Swimming
SwimmingThe Empty Cell in Vietnamese Swimming Data, and the Temptation to Invent a Miracle2026-10-20The file arrived on a February morning, exactly the kind nobody wants to open...
SwimmingYusei Imaizumi Breaks World Junior Record in 50m Breaststroke: 26.75 Seconds and How a Record Was Born at a Prefectural Meet2026-10-20The electronic board at the Niigata pool flipped to 26.75 and the stands went...
SwimmingAstana, Where Swimmers Step Onto Ice and Relearn How to Stand2026-10-19The ice rink at Barys Astana is colder than any pool Cameron McEvoy has ever...
SwimmingSwimming World Cup Stop 3 in Astana: Six Athletes, Five Nations and One Ice Rink2026-10-19The Barys Astana ice rink has no lane ropes, no electronic timing board, no...
The Empty Cell in Vietnamese Swimming Data, and the Temptation to Invent a MiracleThe file arrived on a February morning, exactly the kind nobody wants to open...
Yusei Imaizumi's 26.75: A World Junior Record and the Real Test Sitting in the Ratification FileThe scoreboard at a prefecture-level meet in Niigata read 26.75. No packed...
Yusei Imaizumi Breaks World Junior Record in 50m Breaststroke: 26.75 Seconds and How a Record Was Born at a Prefectural MeetThe electronic board at the Niigata pool flipped to 26.75 and the stands went...
Astana, Where Swimmers Step Onto Ice and Relearn How to StandThe ice rink at Barys Astana is colder than any pool Cameron McEvoy has ever...
Swimming World Cup Stop 3 in Astana: Six Athletes, Five Nations and One Ice RinkThe Barys Astana ice rink has no lane ropes, no electronic timing board, no...
Yu Yiting Breaks SCM 200 IM Asian Record: 2:02.63 and the Weekly Speed Race Heating UpAmid a rising wave of records in short-course Asian swimming, a tiny number...
Abbey Weitzeil's 23.72 Seconds: A Number That Doesn't Tell the Whole StoryThe results sheet read 23.72 seconds. Abbey Weitzeil finished nearly a full...
Gretchen Walsh's 22.75: The Short-Course 50 Free Record and the Data That Is MissingThe scoreboard at the University of Virginia pool read 22.75. A few hours...
Douglass 50.20 – Walsh 50.32: The 100m Short Course Freestyle Was Decided at the Third WallIn the opening 50 meters of the women's 100m freestyle at the Pro Elite meet...
24.56 Seconds in Astana: The Limits Map Around Roos Vanotterdijk's RecordAstana. The first day of the third and final stop of the 25m short-course Wor...
Shoulder and Knee Injuries in Vietnamese Swimming: The Data Gap Behind the MedalsShoulder and Knee Injuries in Vietnamese Swimming: The Data Gap Behind the...
Grace Higdon Commits to William & Mary: Reading the Breaststroke Data Before Trusting the RankingGrace Higdon swam the 100-meter breaststroke prelims at the Florida Swims Hig...
William Canori and a Promise Not Yet a Signature: Stanford Opens Its 2028 Recruiting ClassOn an afternoon this month, when Stanford's recruiting board showed the first...
Vietnamese Swimming in a New Cycle: A Long Lane, But a Short SystemOn the night of the men's 100m freestyle final at Paris 2026, I sat less than...
Cindy Hook Leaves Brisbane 2032 CEO Post: The Framework Is Built, the Olympic Pool Still Awaits Its BuilderLast Tuesday, Cindy Hook announced she would step down as chief executive of...
Brisbane 2032 Loses Its CEO After Three Years: The Startup Phase Closes Long Before the Starting SignalCindy Hook took the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Brisbane 2032...
Thirty-Three Years, Three Names, One System: Ireland's Swimming Failure Through the Lens of DataIn Dublin, the last number of the trial was not a swimming record. It was a...
Decoding the Water: Reading a Swim Before the Scoreboard Lights UpWhen Pan Zhanle touched the wall in the men's 100m freestyle final at the Par...
