Athletics
The 5,000-Metre Board: Mahnoor's First Gold for Sindh and the Distance That Explains Everything
The Empty Ledger: An Athletics Report With No Name, No Mark and No Venue
The Injury Ledger: In Indian Athletics, 'Fit' Is a Paper Status, Not a Body Status
Sydney's 2:18:31 and the AIU Notice: Two Ledgers, One Name, No Verdict Yet
Not the 2:18:31 — the 30 August Question: Peres Jepchirchir's EPO Case and the Distance-Running Ledger
The Injury Ledger: In Indian Athletics, 'Fit' Is a Paper Status, Not a Body StatusIn October 2026, as medical-staff liaison for the Chicago Fire, I kept a spir...
Sydney's 2:18:31 and the AIU Notice: Two Ledgers, One Name, No Verdict YetOn the morning of 30 August 2026 in Sydney, the clock stopped at 2:18:31 and...
Not the 2:18:31 — the 30 August Question: Peres Jepchirchir's EPO Case and the Distance-Running LedgerThe clock on the Sydney Marathon finish line read 2:18:31 for Peres...
Six Years, Two Numbers: Ruti Aga, a Knee Injection, and the Prescription No Clinic Ever Wrote"Two and four, six." I wrote that line on paper first, then read it off the...
The Empty Column: The Indian Athletics Results Sheet That Tells You NothingA results sheet arrived on my Manchester desk on Wednesday morning. The title...
The 5,000-Metre Board: Mahnoor's First Gold for Sindh and the Distance That Explains EverythingOn the track in Karachi, when Mahnoor crossed the finish line of the women's...
Ruti Aga: Six Years, and a Prescription No Clinic Ever WroteSix years, running from 10 September — that is the new address of Ruti Aga's...
Ruti Aga's six-year ban: a forged prescription turned a glucocorticoid case career-terminalRuti Aga's case does not begin with a sample. It begins with a prescription...
Mahnoor's 32:32.40 and Sindh's First Gold: At the 54th National Athletics Championship, the Real Story Is the 5,000m DistanceIn race walking, the most powerful object on the track is a white paddle with...
The Empty Ledger: An Athletics Report With No Name, No Mark and No VenueThe sheet that landed on my desk on Wednesday morning had nine sections,...
N/A Is Not a Clean Sheet: Auditing Indian Athletics on an Empty Evidence BaseOf the 1,240 scanned pages of Federation Cup results I spent one lockdown...
N/A Does Not Mean 'No Risk': Auditing an Empty File in the Athletics Data ChainThe file arrived on the Dubai desk in three parts. First, a title — blank....
Sydney's 2:18:31 and the AIU Notice: Two Ledgers, One Name, No Verdict YetOn the morning of 30 August 2026 in Sydney, the clock stopped at 2:18:31 and...
Not the 2:18:31 — the 30 August Question: Peres Jepchirchir's EPO Case and the Distance-Running LedgerThe clock on the Sydney Marathon finish line read 2:18:31 for Peres...
Six Years, Two Numbers: Ruti Aga, a Knee Injection, and the Prescription No Clinic Ever Wrote"Two and four, six." I wrote that line on paper first, then read it off the...
The Empty Column: The Indian Athletics Results Sheet That Tells You NothingA results sheet arrived on my Manchester desk on Wednesday morning. The title...
The 5,000-Metre Board: Mahnoor's First Gold for Sindh and the Distance That Explains EverythingOn the track in Karachi, when Mahnoor crossed the finish line of the women's...
Ruti Aga: Six Years, and a Prescription No Clinic Ever WroteSix years, running from 10 September — that is the new address of Ruti Aga's...
Ruti Aga's six-year ban: a forged prescription turned a glucocorticoid case career-terminalRuti Aga's case does not begin with a sample. It begins with a prescription...
Mahnoor's 32:32.40 and Sindh's First Gold: At the 54th National Athletics Championship, the Real Story Is the 5,000m DistanceIn race walking, the most powerful object on the track is a white paddle with...
The Empty Ledger: An Athletics Report With No Name, No Mark and No VenueThe sheet that landed on my desk on Wednesday morning had nine sections,...
N/A Is Not a Clean Sheet: Auditing Indian Athletics on an Empty Evidence BaseOf the 1,240 scanned pages of Federation Cup results I spent one lockdown...
N/A Does Not Mean 'No Risk': Auditing an Empty File in the Athletics Data ChainThe file arrived on the Dubai desk in three parts. First, a title — blank....