Swimming
Xu Jiayu etches name into history: 22.03 seconds for the SCM 50m backstroke world record
Cal 19-4 Princeton: Four Goals Conceded and an 83.3% Man-Down Kill Rate
Deep Swimming Analysis: When Input Data Is Null and Lessons on Sports Analysis Pipelines
Zona Smith Commits to Florida: The 22.95 Column and the 200 Backstroke Gap
Ben Oswiecinski Picks Bucknell: The 10-Second Mile Drop and the February Problem
Xu Jiayu etches name into history: 22.03 seconds for the SCM 50m backstroke world recordWhen the scoreboard at the Zhejiang pool flashed 22.03, the crowd may not hav...
Asian Para Games 2026: A Withdrawal Before the Start, a Lifetime Ban on the Table, and the Evidentiary Gap in BetweenNagoya, October 22, 2026. On the start list for the men's 100m butterfly S5 a...
Cal 19-4 Princeton: Four Goals Conceded and an 83.3% Man-Down Kill RateSpieker Aquatics Complex, Wednesday night. The water in the 50-metre pool...
Swimming Transfer Window 2026: When Noise Drowns Out SignalThe 2026 swimming transfer window is entering its hottest phase, and the mark...
The Money Stream Behind the Swimsuit: A Quantitative Analysis from a Single Job PostingThere is a category of data that Vietnamese sports analysts almost never touc...
2027 Swimming World Cup: Six 50m Events, One Olympic Berth, Four StartsQuarter-final. In a 50m event. In an official swimming start list, those two...
Deep Swimming Analysis: When Input Data Is Null and Lessons on Sports Analysis PipelinesIn recent years, professional sports analysis in Vietnam has made significant...
Nine Empty Cells Beneath Vietnam's Swimming Stands22:47, the press room beneath the swimming stands. The printer pushes out a...
Zona Smith Commits to Florida: The 22.95 Column and the 200 Backstroke GapCary, North Carolina, a March morning. The board above the wall flips to 22.9...
Yu Yiting's 2:02.63: A Pacing Correction, and the Deeper Map of Asian Women's 200 IMAt the World Cup stop in Astana, Yu Yiting swam the women's 200m individual...
Ben Oswiecinski Picks Bucknell: The 10-Second Mile Drop and the February ProblemIn December, at the MAKO Holiday Classic, Ben Oswiecinski swam the 200-yard...
Kate Douglass Sets U.S. Open Record in 50m Freestyle (SCM) with 22.94 SecondsThe clock stopped at 22.94. Kate Douglass completed the 50-meter freestyle in...
Yu Yiting Breaks Asian Record in Women's 100m Butterfly at 55.17: The 25.53 Opening and the Cost of the Second HalfThe clock does not flinch That night I sat in front of a screen in Saigon, an...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Gap: When the Scoreboard Holds a Single NumberOn the electronic board at the heats of a national youth swimming meet, the...
Marrit Steenbergen Lowers Her Own 200m Freestyle European Record: 1:50.23 and the Secret Hidden in the Middle 100There is a moment in swimming that only someone who has been in the water...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Void Behind the MedalsDa Nang, 5:30 a.m., Tuyen Son pool. The gates are still shut, the lights are ...
Tomoyuki Matsushita Breaks Asian Short-Course 200m IM Record: 0.05 Seconds and Unanswered QuestionsOn the final day of the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships, Tomoyuki...
Reina Liu and Stanford: What a Recruiting Ranking Cannot Measure About the 50-Meter LaneOn January 15, 2026, I sat in my small apartment in Nagoya, replaying footage...
An Analysis Full of Blank Cells and the Data Discipline of Vietnamese SportAt one in the morning in Saigon, I reopened the stage-two deep analysis for t...
A record night at the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships: Matsushita breaks the 400m IM world record, Taniguchi lowers the 50m breaststroke national recordTaku Taniguchi touched the wall, lifted his head toward the scoreboard and sa...
Empty Input: The Discipline of Verification Sports Writing Must RelearnLate at night in Nagoya, I opened a file labeled “swimming.” Inside were empt...
Anatomy of a Swim: Nine Layers of Data Beneath the SurfaceOne evening in August, I sat in the broadcast booth, eyes fixed on the...
Vietnamese Swimming After Ánh Viên: A Data Gap Wider Than a Medal GapIn the final of the women's 200m individual medley at SEA Games 31, the lane...
