Sindh's First Gold: A Record-Keeper's Ledger from the 54th National Athletics ChampionshipThe results sheet from the 54th National Athletics Championship carried three...
The Testimony of an Empty Sheet: When a Track Story Has No Name, No Mark and No VenueA results sheet has a shape before it has a number. The columns are printed...
The 2:18:31 That No Longer Shines: Peres Jepchirchir, EPO, and the Window Women's Marathon Keeps IgnoringOn August 30, 2026, Peres Jepchirchir won the Sydney Marathon in 2 hours, 18...
Jepchirchir's Case: The Sample Is Dated Before the MedalPeres Jepchirchir's clock stopped at 2:18:31 in Sydney on 30 August 2026 —...
2:18:31 and the Lab Behind It: Peres Jepchirchir's EPO Case Is a Question About the Marathon's Testing EconomyAt the 39th kilometre of the Sydney Marathon, the broadcast camera had nobody...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: A Glucocorticoid, a Forged Prescription and a Clinic That Never ExistedA half marathon in China, in March. Ruti Aga won it. What reached the Athleti...
Sample First, Crown After: The Documentary Ledger of Peres Jepchirchir's EPO CaseThe results sheet from the Sydney Marathon carries two entries: the date, 30...