Athletics
The Blank Page in the Record Book: Indian Athletics and the Ledger That Never Closes
The Sample Came Before the 2:18:31: Peres Jepchirchir's EPO Provisional Suspension and Sydney's Unresolved Title
32:32.40: Sindh's First Gold, and the Ledger Nobody Kept
32:32.40 — Sindh's First Gold, and the Three Things the Results Sheet Left Out
Peres Jepchirchir and the Arithmetic of One Sample: Sydney's 2:18:31, a Three-Minute Gap and the Empty Cell in the Record Book
The Empty Entry Form and the Full Record Book: Auditing Indian Athletics' Data
The Empty Entry Form and the Full Record Book: Auditing Indian Athletics' DataAn entry form reached the results desk last week. The athlete's name was ther...
Ruti Aga and Six Years: A Knee Injection, a Forged Prescription, and the End of a Marathon CareerOn a March morning in China there was a half marathon, and Ruti Aga won it. T...
Sindh's First Gold and the Arithmetic of 32:32.40: The Load Ledger of Mahnoor's Race WalkSindh's first gold at the 54th National Athletics Championship belonged to...
Ruti Aga's Six Years: A Forged Prescription, One Glucocorticoid, and a Clinic That Never ExistedThere was a clinic name printed on the prescription. The clinic does not appe...
Ruti Aga: Six Years, Two for the Injection and Four for the Prescription That Never Existed10 September. Six years. The sum of two and four. The Athletics Integrity Uni...
The Blank Page in the Record Book: Indian Athletics and the Ledger That Never ClosesLast week I opened my deconstruction sheet on a routine results file. Four...
Auditing the Empty Sheet: When Athletics' Data Chain Stops AnsweringOne morning in July 2026, from the upper gallery of the Kalinga Stadium in...
The Sample Came Before the 2:18:31: Peres Jepchirchir's EPO Provisional Suspension and Sydney's Unresolved TitleThe Sydney Marathon results sheet of 30 August 2026 lists Peres Jepchirchir...
The Empty Start List: Indian Athletics' Real Deficit Is Not Medals, It Is Recorded NamesPatiala, 13 March 2026. The 24th Federation Cup — the last Indian athletics...
32:32.40: Sindh's First Gold, and the Ledger Nobody KeptThe women's 5,000m race walk at the 54th National Athletics Championship was...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: How a Forged Prescription Ended a Glittering CareerWhen Ruti Aga's urine sample from a half-marathon victory in March was found ...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: Two Years for the Drug, Four for the PrescriptionThe Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) released its statement on Thursday, and th...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: The Forged Prescription Destroyed a Defence That Could Have HeldSeptember 10 appears twice in this file. Once as the day the provisional...
32:32.40 — Sindh's First Gold, and the Three Things the Results Sheet Left OutThursday evening, the track at the 54th National Athletics Championship. The...
Peres Jepchirchir and the Arithmetic of One Sample: Sydney's 2:18:31, a Three-Minute Gap and the Empty Cell in the Record BookThe sample came first. The finish line came later. The heaviest part of the...