Swimming
The Fifth-Year Ruling: Indiana's 69.5-Point Block and the NCAA's Unsettled Ledger
Yu Zidi's 4:28.56: An Asian Games Record at Thirteen, and the Warning Buried in the Record Book
Four Splits, One Contradicted Number, and Asia's New Benchmark: Zhang Zhanshuo's 1:43.49
The Truth of the Final Fifty: Thirteen-Year-Old Yu Zidi and the New Arithmetic of the Asian Games
The Truth of the Final Fifty: Thirteen-Year-Old Yu Zidi and the New Arithmetic of the Asian GamesSeptember 21, 2026. Sitting at the poolside in Japan, the moment I was waitin...
The 1500m That Finished Last: Kim Woomin's Shoulder, Friday's 400m and Asia's Vacant Distance ThroneIn 2026 a Chattogram English daily sent me to the National Swimming...
The Fifth-Year Ruling: Indiana's 69.5-Point Block and the NCAA's Unsettled LedgerSeptember 14. The temporary restraining order was written to expire on exactl...
2:05.77: A Fifteen-Year Wall in Asian Backstroke, and the Empty Lane in Bangladesh's LedgerThe clock stopped at 2:05.77 on Tuesday. Peng Xuwei of China took the women's...
The Night of 51.98: What the Touchpad Said, and What It Left OutThe scoreboard flickered to 51.98, and the young colleague beside me turned a...
Yu Zidi's 4:28.56: An Asian Games Record at Thirteen, and the Warning Buried in the Record BookThe clock settled in the corner of the screen at 4:28.56. My notebook was sti...
Nine Screens, Ten Years, and an Unfinished LedgerNine Screens, Ten Years, and an Unfinished Ledger The number I counted twice ...
Four Splits, One Contradicted Number, and Asia's New Benchmark: Zhang Zhanshuo's 1:43.49At the Tokyo final, the clock stopped at 25.96 seconds for the last 50 metres...
The 1500m That Finished Last: Kim Woomin's Shoulder, Friday's 400m and Asia's Vacant Distance ThroneIn 2026 a Chattogram English daily sent me to the National Swimming...
The Fifth-Year Ruling: Indiana's 69.5-Point Block and the NCAA's Unsettled LedgerSeptember 14. The temporary restraining order was written to expire on exactl...
2:05.77: A Fifteen-Year Wall in Asian Backstroke, and the Empty Lane in Bangladesh's LedgerThe clock stopped at 2:05.77 on Tuesday. Peng Xuwei of China took the women's...
The Night of 51.98: What the Touchpad Said, and What It Left OutThe scoreboard flickered to 51.98, and the young colleague beside me turned a...
Yu Zidi's 4:28.56: An Asian Games Record at Thirteen, and the Warning Buried in the Record BookThe clock settled in the corner of the screen at 4:28.56. My notebook was sti...
Nine Screens, Ten Years, and an Unfinished LedgerNine Screens, Ten Years, and an Unfinished Ledger The number I counted twice ...
Four Splits, One Contradicted Number, and Asia's New Benchmark: Zhang Zhanshuo's 1:43.49At the Tokyo final, the clock stopped at 25.96 seconds for the last 50 metres...