Ok, now we can talk about how the North Americans fared this weekend. Once again with the very large graphs, starting with the women: Not a ton of racing experience at this level in this group, obviously. It’s tempting to focus on the fact that Stephen, Brooks and Diggins were all in the top thirty, […]
Also tagged canada, men, pursuit, recap, women, WSCThis is just a quick update with some graphs of the North American’s heat times (data provided via Jan at WorldOfXC.com). I’ll have my usual sprint race recap up tomorrow. Obviously, it was a pretty disappointing day for the North Americans, since Kikkan Randall had some big expectations behind her. But sprint racing is risky, […]
Also tagged canada, freestyle, north american, recap, Sprint, WSCI’m not going to spend much time on this topic, since obviously it wasn’t a great day for the North Americans, but we can at least put a few of the results in some sort of context using my new-fangled graph, starting with some of the men: I’m sticking with the folks who’ve done more […]
Also tagged canada, classic, Distance, drammen, men, north americans, women, World CupMore strong racing from Lowell Bailey and Sara Studebaker.
Also tagged biathlon, pursuit, race snapshot, World CupStrong race for Sara Studebaker today and some good races from Lowell Bailey and Jay Hakkinen as well.
Also tagged biathlon, race snapshot, Sprint, World CupWorld Junior and U23 Championships are just around the corner! The posts today will focus on the US and Canadian teams, subsequent posts will look at some of the other top nations. WJCs and U23s are rolled into the same week of racing, although they split up the results by age group. U23s in particular […]
Also tagged can, canada, Distance, junior, preview, Sprint, WJC/U23Honestly, I’m reluctant to wade into this topic, but since this blog is supposed to focus on the intersection of XC skiing and data, I feel like I need to say something. The USST announced their team for World Championships in Oslo, which inevitably led to a certain amount of griping about the choices made […]
Also tagged Athlete Ranking, team selection, usst, WSC