Yesterday’s biathlon WC sprint saw a mix of results for the Americans. First, things seem to have sort of reversed themselves from early in the season with Laura Spector struggling and the other ladies skiing quite well: An excellent race from Haley Johnson and Sara Studebaker, but a pretty dismal one for Spector, who shot […]
Tagged americans, biathlon, men, recap, Sprint, women, World CupSigh. Prologues. They count for FIS points. They count for World Cup points. And yet, somehow, I just don’t really care that much about them. Still, a race is a race, so here are the requisite snapshots:
Tagged classic, men, prologue, race snapshot, women, World Cup, world cup finalAs far as I can tell, Magdalena Neuner leads all currently active female biathletes in victories in major international races. Granted, she’s been racing longer than many of the current top women, but still. (Update: As pointed out to me in the comments, that isn’t exactly the case. All I meant to say was that […]
Tagged alexander wolf, andreas birnbacher, biathlon, björn ferry, helena ekholm, magdalena neuner, men, recap, Sprint, women, World CupGreat races from Sara Studebaker and Haley Johnson today. A decent race from Tim Burke, probably undone by those two missing last time through the range. You’ll note that Tarjei Bø was back in 44th with 5 missed shots; that’s biathlon for you!
Tagged biathlon, men, race snapshot, Sprint, women, World CupThere were loads of problems with the heat times for this race, so I only have partial data. The men’s times were totally messed up and unusable, so I’ll only have graphs for the women. Here are the women’s finalists: I actually made up a time for Visnar’s final round heat, since the live timing […]
Tagged classic, recap, Sprint, women, World Cup, world cup finalSo how did the North Americans do at World Biathlon Championships this year? There definitely some strong results, but here’s some context: These are the Canadian and American biathlon performances at WBCs and OWGs measured by standardized percent behind the median skier. The blue line tracks the median over time. The Canadian men had some […]
Tagged accuracy, assessment, biathlon, canada, men, shooting, USA, wbc, womenA solid race from Andrew Newell, and a decent one for Kikkan Randall given that it’s a classic race. And that’s it for the sprint races for the year…
Tagged city sprint, classic, men, race snapshot, Sprint, stage, women, World Cup, world cup final