It’s always fun when the World Cup takes a turn through North America, although I’m a cranky old traditionalist, so sprints aren’t my favorite event, and city sprints are even further down the list for me. One challenge that comes up in trying to assess performance in WCs held in North America is that the […]
Tagged Analysis, canada, city sprint, men, Sprint, USA, women, World CupThe men: And the women:
Tagged city sprint, freestyle, men, quebec, race snapshot, Sprint, women, World CupI noted in a Tweet that Marit Bjoergen is the only skier since 1992 to win each of the four opening World Cup events (sprint and distance) in a row. But if you relax that condition to allow for streaks occurring at any point in the season (and include Olympic and World Championship events), Bjoergen […]
Tagged Distance, marit bjoergen, men, Sprint, winning streak, women, World CupThe men: And the women:
Tagged classic, kuusamo, men, race snapshot, Sprint, stage world cup, women, World CupContinuing on with some notes about the World Cup opener in Gällivare last weekend. It’s always the case in a season opener that much will be made of a handful of people who had unexpectedly good or bad races. Usually, this is an overreaction. But let’s play that game anyway and look at two skiers […]
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