Cal 2026, Virginia 2026 and Cal 2028: Three Recruiting Classes Redefining the Standard of US College SwimmingThere is a paradox that has persisted for decades in the US collegiate swimmi...
Pieter Coetze's 49.11: The African Record Was Written in the Final 25 MetresI replayed the final length seven times. At the 75m mark, Pieter Coetze was...
Asian Para Games 2026: A Withdrawal Before the Start, a Lifetime Ban on the Table, and the Evidentiary Gap in BetweenNagoya, October 22, 2026. On the start list for the men's 100m butterfly S5 a...
Cal 19-4 Princeton: Four Goals Conceded and an 83.3% Man-Down Kill RateSpieker Aquatics Complex, Wednesday night. The water in the 50-metre pool...
Swimming Transfer Window 2026: When Noise Drowns Out SignalThe 2026 swimming transfer window is entering its hottest phase, and the mark...
The Money Stream Behind the Swimsuit: A Quantitative Analysis from a Single Job PostingThere is a category of data that Vietnamese sports analysts almost never touc...
2027 Swimming World Cup: Six 50m Events, One Olympic Berth, Four StartsQuarter-final. In a 50m event. In an official swimming start list, those two...
Deep Swimming Analysis: When Input Data Is Null and Lessons on Sports Analysis PipelinesIn recent years, professional sports analysis in Vietnam has made significant...
Nine Empty Cells Beneath Vietnam's Swimming Stands22:47, the press room beneath the swimming stands. The printer pushes out a...
Zona Smith Commits to Florida: The 22.95 Column and the 200 Backstroke GapCary, North Carolina, a March morning. The board above the wall flips to 22.9...
Yu Yiting's 2:02.63: A Pacing Correction, and the Deeper Map of Asian Women's 200 IMAt the World Cup stop in Astana, Yu Yiting swam the women's 200m individual...
Ben Oswiecinski Picks Bucknell: The 10-Second Mile Drop and the February ProblemIn December, at the MAKO Holiday Classic, Ben Oswiecinski swam the 200-yard...
Kate Douglass Sets U.S. Open Record in 50m Freestyle (SCM) with 22.94 SecondsThe clock stopped at 22.94. Kate Douglass completed the 50-meter freestyle in...
Yu Yiting Breaks Asian Record in Women's 100m Butterfly at 55.17: The 25.53 Opening and the Cost of the Second HalfThe clock does not flinch That night I sat in front of a screen in Saigon, an...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Gap: When the Scoreboard Holds a Single NumberOn the electronic board at the heats of a national youth swimming meet, the...
Marrit Steenbergen Lowers Her Own 200m Freestyle European Record: 1:50.23 and the Secret Hidden in the Middle 100There is a moment in swimming that only someone who has been in the water...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Void Behind the MedalsDa Nang, 5:30 a.m., Tuyen Son pool. The gates are still shut, the lights are ...
Tomoyuki Matsushita Breaks Asian Short-Course 200m IM Record: 0.05 Seconds and Unanswered QuestionsOn the final day of the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships, Tomoyuki...
Reina Liu and Stanford: What a Recruiting Ranking Cannot Measure About the 50-Meter LaneOn January 15, 2026, I sat in my small apartment in Nagoya, replaying footage...
An Analysis Full of Blank Cells and the Data Discipline of Vietnamese SportAt one in the morning in Saigon, I reopened the stage-two deep analysis for t...
A record night at the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships: Matsushita breaks the 400m IM world record, Taniguchi lowers the 50m breaststroke national recordTaku Taniguchi touched the wall, lifted his head toward the scoreboard and sa...
Empty Input: The Discipline of Verification Sports Writing Must RelearnLate at night in Nagoya, I opened a file labeled “swimming.” Inside were empt...
Anatomy of a Swim: Nine Layers of Data Beneath the SurfaceOne evening in August, I sat in the broadcast booth, eyes fixed on the...
Vietnamese Swimming After Ánh Viên: A Data Gap Wider Than a Medal GapIn the final of the women's 200m individual medley at SEA Games 31, the lane...
Cal 2026, Virginia 2026 and Cal 2028: Three Recruiting Classes Redefining the Standard of US College SwimmingThere is a paradox that has persisted for decades in the US collegiate swimmi...
Pieter Coetze's 49.11: The African Record Was Written in the Final 25 MetresI replayed the final length seven times. At the 75m mark, Pieter Coetze was...
