Listening to the FasterSkier podcast today, Topher and Nat discussed the notion that the Canadian men frequently seem to struggle early in the season. If we’re talking about how “the Canadian men” perform on the WC level, let’s focus on Kershaw, Harvey and Babikov, since they’ve been the “regulars” on the WC circuit for the […]
Also tagged Analysis, canadan, Distance, men, Sprint, trend, World CupOne of the more exciting stories out of the early season FIS races in Muonio, Finland was the strong performances from Liz Stephen. Now, being a cautious, data centric guy, I also tend to be a bit of a downer. So I am loathe to predict much based on a single race, although there have […]
Also tagged justyna kowalczyk, liz stephen, muonioLots of racing this weekend, obviously, but the Muonio results only appeared on the FIS website today, so they’ll wait for later in the week. I was intrigued, though, but Therese Johaug’s strong races in Norway. For many reasons, it will be difficult to accurately parse early season results this year. Many people are focused […]
Also tagged beitostølen, marit bjo, therese johaug, womenPodcast Shenanigans So I tune into the FasterSkier podcast tonight during my run, only to hear that I’m apparently the lead topic, by way of Kikkan Randall’s strong classic sprint (and distance) results in Kuusamo. Fair enough. As fun as it would be to turn this into a full on blog war, I actually think […]
Also tagged vibeke skofterudMissed Medals A reader asked on Twitter the other day if I’d recalculate the tallies for Kris Freeman’s top ten, top three, etc. results if we went back and removed a certain Estonian skier from prior results sheets. I’m going to preface this with some standard caveats about how I can’t know for sure when […]
Also tagged andrus veerpalu, doping, kris freeman, maurice manificatWho impressed me most in the races last weekend in Kuusamo? Â Well, I have to agree with one of my commenters in picking Germany’s Nicole Fessel. Â I’m not crazy enough to stay up till 1am to watch the races live on the internet, so I only have the results to go by. Â Still, how impressive […]
Also tagged Distance, most improved, nicole fessel, SprintAside from being a yummy holiday treat, Thanksgiving turkey is a term used (in North America, at least) to refer to ski racers who come out of the gate kicking everyone’s pants off in November or December and then fizzle out for the rest of the season. Â A friend urged me to write a post […]
Also tagged espen rotchev, Fun Stuff, peaking, tor arne hetland