Swimming
A Number That Doesn't Know Its Own Pool Length: Tatjana Smith, the 50m Breaststroke and the Arithmetic of a Comeback
The New Fifty-Metre Lane, a 29.50, and the Ledger of Accrued Interest
The 'New Michael Phelps' and the Fear That Lingered at the Asian Games
Nine Meets in 36 Days, and One Date That Refuses to Add Up
Behind the MVP Numbers: Curzan, Heilman and the Measurement Problem of a League
Tatjana Smith Is Back — But Which Pool Did That 29.50 Come From?
The 'New Michael Phelps' and the Fear That Lingered at the Asian GamesThe hook is a broken number. The article claims that 17-year-old Shin Ohashi'...
Nine Meets in 36 Days, and One Date That Refuses to Add UpBefore I trusted the list, I counted the days myself. The October 2026...
Behind the MVP Numbers: Curzan, Heilman and the Measurement Problem of a LeagueIt was 2:40 in the morning in Khulna, the laptop throwing blue light across a...
Tatjana Smith Is Back — But Which Pool Did That 29.50 Come From?The report from September 25 carries a number — 29.50. In which event? The 50...
Nine Meets in 36 Days and One 13-Day Error: What the October 2026 Swimming Calendar Refuses to CountHook 15 October to 27 October. I have written that date range into my lined...
A Number That Doesn't Know Its Own Pool Length: Tatjana Smith, the 50m Breaststroke and the Arithmetic of a Comeback29.50 seconds. That single figure is the entire quantitative case for Tatjana...
30 Golds Flat, 54 Medals Down: The Ledger Hidden Behind China's 2026 Asian Games Swimming WinIn Tokyo the finals session began at 5pm local and the heats at 10am — six da...
The New Fifty-Metre Lane, a 29.50, and the Ledger of Accrued InterestI go looking for the race and I find the river first. That lesson came in 202...
September's 1:49.54 — A New League's Headline, A Swimmer's Unfinished QuestionHook: I Counted Golds In Mirpur; Now I Count Splits In Westmont In 2026 I was...
The No. 3 in 52.11 Seconds: Short-Course Yards, and the Border of a RecordThe fog had not lifted over the outdoor 50m complex in Mirpur that December o...
Skins, Relays and One Rule: What the College Swim League Actually ChangesI had to stop at the rule. In the 4×50 freestyle relay, the winning team...
Gorbenko's 52.11: A Top-Three Built in Short Course Yards That Cannot Cross the BorderThe scoreboard read 52.11, and immediately beneath it 52.69, and below that...