Swimming
From 24.37 to 25.96: Zhang Zhanshuo, the Asian Record, and the New Grammar of the 200m Freestyle
4:28.56 — A Thirteen-Year-Old, a Twelve-Year-Old Record, and a Ledger Short by 0.13 Seconds
One Record, Two Owners: 13-Year-Old Yu Zidi and a Fourteen-Year Shadow
The 50 Fly Games Record: The Number That Never Makes the Headline
A Thirteen-Year-Old's Hands and a Twelve-Year-Old Record: What the Asian Games 400 IM Actually Changed
One Record, Two Owners: 13-Year-Old Yu Zidi and a Fourteen-Year ShadowThe number at 4 a.m. I opened the results file in Los Angeles at 4 a.m. and t...
The 50 Fly Games Record: The Number That Never Makes the HeadlineAt first light on the Shitalakshya ghat I once stopped my own stopwatch,...
From 24.37 to 25.96: Zhang Zhanshuo, the Asian Record, and the New Grammar of the 200m FreestyleHook December 2026. The open-air 50-metre complex in Mirpur. A printed heat...
A Thirteen-Year-Old's Hands and a Twelve-Year-Old Record: What the Asian Games 400 IM Actually ChangedBefore the number appeared on screen, the line was already written in my...
Aichi-Nagoya Day Two: Two Hong Kong Swimmers, Two Clocks, and One Venue ErrorAt 2 a.m. in a Vancouver apartment, the men's 50m freestyle final came up on ...
Tang Qianting: The Structural Truth Behind a 29.50 Asian Games Prelim Record29.50 seconds. When that number flashed on the timing board in the prelims of...
4:28.56 — A Thirteen-Year-Old, a Twelve-Year-Old Record, and a Ledger Short by 0.13 SecondsThe quietest line on the scoreboard on day four was the one doing the most...
55.68 and 1:06.50 — One Swimmer, Two Columns, One CommitmentIn 2026, on a night at a Pro Swim Series stop in Indianapolis, I sat in a hot...