World Junior and U23 Championships are just around the corner! The posts today will focus on the US and Canadian teams, subsequent posts will look at some of the other top nations. WJCs and U23s are rolled into the same week of racing, although they split up the results by age group. U23s in particular […]
Also tagged can, canada, junior, preview, Sprint, USA, WJC/U23The third in the series, looking at differences in performance in skating vs. classic races for particular nations. Â We’ve already done Japan and Italy. Â Now, by request, we have Norway. To avoid repeating myself, I’m going to skip much of the introduction and explanation for the methodology and graphs. Â Go read the Italy post if […]
Also tagged Analysis, men, norway, Sprint, technical, technique preference, womenEven Magdelena Neuner has bad days, apparently.
Also tagged biathlon, individual, race snapshot, womenFantastic day for Lowell Bailey! Â Also a strong race from Canadian Brendan Green.
Also tagged biathlon, men, race snapshot, World CupAs expected, Stage 6 saw quite a bit of movement (as well as skiers abandoning due to illness): A couple of the men are really quite a ways off the back; I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw some of them pack it in. Â Stage 6 created a lot more “clumpiness” with the men, although […]
Also tagged bump chart, men, stage, tour de ski, women, World CupThose 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 […]
Also tagged finland, krista lahtee, matti heikkinenBack in September I wrote a post looking at the supposed woes of Norway’s male distance team. Â The bottom line was that, yes, by various measures things haven’t been looking as good lately for the Norwegian men’s distance squad. Â With the first period of racing completed, and more rumblings in Norway about their poor performance, […]
Also tagged men, norway, podiums, russia, sweden, victories, World Cup