So the big news in XC over the last few days has obviously been Russian skier Nikolai Pankratov being caught with some, shall we say, suspicious materials. Â The first thing I do when I hear things like this are of course to look up his results like the last time…
Tagged doping, fis, nikolai pankratovMy real job is quickly approaching again as we move into fall. Â I’ve stockpiled plenty of material, but things will inevitably slow down a bit. Â I also have a few big projects on my plate related to Statistical Skier that I’ll be talking more about in the next week or two, so I have plenty […]
Tagged week in reviewNext up among biathlon retirements is French star Sandrine Bailly. Â She has numerous Biathlon World Cup victories to her name and has been an integral part of the French biathlon relay team. One notable victory links her to another retiring skier, Martina Beck. Â These women actually shared the gold medal at the 2003 Biathlon World […]
Tagged biathlon, retirement, retrospective, sandrine baillyAn old Dartmouth teammate of mine contacted me recently and asked if I’d be interested in looking at some triathlon data. Â He has some ulterior motives here, as his sister is a very good triathlete. Â Since he volunteered to gather the data himself (I believe from triathlon.org mostly) and send it to me, I just […]
Tagged Analysis, R, triathlonThere’s been some commentary over the last several years remarking that the Norwegian men, usually quite dominant, have been struggling to crush their competitors into tiny little pieces. Â From the perspective of US skiing fans that might seem absurd, but for better or for worse, Norway has exceedingly high expectations. It occurred to me, though, […]
Tagged Distance, men, norway, trendsAs promised from long ago, we have the General Classification bumps plots for the first nine stages of the Vuelta a España. Both versions, all together and split by team are below the fold. Don’t worry, more skiing content is in the works for the rest of this week…
Tagged bump chart, cycling, vuelta a espanaHere’s what’s been cooking on the site this week: We played a fun little guessing game, in which I asked you to predict which of five skiers would land on the podium in their very next race. Â The answers were revealed today, here. I veered off into some running data, looking at the relationship between […]
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