Swimming
The Water Behind 1:40.16: Sydney's Short Course, Lane Science and the Ticket to Beijing
The 29.50 Ledger: Tatjana Smith's Return and the Frontier Arithmetic of a Brand-New Olympic Event
Shin Ohashi's 2:04.83 World Record: A Teenager's Tactical Masterpiece Built on the Front 100
Belgian Records Fall at Flanders Open, but the Global Gap Remains
Belgian Records Fall at Flanders Open, but the Global Gap RemainsThe Flanders Short Course Open produced two Belgian national records on the...
Decoding 4:00.05: How a Short-Course Flash Builds a Long-Course MythWhen I first looked at the trials result, my eyes went to the number: 4:00.05...
The Shoulder in an Empty Cell: From Mirpur's Outdoor Pool to the Darkness of Injury Data in Bangladesh SwimmingNovember 2026, before dawn. The outdoor 50-metre pool in Mirpur was still und...
Zero Data Is Not Zero Risk: The Null-Payload Crisis in Swimming Analysis and the Responsibility of Sports JournalismSwimming is a sport of form and a sport of numbers at once. In a fifty-metre...
53.92 Seconds: Claire Curzan's 'Pie in the Sky' Swim Rewrites the 100 Back World RecordAmerican swimmer Claire Curzan has set a new world record in the women's 100m...
From Division II to the Big Ten: Penn State's Transfer, a 12th-Place Ledger and a Date GapHook: A Date, a Timing Sheet For years I have read college swimming the way I...
The Zero Report: Silent Collapse in Swimming Data Analysis and the Crisis of Trust in Sports JournalismIn swimming, a time — say, one minute 54.32 seconds — sometimes becomes part ...
The Lane Logbook: Mirpur's Empty Stands and Four Decades of InvitationsMirpur, December 2026. At the outdoor 50-metre complex the evening light is...
The Empty-Data Story: When an Analysis Says 'No Information', That's the Real NewsAn analysis report landed in my hands. Nine dimensions, thirty-three...
The File With Not a Single Name: Bangladesh Swimming's Injury Ledger, Its Silences, and One Empty Data BankHook: The Testimony of an Empty Report Last month an analysis report reached ...
The Water Behind 1:40.16: Sydney's Short Course, Lane Science and the Ticket to BeijingWhen 1:40.16 lit up the scoreboard at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre,...
Ching Hwee Gan's 4:01.94: A Short-Course National Record, and a Long-Course Question Left OpenAt five in the morning the timing feed from Baku flickered on my screen and a...
A Coaching Vacancy and a Drowning Count: One Ledger for Two Swimming PipelinesA Coaching Vacancy and a Drowning Count: One Ledger for Two Swimming Pipeline...
The 29.50 Ledger: Tatjana Smith's Return and an Unfinished AccountThere is a number in the September 25 report: 29.50 seconds. A personal best...
Claire Curzan and Thomas Heilman: The Calendar Behind the CSL Match 2 MVP Trophy Nobody Writes DownThe CSL Match 2 MVP announcement carried two names — Claire Curzan and Thomas...
The 29.50 Ledger: Tatjana Smith's Return and the Frontier Arithmetic of a Brand-New Olympic EventThe only number on my desk was 29.50. South African Short Course Championship...
Decoding 4:00.05: How a Short-Course Flash Builds a Long-Course MythWhen I first looked at the trials result, my eyes went to the number: 4:00.05...
The Shoulder in an Empty Cell: From Mirpur's Outdoor Pool to the Darkness of Injury Data in Bangladesh SwimmingNovember 2026, before dawn. The outdoor 50-metre pool in Mirpur was still und...
Zero Data Is Not Zero Risk: The Null-Payload Crisis in Swimming Analysis and the Responsibility of Sports JournalismSwimming is a sport of form and a sport of numbers at once. In a fifty-metre...
53.92 Seconds: Claire Curzan's 'Pie in the Sky' Swim Rewrites the 100 Back World RecordAmerican swimmer Claire Curzan has set a new world record in the women's 100m...
From Division II to the Big Ten: Penn State's Transfer, a 12th-Place Ledger and a Date GapHook: A Date, a Timing Sheet For years I have read college swimming the way I...
The Zero Report: Silent Collapse in Swimming Data Analysis and the Crisis of Trust in Sports JournalismIn swimming, a time — say, one minute 54.32 seconds — sometimes becomes part ...
The Lane Logbook: Mirpur's Empty Stands and Four Decades of InvitationsMirpur, December 2026. At the outdoor 50-metre complex the evening light is...
The Empty-Data Story: When an Analysis Says 'No Information', That's the Real NewsAn analysis report landed in my hands. Nine dimensions, thirty-three...
The File With Not a Single Name: Bangladesh Swimming's Injury Ledger, Its Silences, and One Empty Data BankHook: The Testimony of an Empty Report Last month an analysis report reached ...
The Water Behind 1:40.16: Sydney's Short Course, Lane Science and the Ticket to BeijingWhen 1:40.16 lit up the scoreboard at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre,...
Ching Hwee Gan's 4:01.94: A Short-Course National Record, and a Long-Course Question Left OpenAt five in the morning the timing feed from Baku flickered on my screen and a...
A Coaching Vacancy and a Drowning Count: One Ledger for Two Swimming PipelinesA Coaching Vacancy and a Drowning Count: One Ledger for Two Swimming Pipeline...
The 29.50 Ledger: Tatjana Smith's Return and an Unfinished AccountThere is a number in the September 25 report: 29.50 seconds. A personal best...
Claire Curzan and Thomas Heilman: The Calendar Behind the CSL Match 2 MVP Trophy Nobody Writes DownThe CSL Match 2 MVP announcement carried two names — Claire Curzan and Thomas...
The 29.50 Ledger: Tatjana Smith's Return and the Frontier Arithmetic of a Brand-New Olympic EventThe only number on my desk was 29.50. South African Short Course Championship...