Swimming
SwimmingWhen the Spreadsheet Comes Back Empty: The Discipline of Saying 'Insufficient Information' in Swimming Analysis2026-10-22There is a moment every analyst who works with numbers has lived through and...
SwimmingSteenbergen Lowers Own European 200 Free Record to 1:50.23, Moves to #2 All-Time2026-10-16At the final leg of the World Cup swimming series in Astana, when Marrit...
Swimming55.82 Seconds in Short Course: Yusei Imaizumi, a World Junior Record, and the Grey Zone No One Has Measured2026-10-11I look at the split board before I look at the total time. In a 25-metre pool...
SwimmingAfter the Ánh Viên Era: Vietnamese Swimming and the Numbers That Never Reach the Medal Table2026-10-09The last time I replayed footage from a SEA Games meet, one detail made me...
Xu Jiayu, 48.77 Seconds and the 1.63-Second Silence in BeijingThe scoreboard in Beijing showed two lines. The top line: 48.77. The bottom...
Xu Jiayu's 48.77: An Asian Record and the Void Behind a 31-Year-Old ChampionIn lane four, the board clicked to 48.77 the instant Xu Jiayu's hand hit the...
IOC Closes 12 Committees: 19 Bodies Retained and the Gap Left in Gender PolicyIn the list of 31 International Olympic Committee (IOC) commissions published...
Jeju and Kim Young-beom's 48.18: Three Data Points That Cannot All Be TrueIn the women's 100m butterfly results from the Jeju indoor pool, one line...
IOC Closes 12 Commissions, Keeps 19: Swimming's Most Sensitive Policy Terrain Loses Its Standing SeatAt 5:12 in the morning, the indoor pool at the National Sports Training Centr...
When the Spreadsheet Comes Back Empty: The Discipline of Saying 'Insufficient Information' in Swimming AnalysisThere is a moment every analyst who works with numbers has lived through and...
Full Prize Money in a Broken Season: European Aquatics' Handshake and the Lesson of Two Erased StopsFour stops scheduled. Two erased by weather. And when the final standings wer...
The 25-metre pool, the scoreboard, and the missing context layers of Vietnamese swimmingThe scoreboard in lane 4 flicked to 2:14.87. The stands rose, a coach slammed...
Michigan Lands Treyvn Krauss: Decoding the Data Profile of the Nation's No. 11 Distance RecruitThe scoreboard for Treyvn Krauss in the 500-yard freestyle stops at 4:21.31....
When Swimming Data Goes Silent: Lessons from an Empty AnalysisThere is a silence nobody sees, but every data model fears it. I call it the...
Kate Douglass Breaks U.S. Open Record With 2:02.76 in Women's 200 IM: Short Course, Seven Turns and a New BenchmarkWhen the scoreboard at the U.S. Open showed 2:02.76 in the women's 200m...
Kate Douglass and 22.94 seconds: short course opens a new benchmark in the women's 50 freestyleThe electronic clock stopped at 22.94 seconds. A time-trial session, run...
Steenbergen Lowers Own European 200 Free Record to 1:50.23, Moves to #2 All-TimeAt the final leg of the World Cup swimming series in Astana, when Marrit...
Brisbane 2032 Olympic Organizing Committee CEO Resigns After Completing Startup PhaseCindy Hook, Chief Executive Officer of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralymp...
55.82 Seconds in Short Course: Yusei Imaizumi, a World Junior Record, and the Grey Zone No One Has MeasuredI look at the split board before I look at the total time. In a 25-metre pool...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Gap Between SEA Games Medals and the World StageThe sound of water breaking as a hand touches the wall, then a sharp breath...
Imaizumi's 55.82 Seconds: The Back Half Is Where the Skeleton ShowsThe scoreboard lit up 55.82. Yusei Imaizumi surfaced, turned to the board, an...
Nine Layers of Swimming Analysis: When a Journalist Must Learn to Stay Silent Before the Data1. The Silence Before the Whistle Early in the morning at a pool on the...
After the Ánh Viên Era: Vietnamese Swimming and the Numbers That Never Reach the Medal TableThe last time I replayed footage from a SEA Games meet, one detail made me...
Grace Alger, Eight Seconds, and the Single-Sample Problem at Speedo SectionalsOn the third afternoon of competition in Ithaca, a seventeen-year-old swimmer...
Paris 2026 and the New Order of World Swimming: Reading the Lane Through Nine Layers of DataParis 2026 and the New Order of World Swimming: Reading the Lane Through Nine...
Noelle Benkler Chooses Cal for 2028-29: How Short-Course Swimming Shapes an NCAA FutureA college swimming ticket was signed almost three years before the first day ...
