It’s really some of the women’s performances that I want to call attention to, but let’s start with the men’s 20k individual race from the other day. Here’s the top five (click through for full version): Another impressive race from the youngster Tarjei Bø. But as you’ll note, not a wildly dominant race when measured […]
Tagged 15km, 20km, biathlon, individual, men, recap, wbc, womenA commenter yesterday noted that the TV coverage of yesterday’s women’s WBC race noted that the women’s shooting has been improving over the last decade or so, and wondered if we could make a graph to go along with that observation. Looking at only World Cup, World Championship and Olympic races, here’s the shooting statistics […]
Tagged accuracy, biathlon, shooting, womenLooks like shooting was a big factor today in Helena Ekholm just crushing the field. She shot clean, and it looks like a lot of others had a few misses. This is one of those races where percent behind the leader is rather misleading. For instance, Sara Studebaker probably had a very good race in […]
Tagged 15km, biathlon, race snapshot, wbc, womenNothing in depth here, just a quick look at how the US and Canadian results at these past World Champs compare to past major championships (OWG and WSC). First is a look at the distance results, using standardized percent back from the median skier, and the blue line representing the median performance over time: For […]
Tagged assessment, canada, recap, USA, WSCAwesome race from Leif Nordgren, and an ok one from Tim Burke. Â The host country got a surprise performance it seems from Maxim Maksimov.
Tagged 20k, biathlon, men, race snapshot, wbcNot much commentary on this one, just the graphs for the top skiers and the Americans. First the leaders: I don’t have much to add here except that Arnd Peiffer is having an excellent World Championships so far. As for the Americans: Nothing spectacular, I suppose, but not terrible.
Tagged biathlon, men, pursuit, recap, wbc