Athletics
The Fourth-Place Ledger: Who Gets Remembered in Indian Women's Athletics, and WhyOn the last day of the Federation Cup in Patiala, in the corridor that runs...
Sindh's First Gold in Karachi, and a 32:32.40 That Says More Than the MedalOn the track in Karachi, Mahnoor covered the women's 5,000m race walk in 32...
32:32.40 — Sindh's First Gold, and a Time Nobody MeasuredThe inauguration in Karachi was scheduled for five in the evening, and that w...
An Empty Page in the Ledger Is Not a Clean Chit: Accounting for Zero in Athletics DataLast week a deconstruction sheet landed on my desk. The title field was empty...
The 51.46 That Was Never Filed: Inside the Unrecorded Economy of Indian Women's AthleticsOn the night of 13 July 2026, the clock on a Mumbai digital desk read 11:40 p...
2:18:31 and One Sample: The Timeline Audit of Peres JepchirchirThe official Sydney Marathon result sheet carries the date 30 August 2026 and...
The Results Sheet Said 2:18. The Medical File Said Nothing — Ruti Aga's Six Years and the Ledger of a Forged PrescriptionThe prescription carried a clinic's letterhead, a doctor's signature, and a...
The Empty Ledger: The Numbers Indian Women's Athletics Never RecordsLast week, at my desk in Ahmedabad, I typed a question into a machine: pull t...
Peres Jepchirchir's Provisional Suspension: The EPO Sample, the Sydney Title, and the Strata BeneathBefore the Sydney start line, in Kenya, a sample was collected from Peres...
32:32.40 — Sindh's First Gold, and the Twelve-and-a-Half Laps Nobody SplitThere is one line in the results sheet of the 54th National Athletics...
EPO and Peres Jepchirchir: The Sample Before Sydney That Has Left Marathon's Biggest Name in SuspensePeres Jepchirchir, the Olympic and world marathon champion, has been...