Reef McMeeking Moves To Top Spot This Season In Boys' 15-16 100 Breast At LBHS Patriot InvitationalAt the Lake Brantley High School pool in Florida, the scoreboard locked in at...
Vietnamese Swimming After SEA Games 18: Medals, but No LedgerSaigon, December 2026. The flight from Chiang Mai touched down at Tan Son Nha...
Lexi Hartzell Verbals to Oakland: Reading the Time Level Before Trusting a Six-Second DropOn her SwimCloud profile, a short line appeared during the 2026-26 season: Le...
Xu Jiayu's 48.77: An Asian Record and the Void Behind a 31-Year-Old ChampionIn lane four, the board clicked to 48.77 the instant Xu Jiayu's hand hit the...
IOC Closes 12 Committees: 19 Bodies Retained and the Gap Left in Gender PolicyIn the list of 31 International Olympic Committee (IOC) commissions published...
Jeju and Kim Young-beom's 48.18: Three Data Points That Cannot All Be TrueIn the women's 100m butterfly results from the Jeju indoor pool, one line...
IOC Closes 12 Commissions, Keeps 19: Swimming's Most Sensitive Policy Terrain Loses Its Standing SeatAt 5:12 in the morning, the indoor pool at the National Sports Training Centr...
When the Spreadsheet Comes Back Empty: The Discipline of Saying 'Insufficient Information' in Swimming AnalysisThere is a moment every analyst who works with numbers has lived through and...
Full Prize Money in a Broken Season: European Aquatics' Handshake and the Lesson of Two Erased StopsFour stops scheduled. Two erased by weather. And when the final standings wer...
The 25-metre pool, the scoreboard, and the missing context layers of Vietnamese swimmingThe scoreboard in lane 4 flicked to 2:14.87. The stands rose, a coach slammed...
Michigan Lands Treyvn Krauss: Decoding the Data Profile of the Nation's No. 11 Distance RecruitThe scoreboard for Treyvn Krauss in the 500-yard freestyle stops at 4:21.31....
When Swimming Data Goes Silent: Lessons from an Empty AnalysisThere is a silence nobody sees, but every data model fears it. I call it the...
Kate Douglass Breaks U.S. Open Record With 2:02.76 in Women's 200 IM: Short Course, Seven Turns and a New BenchmarkWhen the scoreboard at the U.S. Open showed 2:02.76 in the women's 200m...
Kate Douglass and 22.94 seconds: short course opens a new benchmark in the women's 50 freestyleThe electronic clock stopped at 22.94 seconds. A time-trial session, run...
Steenbergen Lowers Own European 200 Free Record to 1:50.23, Moves to #2 All-TimeAt the final leg of the World Cup swimming series in Astana, when Marrit...
Brisbane 2032 Olympic Organizing Committee CEO Resigns After Completing Startup PhaseCindy Hook, Chief Executive Officer of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralymp...
55.82 Seconds in Short Course: Yusei Imaizumi, a World Junior Record, and the Grey Zone No One Has MeasuredI look at the split board before I look at the total time. In a 25-metre pool...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Gap Between SEA Games Medals and the World StageThe sound of water breaking as a hand touches the wall, then a sharp breath...
Imaizumi's 55.82 Seconds: The Back Half Is Where the Skeleton ShowsThe scoreboard lit up 55.82. Yusei Imaizumi surfaced, turned to the board, an...
Nine Layers of Swimming Analysis: When a Journalist Must Learn to Stay Silent Before the Data1. The Silence Before the Whistle Early in the morning at a pool on the...
After the Ánh Viên Era: Vietnamese Swimming and the Numbers That Never Reach the Medal TableThe last time I replayed footage from a SEA Games meet, one detail made me...
Grace Alger, Eight Seconds, and the Single-Sample Problem at Speedo SectionalsOn the third afternoon of competition in Ithaca, a seventeen-year-old swimmer...
Paris 2026 and the New Order of World Swimming: Reading the Lane Through Nine Layers of DataParis 2026 and the New Order of World Swimming: Reading the Lane Through Nine...
Noelle Benkler Chooses Cal for 2028-29: How Short-Course Swimming Shapes an NCAA FutureA college swimming ticket was signed almost three years before the first day ...
Reef McMeeking Moves To Top Spot This Season In Boys' 15-16 100 Breast At LBHS Patriot InvitationalAt the Lake Brantley High School pool in Florida, the scoreboard locked in at...
Vietnamese Swimming After SEA Games 18: Medals, but No LedgerSaigon, December 2026. The flight from Chiang Mai touched down at Tan Son Nha...
Lexi Hartzell Verbals to Oakland: Reading the Time Level Before Trusting a Six-Second DropOn her SwimCloud profile, a short line appeared during the 2026-26 season: Le...
