Athletics
Data Failure in Athletics Analysis: No Conclusions on an Empty BaseA detailed athletics analysis report has exposed a serious technical...
Sindh's First Gold, 32:32.40, and a Results Sheet Without a WitnessThree lines on a results sheet. Event: women's 5,000m race walk. Winner:...
Ruti Aga: Six Years, and the Prescription No Clinic Ever WroteThe prescription carried a clinic's name. The clinic did not exist at that...
The Vial Sealed Before the Stopwatch: Reading the EPO File on Peres JepchirchirThe date on the sample bottle is earlier than the date on the result sheet....
The Price of a Forged Prescription: Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban and the Defence She Burned HerselfThe prescription had a name on it, a stamp, and a date — but the clinic that...
An Empty Column Is Not a Clean Record: When an Athletics Data File Goes SilentIt was 4:30 in the morning in Miami when the folder opened. The label said...
32:32.40 and Sindh's First Gold: The Ledger Pakistani Race Walking Never AuditedThe first rule of opening a results sheet is that you do not read the headlin...
Peres Jepchirchir and the EPO Finding: The Sample Was Sealed Before the Sydney WinOn 30 August 2026 in Sydney, Peres Jepchirchir crossed the line in 2 hours 18...
Ruti Aga: A Forged Prescription, Not a Steroid, Cost a 2:18 Marathoner Six YearsThe prescription carried the name of a clinic that did not exist. The person...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: A Forged Prescription Turned a Two-Year Case Into a Career's DeathThe prescription was written on a pad from a clinic that does not exist. The...
The Empty Column Testifies: The Indian Athletics Medical File That Never Records a DateThere is a nine-section analysis sitting on my desk. Every section has a tabl...
Indian Athletics' Real Shortage: The Number Arrives, Its Denominator Doesn'tThe board went up on the Boston desk and half the press room stopped talking....
EPO, Sydney's 2:18:31 and a record that is no longer just athleticPeres Jepchirchir won the Sydney Marathon on August 30, 2026 in 2:18:31,...
The Empty Wind Column: Indian Athletics' Crisis Is the Record, Not the MedalLast week I was scrolling through the results sheet of a domestic senior meet...
