I’m squeaking this in just as the biathlon circuit gets going again. Â This will be a really quick post just recapping how the US has done on the WC circuit so far this season. Â I’m not even going to cover everyone that’s had a WC start, just the “major players” so far. First up a […]
Also tagged biathlon, jeremy teela, laura spector, leif nordgren, lowell bailey, midseason, review, sara studebaker, tim burke, World CupOnce again, not much commentary here, just some graphs showing some notable individuals progress through the tour. Â I haven’t highlighted all the leaders, per se, just some of the top people and some other interesting ones. No one’s likely to touch Kowalczyk for the overall, although there’s a lot of racing left to be done. […]
Also tagged alex harvey, andrew newell, bump chart, canada, ivan babikov, kikkan randall, kris freeman, recap, tour de skiWith the first period of WC racing in the books and the next one just around the corner, I’m going to look back at the results of the North American skiers so far this season. Â The theme of this post is context and expectations. One of the reasons that I started this blog was that […]
Also tagged canada, Distance, median, men, midseason, percent back, review, womenJust as I did yesterday, let’s take a closer look at the results form Saturday’s World Cup mass start race in La Clusaz, France, this time focusing on the North Americans. Â As I discussed yesterday, we’re going to use percent-back difference plots from mass start or pursuit races to evaluate each skier’s race, since the […]
Also tagged Distance, freestyle, la clusaz, mass start, recap, women, World Cup