Swimming
ISHOF Class of 2027: Twelve Legends from Eleven Nations, and the Ledger Still Open at Bangladesh's River Ghat
The 58.64 That Did Not Add Up: Japan's Junior Records at ASIAD and a Frightened Marchand
CSL Match 1: A New League, A New Format, The Same Old Questions
The Venue That Didn't Match: Counting the 2026 Asian Games Swimming Ledger by Hand
A New Event, Old Medals: What Tatjana Smith's 29.50 Says and What It Doesn't
The Wall-Touch Verdict: Seven Golds in One Night and a Record Still Awaiting Ratification
CSL Match 1: A New League, A New Format, The Same Old QuestionsLate at night, from a balcony in Vancouver, I was watching a scoreboard in...
ISHOF Class of 2027: Twelve Legends from Eleven Nations, and the Ledger Still Open at Bangladesh's River GhatFive in the morning. The fog over the Shitalakshya ghat has not lifted, and t...
The Venue That Didn't Match: Counting the 2026 Asian Games Swimming Ledger by Hand“I counted seventy-one golds before I trusted the list.” In the winter of 202...
A New Event, Old Medals: What Tatjana Smith's 29.50 Says and What It Doesn'tHook In the last week of September a number landed on my desk — 29.50. Tatjan...
The Wall-Touch Verdict: Seven Golds in One Night and a Record Still Awaiting RatificationIn December 2026, at the open-air 50m complex in Mirpur, I swam the 50m...
The 58.64 That Did Not Add Up: Japan's Junior Records at ASIAD and a Frightened MarchandI put the pen down before folding the heat sheet. The habit was built in...
The 0.17-Second Ledger: Bree Smith at Stanford and the Open Books of an American PipelineChattogram / Dhaka — I still see that first day at Mirpur. The 2026 National...
52.11 and ‘Third All-Time’: Which Measuring Stick Actually Fits Gorbenko’s Record?Standing by that outdoor pool in Mirpur, I picked up a habit I never dropped:...
2:04.83 — The Record Was Built in the First 100 Metres, Not the Last 5028.27 seconds. When Shin Ohashi turned at the first 50 metres of the 200m...