Athletics
AthleticsRuti Aga's Six-Year Ban: It Wasn't the Drug, It Was the Prescription Slip That Ended a Career2026-10-25Nobody said Ruti Aga's name in the mixed zone that evening. It was September,...
AthleticsRuti Aga: Six-Year Ban, But the Real Case Is Not Steroids — It's Paper2026-10-25On Thursday, the Athletics Integrity Unit handed Ethiopian marathoner Ruti Ag...
AthleticsPeres Jepchirchir's Sample Was Taken Before Sydney Win: Full Timeline of the EPO Positive Case and Its Impact on the Marathon World2026-10-25When Peres Jepchirchir saw 2:18:31 on the board at the Sydney Marathon finish...
Athletics2:18:31 and One Sample: What Peres Jepchirchir's Case Will Write Into the Ledger2026-10-24The official results sheet for the Sydney Marathon carries the date 30 August...
AthleticsSample Taken Before Sydney Marathon Win Tests Positive for EPO: Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended2026-10-24I put the last number first. 2:18:31 — August 30, 2026, the Sydney Marathon,...
AthleticsThe Testimony of an Empty File: Why Every Field in an Athletics Report Reads N/A2026-10-26A file opened on my screen on Monday morning. It had nine sections, and nearl...
The Testimony of an Empty File: Why Every Field in an Athletics Report Reads N/AA file opened on my screen on Monday morning. It had nine sections, and nearl...
Two Notebooks, One Silence: Peres Jepchirchir and the Marathon Ledger Nobody AuditedI keep two notebooks — one for the time, one for the silence after it. On 30...
Ruti Aga: Six Years for a Forged Prescription — and the Defence She Erased HerselfThe address printed on the prescription belonged to a clinic that did not...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: A Glucocorticoid, a Forged Prescription, and a Clinic That Never ExistedIn March, a half marathon was held in China. Ruti Aga won it. A few days late...
2:18:31 and the Sample Taken Before It: The Ledger Still Open in the Peres Jepchirchir CaseThe clock under the Sydney Harbour Bridge stopped at 2:18:31 on the morning o...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: The Real Crime Was Not a 'Steroid' But a Forged PrescriptionWhen Ruti Aga's doping test came back positive after winning a half marathon ...
An Empty File Is Still a Document: What 'N/A' Really Means in Athletics Injury ReportingAt about eleven at night I opened the sheet. Nine cells — performance, athlet...
Ruti Aga's Six-Year Ban: It Wasn't the Drug, It Was the Prescription Slip That Ended a CareerNobody said Ruti Aga's name in the mixed zone that evening. It was September,...
Ruti Aga: Six-Year Ban, But the Real Case Is Not Steroids — It's PaperOn Thursday, the Athletics Integrity Unit handed Ethiopian marathoner Ruti Ag...
Peres Jepchirchir's Sample Was Taken Before Sydney Win: Full Timeline of the EPO Positive Case and Its Impact on the Marathon WorldWhen Peres Jepchirchir saw 2:18:31 on the board at the Sydney Marathon finish...
2:18:31 and One Sample: What Peres Jepchirchir's Case Will Write Into the LedgerThe official results sheet for the Sydney Marathon carries the date 30 August...
Sample Taken Before Sydney Marathon Win Tests Positive for EPO: Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally SuspendedI put the last number first. 2:18:31 — August 30, 2026, the Sydney Marathon,...