Athletics
The Number Nobody Wrote Down: Puripol Boonson's 9.91 in Nagoya and the Missing Wind Reading
9.91 Seconds and an Empty Wind Box: The Unfinished Audit of Puripol Boonson's Asian Games Record
From 12.34 to September 18: In Samba-Mayela's Case, the Real Question Is Not the Medal but the Calendar
Asian Games 2026 Day 6: Behind India's 'Historic' Athletics Medals, the Empty Cells Where Times Should Be
From 12.34 to September 18: In Samba-Mayela's Case, the Real Question Is Not the Medal but the CalendarThat night in Paris sits on its own page in my ledger. August 10, 2026, Stade...
Asian Games 2026 Day 6: Behind India's 'Historic' Athletics Medals, the Empty Cells Where Times Should BeAsian Games 2026 Day 6: Behind India's 'Historic' Athletics Medals, the Empty...
The Number Nobody Wrote Down: Puripol Boonson's 9.91 in Nagoya and the Missing Wind ReadingAny photo-finish frame of a 100m semifinal is supposed to contain two numbers...
Boonson's 9.91: An Asian Games Record in Nagoya, and the Empty Wind Box Beside ItThe clock said 9.91 and my eyes still went to the small box beside it, the on...
9.91 Without a Wind Reading: Puripol Boonson and Thailand's Single-Athlete Sprint StructureThree columns live in my spreadsheet: name, time, wind. When the third column...
9.91 and One Empty Cell: What Boonson's Record Sheet Doesn't SayA results sheet. Event, round, lane number on the left. Time in the middle. T...
Paris's 0.03 Seconds and September 18: What Can and Cannot Be Measured in Cyrena Samba-Mayela's CaseAt the Stade de France in Paris, on August 10 last year, the women's 100m...
Cyrena Samba-Mayela and the Whereabouts Case: Auditing a Two-Year Ban, a Measurement Regime and an Incomplete RecordThat night at the 2026 Dhaka South Asian Games still leaves a mark on my...
9.91 Seconds and an Empty Wind Box: The Unfinished Audit of Puripol Boonson's Asian Games RecordSeptember 24, 2026. The qualifying round of the men's 100 metres at the Asian...