Statistical Skier

The Norwegian men continue their dominance of the biathlon circuit:

Update: I kind of messed this post up a bit.  It does change the picture somewhat, so see below for edits. There are several topics in North American XC skiing that are fairly predictable.  One of those is that anytime Andrew Newell posts a blazing fast qualifying time but fails to advance to the finals […]

Tim Burke, getting back into the swing of things it seems…full version below the fold.

There’s been some commentary over the last several years remarking that the Norwegian men, usually quite dominant, have been struggling to crush their competitors into tiny little pieces.  From the perspective of US skiing fans that might seem absurd, but for better or for worse, Norway has exceedingly high expectations. It occurred to me, though, […]