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Andrew Newell’s Best Season?
Most of the thunder from the US Ski Team these days comes from the women’s side, but I thought it worth pointing out that Andrew Newell is quietly on track for one of his best sprinting seasons ever: Granted, the season is only about half over, and I really, really don’t want to jinx him, […]
Also tagged andrew newell, USA, World CupSprint Hit Rate
The recent good fortune of the US women’s team, particularly in sprinting had me thinking a bit about measuring team performance in sprint events at a high level. The result was the following plots which show the rate at which the the top skiers (the top 4 in this case) in each race race one […]
Also tagged Analysis, men, women, World CupRace Snapshot: Tour de Ski Freestyle Sprint
You can read an explanation of these graphs here. The men’s race: And the women’s race:
Also tagged freestyle, men, race snapshot, tour de ski, womenPre-Tour Status Update
As we approach the Tour de Ski, this is a short assessment of how the US and Canadian teams are doing so far compared to previous seasons. As I typically do, I’m going to include all World Cup results, rather than just the best results. Clearly, there have been some strong results for both the […]
Also tagged Analysis, canada, Distance, men, mid season, USA, women, World CupSome More North American Sprinting Trends
A commenter on my last post correctly pointed out that it might be interesting to look at performance using a percent back based measure on the qualifying times, since the number of racers present can greatly effect finishing place. I didn’t quite have time to pull together the standardization piece that I typically use with […]
Also tagged andrew newell, canada, kikkan randall, men, USA, women, World Cup