As always, the sprint heat times are thanks to Jan at WorldOfXC.com. I was travelling yesterday, so not only did I not watch these races, I haven’t even really read about them yet either. So this will be an interesting guessing game for me, to see how much I can infer from just the the […]
Also tagged classic, lahti, recap, Sprint, women, World CupAs you can see, I’m running a bit behind today. I should be back to my regular schedule starting tomorrow with some recaps of the weekend’s racing in Lahti, and maybe some general recaps of the biathlon World Champs later in the week.
Also tagged classic, lahti, race snapshot, Sprint, women, World CupLooks like it was some tough shooting, particularly for the women’s race. The percent back values look a little odd, even for a mass start race.
Also tagged biathlon, mass, race snapshot, wbc, womenMarit Bjørgen is beaten again! And I’m going to have to go back and check on this, but I have this funny feeling that the French men tend to ski faster late in the season. Probably some misleading points for the women again.
Also tagged lahti, pursuit, race snapshot, women, World CupIt’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 […]
Also tagged 15km, 20km, biathlon, individual, recap, wbc, womenAwesome race from Leif Nordgren, and an ok one from Tim Burke. Â The host country got a surprise performance it seems from Maxim Maksimov.
Also tagged 20k, biathlon, 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.
Also tagged biathlon, pursuit, recap, wbc