Swimming
The Arithmetic of 150 Minutes: 320 Children in London's Olympic Pool and a Notebook in Rangpur2026-09-24Five days, thirty minutes a day. Do the arithmetic and it comes to 150 minute...
A Thirteen-Year-Old's Calendar: Yu Zidi's 4:28.56 at the Asian Games and the List Nobody Keeps2026-09-24Day four. Five in the evening, the finals session. In the last fifty metres o...
1:43.49 vs 1:42.92 — The Number Everyone Is Misreading in Zhang Zhanshuo's Asian Record2026-09-241:43.49 vs 1:42.92 — The Number Everyone Is Misreading in Zhang Zhanshuo's...
Same Pool, Same Stroke, Three Rankings: Turkey's Junior Breaststroker and the Hollow Lane at SMU2026-09-24Same meet, same stroke, same swimmer — and three rankings pulling in three...
A Torn Labrum and a Friday Decision: What Kim Woomin's Absence Really Says About Asian Distance Freestyle2026-09-24In December 2026, in the open-air 50m pool in Mirpur, I touched the wall in t...
Same Pool, Same Stroke, Three Rankings: Turkey's Junior Breaststroker and the Hollow Lane at SMUSame meet, same stroke, same swimmer — and three rankings pulling in three...
A Torn Labrum and a Friday Decision: What Kim Woomin's Absence Really Says About Asian Distance FreestyleIn December 2026, in the open-air 50m pool in Mirpur, I touched the wall in t...
The Arithmetic of 150 Minutes: 320 Children in London's Olympic Pool and a Notebook in RangpurFive days, thirty minutes a day. Do the arithmetic and it comes to 150 minute...
Who Actually Issues a Commitment? Penn's Admissions Office, the 1:47.01 Wall, and Alex Daile's ButterflyHook It's 3:30 a.m. in Dhaka and the laptop is open. That habit hasn't change...
A Thirteen-Year-Old's Calendar: Yu Zidi's 4:28.56 at the Asian Games and the List Nobody KeepsDay four. Five in the evening, the finals session. In the last fifty metres o...
Thirteen Years Old, 2:06.10 — Where Yu Zidi's Records Stop and the Ledger's Questions BeginThirteen Years Old, 2:06.10 — Where Yu Zidi's Records Stop and the Ledger's...
1:43.49 vs 1:42.92 — The Number Everyone Is Misreading in Zhang Zhanshuo's Asian Record1:43.49 vs 1:42.92 — The Number Everyone Is Misreading in Zhang Zhanshuo's...
Six Hundredths: Vietnam's Breaststroke Arithmetic, Asia's Wall, and a Notebook of Unwritten ShouldersOn the morning of 21 September, in the 50-metre long-course tank of the Asian...
A Torn Labrum and a Friday Decision: What Kim Woomin's Absence Really Says About Asian Distance FreestyleIn December 2026, in the open-air 50m pool in Mirpur, I touched the wall in t...
The Arithmetic of 150 Minutes: 320 Children in London's Olympic Pool and a Notebook in RangpurFive days, thirty minutes a day. Do the arithmetic and it comes to 150 minute...
Who Actually Issues a Commitment? Penn's Admissions Office, the 1:47.01 Wall, and Alex Daile's ButterflyHook It's 3:30 a.m. in Dhaka and the laptop is open. That habit hasn't change...
A Thirteen-Year-Old's Calendar: Yu Zidi's 4:28.56 at the Asian Games and the List Nobody KeepsDay four. Five in the evening, the finals session. In the last fifty metres o...
Thirteen Years Old, 2:06.10 — Where Yu Zidi's Records Stop and the Ledger's Questions BeginThirteen Years Old, 2:06.10 — Where Yu Zidi's Records Stop and the Ledger's...
1:43.49 vs 1:42.92 — The Number Everyone Is Misreading in Zhang Zhanshuo's Asian Record1:43.49 vs 1:42.92 — The Number Everyone Is Misreading in Zhang Zhanshuo's...
Six Hundredths: Vietnam's Breaststroke Arithmetic, Asia's Wall, and a Notebook of Unwritten ShouldersOn the morning of 21 September, in the 50-metre long-course tank of the Asian...