Martial Arts
The Semifinal Is Vietnam's Ceiling: Auditing Four Sanda Bronzes at the Asiad
Seventy-Two Percent and a Sourceless Ledger: Auditing the Flyweight Rematch
0–5, 5–0, 4–1: What Is Vietnam's Asiad Bronze Actually Worth on the Judges' Sheet?
One Bronze, a Ten-Touch Gap and Three Games of Silence: The Singapore Épée Team Ledger
Between 42–41 and 35–45: The Real Ledger Behind Singapore's Fencing Bronze
42–41 and an Empty Dropdown: Why Singapore's Fencing Bronze Never Made It Into a Dhaka Newsroom
Seventy-Two Percent and a Sourceless Ledger: Auditing the Flyweight RematchDHaka, 4:10 a.m. At the top of a fresh notebook page I wrote a number: 13/18....
The Semifinal Is Vietnam's Ceiling: Auditing Four Sanda Bronzes at the AsiadSeptember 23, 1:40 a.m., Nagoya. One cup of tea, one open tab — a short...
0–5, 5–0, 4–1: What Is Vietnam's Asiad Bronze Actually Worth on the Judges' Sheet?The scoring spread read like a price ticker: 0–5, then 5–0, then 4–1. In the...
One Bronze, a Ten-Touch Gap and Three Games of Silence: The Singapore Épée Team LedgerOne touch. The board read 42–41. In that single minute of overtime at the Aic...
Between 42–41 and 35–45: The Real Ledger Behind Singapore's Fencing BronzeI was not standing on the piste at the Aichi Sky Expo. I was at a desk in...
42–41 and an Empty Dropdown: Why Singapore's Fencing Bronze Never Made It Into a Dhaka NewsroomHook From my apartment in Nagoya, the Meitetsu line to the Aichi Sky Expo tak...
42–41: The Touch That Entered Singapore's Fencing Ledger — and the Ten Touches Still OpenThe scoreboard read 42–41. Team épée, quarter-final, the last touch of overti...