Swimming
How to Read a Swim: Split Sheets, 25m Pools and the Trap of the Post-Olympic Season2026-10-18In Nagoya, late at night, I open two windows side by side on the screen: on o...
UVA SCM Pro Elite: Reading the Short-Course Seeding Sheet Ahead of the 2026 World Championships2026-10-16In the emptiness, I hear the breath of the race more clearly. I wrote that li...
The Empty Report: Nine Dimensions of Swimming Analysis and a Data Analyst's Discipline Against Fabrication2026-10-16On the morning of August 13, 2026, I opened the analysis I had spent three da...
When Sports Data Goes Missing: Lessons from a Failed Analysis Pipeline2026-10-13There is a moment in sports commentary that I call the "dangerous silence" —...
SwimmingCassie Espinoza and USC: A Symphony of Unlabelled Lane LinesIn Lach Tray, I learned to read injuries from the very first numbers. And whe...
SwimmingHow to Read a Swim: Split Sheets, 25m Pools and the Trap of the Post-Olympic SeasonIn Nagoya, late at night, I open two windows side by side on the screen: on o...
SwimmingGretchen Walsh Breaks SCM 50 Free World Record: 22.75 at a Prep MeetTwenty-two point seven five. In a 25-metre pool, the women's 50-metre freesty...
SwimmingGretchen Walsh's 53.04: The U.S. Open Record and the Question of Short-Course PowerThere is a moment in American swimming that I keep in my head like a...
SwimmingKate Douglass Swims 2:02.76 to Break the U.S. Open Record in the 200 IM: The Backstroke Leg Is the Only Blind SpotAt the 150-metre mark, when Kate Douglass touched the wall for the sixth time...
SwimmingJaouadi Took Two Months Off After NCAAs and Swam the 800 Free Alone: 7:33.79 and What the Number Does Not SayLate afternoon in Charlottesville, Ahmed Jaouadi slid into the lane with no o...
SwimmingJaouadi Took Two Months Off After NCAAs, Then Swam the 800 Alone: 7:33.79 and an Unfinished Distance EquationThe pool at the University of Virginia, a midweek afternoon. No rival in the...
SwimmingUVA SCM Pro Elite: Reading the Short-Course Seeding Sheet Ahead of the 2026 World ChampionshipsIn the emptiness, I hear the breath of the race more clearly. I wrote that li...
SwimmingThe Empty Report: Nine Dimensions of Swimming Analysis and a Data Analyst's Discipline Against FabricationOn the morning of August 13, 2026, I opened the analysis I had spent three da...
SwimmingThe Empty Pool: The Breathing of a Swimmer Beneath the Boundary of MemoryFive in the morning, Hoa Xuan pool, Da Nang. No spectators, no loudspeakers, ...
SwimmingRoos Vanotterdijk's 24.56-Second Touch: Short Course Is Generous, Long Course Remains OpenAstana, the final stop of the 2026 short-course World Cup. In the women's 50m...
SwimmingComprehensive Analysis: When Vietnamese Football Data Is Insufficient for AssessmentIn the context of Vietnamese football increasingly asserting its position in...
SwimmingThirty-Three Years Under the Surface: How a Swimming Nation Learned to Stay SilentThe pool at five in the morning is the quietest place on earth. The surface h...
SwimmingSwim Workout #1131: A Diagnostic Set Run as a Conditioning SetIn August, a young swim coach in Hải Phòng sent me a link with a single line:...
SwimmingTomonobu Gomi's 48.58 Seconds: Japan Reclaims the Asian Butterfly RecordAt 10:14 PM Vietnam time, I sat in front of my screen watching the men's 100m...
SwimmingAlex Wood (2027) Verbally Commits to Johns Hopkins: Decoding the Breaststroke Resume Before His First Centennial SeasonThe most memorable detail in Alex Wood's recruiting notice is not in the...
SwimmingWhen Sports Data Goes Missing: Lessons from a Failed Analysis PipelineThere is a moment in sports commentary that I call the "dangerous silence" —...
