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WJC Results As A Predictor Of Future Success
The never ending question! A commenter asked about this the other day, and I’m happy to oblige, despite the fact that I’ve covered this general topic several times before. The difficulties with extrapolating from WJC results start with the fact that they comprise at most 2-3 races from a skier’s entire season. And the posts […]
Tagged 2002, development, WJCIn The mid-90’s Second Place Was Different: Follow-Up
Given the comments on my last post, I thought I’d verify things by altering the second graph to display the race type: Now the difference is very clear. I’ve combined the mass start and pursuit races into just one category (Mass). So clearly for the men the story here is different race tactics in mass […]
In The Mid-90s, Second Place Was Different
Sometimes you have some data and a specific question. Â Other times, you have some data, and you just sort of noodle around with it aimlessly. Â Sadly, I’ve been known to do that just for fun. Â I know, I’m a nerd. So I was looking at the gaps between 1st and 2nd place finishers in World […]
Tagged oddities, time gap, trend, World CupWJC & U23 Updates – North Americans
I’m a bit pressed for time at the moment, so not much commentary on these. They are just the updated versions of the graphs I showed on Wednesday, giving some historical context for the results at WJC & U23’s for the US and Canada. WJC – USA WJC – CAN
Tagged canada, Distance, junior, men, Sprint, U23, US, WJC, womenWJC & U23 Sprints
World Junior/U23s are underway, of course, in the exotic locale of Turkey. Monday wasn’t a spectacular day for the North Americans in the WJC freestyle sprint. For some quick context, here’s a look at the historical results in each discipline for the US: I’m just using finishing place here, rather than FIS points, since I […]
Tagged canada, junior, men, Sprint, USA, WJC, women