Those Finns are Matti Heikkinen and Krista Lahteenmaki, of course, and I’m mostly referring to distance races: I actually made this graph prior to today’s race, so keep that in mind. Simply using finishing rank for each athlete paints an interesting picture. Â The first thing I want to note is that Heikkinen’s results this year […]
Tagged Distance, finland, krista lahtee, matti heikkinenIt was a banner day for North America, to be sure. Â Let’s take a look at how the heats played out, starting with the semifinalists: I’ve removed Roger Aa Djupvik from the men’s plot, as he ran into a spot of difficulty in the quarters and packed it in for a very slow time. Â It’ll […]
Tagged devon kershaw, freestyle, kikkan randall, recap, Sprint, tour de skiI’m squeaking this in just as the biathlon circuit gets going again. Â This will be a really quick post just recapping how the US has done on the WC circuit so far this season. Â I’m not even going to cover everyone that’s had a WC start, just the “major players” so far. First up a […]
Tagged biathlon, jeremy teela, laura spector, leif nordgren, lowell bailey, midseason, review, sara studebaker, tim burke, USA, World CupFor some reason, this song has been running through my head all morning. Â I wonder why? Â Too bad Randall got tangled up in the final, though.
Tagged devon kershaw, race snapshotOnce again, not much commentary here, just some graphs showing some notable individuals progress through the tour. Â I haven’t highlighted all the leaders, per se, just some of the top people and some other interesting ones. No one’s likely to touch Kowalczyk for the overall, although there’s a lot of racing left to be done. […]
Tagged alex harvey, andrew newell, bump chart, canada, ivan babikov, kikkan randall, kris freeman, recap, tour de ski, USAAn excellent suggestion from the comments was to redo the graphs by nation, but overlay them on top of the same data from last year’s Tour for comparison. Easily done! Â I’ve pruned back the nations plotted even further to focus more heavily on the big guns, and it also enhances readability. Â Also, keep in mind […]
Tagged bump chart, tour de skiI’m not going to provide much analysis here, just the graphs. Â Feel free to pontificate in the comments. Â First up is the overall Tour rank after each stage: The two day pursuit created more chaos in the overall placings than I expected. Â Somewhat more significant movement in the sprint in Stage 3 with the men, […]
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