Swimming
Shin Ohashi and 2:04.83: A 200m Breaststroke World Record Built From the Front HalfThe split sheet was in front of me at 11 p.m.: 28.27 – 31.62 – 32.51 – 32.43....
A 17-Year-Old Japanese Swimmer and the 2:04.83 Record at ASIAD 2026: Light, Data Gaps and the Verification ProblemThe clock reads 2:04.83, and in the instant Ohashi Shin touched the wall in t...
College Swimming League Pays $25,000 to All Four Championship Finalists: Reading the Deep Water of a First SeasonThe College Swimming League has announced that each school reaching the...
The 2.1 Seconds and Northwestern's Breaststroke Gap: Taylor Thongintra and the Probability Math of a Verbal CommitmentOn the day the news about Taylor Thongintra appeared on the recruiting channe...
JT Goett and the 1.68-second equation: A development commitment, not a promiseWhen a 17-year-old swimmer announces a commitment to an NCAA program, fans...
Veronica Metz, NC State, and the Projection Math of American Distance SwimmingOn August 3, 2026, at Tokyo Olympic Stadium, I sat in the commentary cabin wi...
Cameron McEvoy Tests the 100m Freestyle at the World Cup: When Ten-Year-Old Data Decides a Relay Berth0.13 Seconds That gap is small enough to be practically invisible — and it is...
Gianna Cook Chooses Monmouth: Three Seconds Down and a Two-Year SilenceIn the inbox of a swimming publication, among commitment announcements writte...
After the Ánh Viên Era, Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Gap No One FillsOn the night of the men's 200m individual medley final at a SEA Games, I sat ...
Addie Farrier's 27.12 Seconds: Reading the Signal at the Base of the Swimming PyramidAt the newly renovated Long Center pool in Clearwater, Florida, a ten-year-ol...
The 27.12 Seconds of a 10-Year-Old: Not Enough Data to Draw a Career ArcDoyle Aquatic Center, Long Center, Clearwater, Florida. The pool had just bee...
Singapore 2026 and the Data Gap on Vietnam's Swimming LanesOn the electronic scoreboard at the Singapore Sports Hub, the men's 1500m...
WADA 2026 Report: When the Testing Curve Decelerates and the Financial System FracturesI sat down with the raw data tables from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)...
WADA 2026: Testing Volume Growth Decelerates and the Compliance Gap Before the 2027 CodeIn 2026, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) collected 297,965 test samples, ...
Vietnam's Blue Lane: The Forgotten Swimming DataAt the men's 1500m freestyle final at SEA Games 32 in Phnom Penh, I sat in th...
Transfer Window Beneath the Surface: Vietnamese Swimming and the Deals Nobody AnnouncesStanding at the edge of the pool at five in the morning at a training centre ...
A 17-Year-Old Japanese Swimmer and the 2:04.83 Record at ASIAD 2026: Light, Data Gaps and the Verification ProblemThe clock reads 2:04.83, and in the instant Ohashi Shin touched the wall in t...
College Swimming League Pays $25,000 to All Four Championship Finalists: Reading the Deep Water of a First SeasonThe College Swimming League has announced that each school reaching the...
The 2.1 Seconds and Northwestern's Breaststroke Gap: Taylor Thongintra and the Probability Math of a Verbal CommitmentOn the day the news about Taylor Thongintra appeared on the recruiting channe...
JT Goett and the 1.68-second equation: A development commitment, not a promiseWhen a 17-year-old swimmer announces a commitment to an NCAA program, fans...
Veronica Metz, NC State, and the Projection Math of American Distance SwimmingOn August 3, 2026, at Tokyo Olympic Stadium, I sat in the commentary cabin wi...
Cameron McEvoy Tests the 100m Freestyle at the World Cup: When Ten-Year-Old Data Decides a Relay Berth0.13 Seconds That gap is small enough to be practically invisible — and it is...
Gianna Cook Chooses Monmouth: Three Seconds Down and a Two-Year SilenceIn the inbox of a swimming publication, among commitment announcements writte...
After the Ánh Viên Era, Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Gap No One FillsOn the night of the men's 200m individual medley final at a SEA Games, I sat ...
Addie Farrier's 27.12 Seconds: Reading the Signal at the Base of the Swimming PyramidAt the newly renovated Long Center pool in Clearwater, Florida, a ten-year-ol...
The 27.12 Seconds of a 10-Year-Old: Not Enough Data to Draw a Career ArcDoyle Aquatic Center, Long Center, Clearwater, Florida. The pool had just bee...
Singapore 2026 and the Data Gap on Vietnam's Swimming LanesOn the electronic scoreboard at the Singapore Sports Hub, the men's 1500m...
WADA 2026 Report: When the Testing Curve Decelerates and the Financial System FracturesI sat down with the raw data tables from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)...
WADA 2026: Testing Volume Growth Decelerates and the Compliance Gap Before the 2027 CodeIn 2026, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) collected 297,965 test samples, ...
Vietnam's Blue Lane: The Forgotten Swimming DataAt the men's 1500m freestyle final at SEA Games 32 in Phnom Penh, I sat in th...
Transfer Window Beneath the Surface: Vietnamese Swimming and the Deals Nobody AnnouncesStanding at the edge of the pool at five in the morning at a training centre ...
