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Race Snapshot: IBU WC 7 Men/Womenâ€™s Sprint

Strong race for Sara Studebaker today and some good races from Lowell Bailey and Jay Hakkinen as well.

Also tagged biathlon, race snapshot, USA, World Cup

2011 02 04 Joran Uncategorized Comments (0)

Animated WC Points Tracker

A little fun using the Google Charts API, R and my WC points spreadsheet. Both of these motion charts require Flash. It shows the progression of WC points for the top 30 athletes or so throughout this season. Distance points are on the x axis and sprint point are on the y axis. This does […]

Also tagged animation, Distance, Fun Stuff, points, World Cup

2011 01 31 Joran Uncategorized Comments (1)

Men’s Sprint Heats Tend To Be More Tactical

I’ve mentioned this from time to time in other posts, but one thing I’ve noticed from the sprint heat times that Jan at WorldOfXC.com has been providing me is that the women’s heats are more likely to increase in speed as the day progresses. I’ve said it enough that I should probably provide some evidence: […]

Also tagged heats, pacing, trends, World Cup

2011 01 28 Joran Uncategorized Comments (4)

Otepää Sprint Recap

As always, heat time data supplied by WorldOfXC.com. Beginning with the men: Ola Vigen Hattestad went progressively slower as the day wore on, though often there are tactical reasons for that depending on the speed of your heat. And of course, he ended up second. There is also the issue of skiers switching between classic […]

Also tagged classic, jesper modin, men, otepaa, recap, women, World Cup

2011 01 25 Joran Uncategorized Comments (3)