It’s always fun when the World Cup takes a turn through North America, although I’m a cranky old traditionalist, so sprints aren’t my favorite event, and city sprints are even further down the list for me. One challenge that comes up in trying to assess performance in WCs held in North America is that the […]
Also tagged Analysis, canada, city sprint, men, USA, women, World CupThe men: And the women:
Also tagged city sprint, freestyle, men, quebec, race snapshot, women, World CupI noted in a Tweet that Marit Bjoergen is the only skier since 1992 to win each of the four opening World Cup events (sprint and distance) in a row. But if you relax that condition to allow for streaks occurring at any point in the season (and include Olympic and World Championship events), Bjoergen […]
Also tagged Distance, marit bjoergen, men, winning streak, women, World CupThe men: And the women:
Also tagged classic, kuusamo, men, race snapshot, stage world cup, women, World CupListening to the FasterSkier podcast today, Topher and Nat discussed the notion that the Canadian men frequently seem to struggle early in the season. If we’re talking about how “the Canadian men” perform on the WC level, let’s focus on Kershaw, Harvey and Babikov, since they’ve been the “regulars” on the WC circuit for the […]
Also tagged Analysis, canadan, Distance, early season, men, trend, World CupAs promised from last time, here we have the detailed development plots for sprinting. First the men: And the women:
Also tagged development, men, women, World CupI happened to be thinking about visualizations of athlete development recently, and in the process cooked up the following graph: What I’ve done here is to take the podium finishers in major international events for the past five seasons and recorded each person’s age when they received their first (individual) WC/OWG/WSC start, when they scored […]
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