So, how did the US do overall at the Olympics this year? Well, as usual, I’m going to mostly ignore the team events. As I did before, here’s some historical context for our results this time around: That’s all WSC and OWG results for Americans stretching back to 1992. It’s still kind of hard […]
Also tagged Analysis, men, olympics, recap, sochi, womenOn a day like today it’s probably best not to dwell on what could have been, at least for US fans. Instead, here’s some context for how we’re doing so far, compared to our results in previous Olympics and World Championships back to the early 90’s: It may be tough to swallow today, but […]
Also tagged Analysis, olympics, sochiAh, yes, another Olympic year, another wildly entertaining FasterSkier comment thread regarding team selection. I find this round interesting because I sort of assumed that most of the heat this year would fall on the men’s selections, but apparently the decision to not select Caitlin Gregg is getting the bulk of the attention. This is […]
Also tagged olympics, sochi, team selection, womenOne of the hot topics this week in the US is who will be named to the Olympic team. There is particularly heavy speculation surrounding the men’s distance skiers, since that’s the most wide open (and the weakest). There are a lot of factors that go into a decision like this that I’m just going […]
Also tagged Analysis, men, olympics, team selectionSince we in the US now have a relay team that’s doing quite well, that also means we as fans have something new (and fun!) to argue about. Namely, what is the best team we can put out there? Let’s assume that there are seven women who could potentially be placed on the US women’s […]
Also tagged Analysis, Distance, relay, women, World CupMore strong early season performances from some Americans in Norway this weekend. How strong? Let’s take a look. First up is Sadie Bjornsen who had a very strong 5th in the 10k classic. Values above zero are good. The grey shaded region and red trend line represent how she has performed against these […]
Also tagged Analysis, beitostølen, fis, men, womenA little later than I’d intended, but here it is. Instead of just the previous season, this is a view of the difference in median FIS points in Europe versus in North American for all North American athletes, in all events. Since we’re looking at multiple years, the graph is a bit different. For each […]
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