This will just be a short note with similar graphs as last time, only for a few of the major European nations. Men’s Distance Sweden continues to generally improve. Note that in terms of top thirty performances, Norway has steadily declined over the years, but not among the top ten or better level. So they’ve […]
Also tagged Distance, finland, men, norway, recap, russia, Sprint, sweden, women, World CupDuring this lull before the Tour de Ski, I thought I’d show some graphs quickly summarizing how the US and Canada have fared thus far with some historical context. I think we all have a good sense of what’s going well (American women), what’s going not so well (American men) and what’s going OK (Canadian […]
Also tagged canada, Distance, men, recap, Sprint, USA, womenI’m squeaking this in just as the biathlon circuit gets going again. Â This will be a really quick post just recapping how the US has done on the WC circuit so far this season. Â I’m not even going to cover everyone that’s had a WC start, just the “major players” so far. First up a […]
Also tagged biathlon, jeremy teela, laura spector, leif nordgren, lowell bailey, review, sara studebaker, tim burke, USA, World CupContinuing on from my last post on North American distance skiers, let’s jump right in with the sprinters, starting with the men: No fancy metrics here, just what place people finished in. Â Once again, red is this season, blue is last year’s Olympics. Â Alex Harvey’s sprint race in Kuusamo was unusually good for him. Â Simi […]
Also tagged men, review, Sprint, women, World CupWith the first period of WC racing in the books and the next one just around the corner, I’m going to look back at the results of the North American skiers so far this season. Â The theme of this post is context and expectations. One of the reasons that I started this blog was that […]
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