When Analysis Rings Hollow: A Lesson in Data Discipline in Women's SportsThere is a moment in the newsroom that I will never forget. It was late at...
The World Swimming Map: When Data Crowns a Champion, and When It Falls SilentOn August 1, 2026, in Paris, a 19-year-old Chinese swimmer named Pan Zhanle...
56.18 Seconds and the 1.07-Second Gap the Swimming Media Won't NameThere is a kind of evening I know well: a yellow desk lamp, a cup of coffee...
Yusei Imaizumi's 26.75: A World Junior Record and the Real Test Sitting in the Ratification FileThe scoreboard at a prefecture-level meet in Niigata read 26.75. No packed...
Yusei Imaizumi Breaks World Junior Record in 50m Breaststroke: 26.75 Seconds and How a Record Was Born at a Prefectural MeetThe electronic board at the Niigata pool flipped to 26.75 and the stands went...
Astana, Where Swimmers Step Onto Ice and Relearn How to StandThe ice rink at Barys Astana is colder than any pool Cameron McEvoy has ever...
Swimming World Cup Stop 3 in Astana: Six Athletes, Five Nations and One Ice RinkThe Barys Astana ice rink has no lane ropes, no electronic timing board, no...
Yu Yiting Breaks SCM 200 IM Asian Record: 2:02.63 and the Weekly Speed Race Heating UpAmid a rising wave of records in short-course Asian swimming, a tiny number...
Abbey Weitzeil's 23.72 Seconds: A Number That Doesn't Tell the Whole StoryThe results sheet read 23.72 seconds. Abbey Weitzeil finished nearly a full...
Gretchen Walsh's 22.75: The Short-Course 50 Free Record and the Data That Is MissingThe scoreboard at the University of Virginia pool read 22.75. A few hours...
Douglass 50.20 – Walsh 50.32: The 100m Short Course Freestyle Was Decided at the Third WallIn the opening 50 meters of the women's 100m freestyle at the Pro Elite meet...
24.56 Seconds in Astana: The Limits Map Around Roos Vanotterdijk's RecordAstana. The first day of the third and final stop of the 25m short-course Wor...
Shoulder and Knee Injuries in Vietnamese Swimming: The Data Gap Behind the MedalsShoulder and Knee Injuries in Vietnamese Swimming: The Data Gap Behind the...
Grace Higdon Commits to William & Mary: Reading the Breaststroke Data Before Trusting the RankingGrace Higdon swam the 100-meter breaststroke prelims at the Florida Swims Hig...
William Canori and a Promise Not Yet a Signature: Stanford Opens Its 2028 Recruiting ClassOn an afternoon this month, when Stanford's recruiting board showed the first...
Vietnamese Swimming in a New Cycle: A Long Lane, But a Short SystemOn the night of the men's 100m freestyle final at Paris 2026, I sat less than...
Cindy Hook Leaves Brisbane 2032 CEO Post: The Framework Is Built, the Olympic Pool Still Awaits Its BuilderLast Tuesday, Cindy Hook announced she would step down as chief executive of...
Brisbane 2032 Loses Its CEO After Three Years: The Startup Phase Closes Long Before the Starting SignalCindy Hook took the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Brisbane 2032...
Thirty-Three Years, Three Names, One System: Ireland's Swimming Failure Through the Lens of DataIn Dublin, the last number of the trial was not a swimming record. It was a...
Decoding the Water: Reading a Swim Before the Scoreboard Lights UpWhen Pan Zhanle touched the wall in the men's 100m freestyle final at the Par...
When Analysis Rings Hollow: A Lesson in Data Discipline in Women's SportsThere is a moment in the newsroom that I will never forget. It was late at...
The World Swimming Map: When Data Crowns a Champion, and When It Falls SilentOn August 1, 2026, in Paris, a 19-year-old Chinese swimmer named Pan Zhanle...
56.18 Seconds and the 1.07-Second Gap the Swimming Media Won't NameThere is a kind of evening I know well: a yellow desk lamp, a cup of coffee...