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42–41: The Touch That Wrote History, and the Number Still Looking for a Witness
A First Touch of History: Singapore Women’s Épée Team Win Historic Asian Games Bronze
42–41: Singapore's First Women's Épée Team Medal, and the Arithmetic Behind It
42–41 Overtime, 35–45 Semi: Singapore's Épée Bronze Tells Two Stories
42–41: Singapore's First Women's Épée Team Medal, and the Arithmetic Behind ItHalf past eleven at my Osaka desk, the room dimmed down to the laptop glow. O...
42–41 Overtime, 35–45 Semi: Singapore's Épée Bronze Tells Two StoriesElle Koh's overtime touch made it 42–41. The Uzbek bench went quiet; Singapor...
Singapore's First Team Épée Bronze: The 35–45 Margin Is the Real LedgerIt was 2:40 in the morning in Chattogram, the laptop open on the table with t...
42–41: The Scoreline That Beat the Target, and the Medal Nobody AuditedI finished drawing nine columns on a sheet of paper at home in Mymensingh, pu...
42–41 and 35–45: The Two Sides of Singapore's Fencing Team BronzeThe scoreboard says 45 touches. The match stopped at 42–41. In team épée, eve...
42–41: Singapore's Épée Bronze, Bangladesh's Four Karate Golds, and One Ledger Still UnbalancedOn the épée piste at the Aichi Sky Expo, the scoreboard read 42–41, and the...
42–41: The Touch That Wrote History, and the Number Still Looking for a WitnessIt is a forty-minute train ride from the Aichi Sky Expo to my flat. The Games...
A First Touch of History: Singapore Women’s Épée Team Win Historic Asian Games BronzeAt the Aichi Sky Expo fencing hall, the scoreboard froze at 42-41. In that...
Singapore's Épée Bronze: What the Gap From 42–41 to 35–45 Actually SaysOne Touch Before Dawn, and a Number Nobody Logged At four in the morning in...