Athletics
One Sample, Two Clocks: Peres Jepchirchir and Marathon's Measurement Crisis
The Truth Behind 32:32.40: Sindh's First Gold and the Distance the Stopwatch Won't Show
Sindh's First Gold, 32:32.40, and the Four Empty Columns on the Result Sheet
Excavating the Empty Column: What Indian Junior Athletics Records Never Entered
Three Minutes Clear in Sydney, One Sample Behind in Kenya
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: A Forged Prescription, and a Drug the Reports Misnamed
One Sample, Two Clocks: Peres Jepchirchir and Marathon's Measurement CrisisOn the morning of 30 August 2026 the mark board at the Sydney Marathon carrie...
The Truth Behind 32:32.40: Sindh's First Gold and the Distance the Stopwatch Won't ShowThe result board in Karachi read 32:32.40, and half the press room went quiet...
A Sample Filled Before Sydney: Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended After EPO PositiveAt the finish line in Sydney on the morning of 30 August 2026, the clock...
Sindh's First Gold, 32:32.40, and the Four Empty Columns on the Result SheetA result sheet from Karachi sat on my desk for two days. There was no date at...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: Two Years for the Substance, Four for the PaperTwo years for the substance. Four years for the paper. Six in total. That...
Sindh's First Gold and the 32:32.40 Ledger: A Five-Kilometre Title With No International AddressKalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, July 2026. At the Asian Athletics Championships...
When a Forged Prescription Ended a Marathon Career: The Full Anatomy of Ruti Aga's CaseI have covered doping cases for the past thirteen years. But Ruti Aga's case ...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: The Case Was Never About a Steroid, It Was About a Forged Prescription and an Empty Medical FileTwo years for charge one. Four years for charge two. Six years on the ledger....
Excavating the Empty Column: What Indian Junior Athletics Records Never EnteredExcavating the Empty Column: What Indian Junior Athletics Records Never Enter...
Three Minutes Clear in Sydney, One Sample Behind in Kenya30 August 2026, Sydney. Peres Jepchirchir crossed the line in 2:18:31, more...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: A Forged Prescription, and a Drug the Reports MisnamedThe prescription carried the name of a clinic. The clinic did not exist. The...
32:32.40 — Sindh's First Gold, and a Time Still Waiting to Be JudgedThe number that settled on the scoreboard in Karachi that evening was 32:32.4...
A Career in a Bottle: Peres Jepchirchir, EPO and Sydney's 2:18:31A sample collection kit holds two bottles. A and B. The same urine, the same...
Peres Jepchirchir: EPO Positive, Provisional Suspension — The Laser That Splits Marathon's Biggest Story in TwoPeres Jepchirchir, the Olympic and World Championships marathon gold medallis...
2:18:31 and a Kenya Sample: The Date Peres Jepchirchir's Result Sheet Never PrintsThe Sydney Marathon result sheet came up on my screen on the night of 30 Augu...