World Junior/U23s are underway, of course, in the exotic locale of Turkey. Monday wasn’t a spectacular day for the North Americans in the WJC freestyle sprint. For some quick context, here’s a look at the historical results in each discipline for the US: I’m just using finishing place here, rather than FIS points, since I […]
Also tagged canada, junior, men, Sprint, USA, womenYet another in a continuing series. Â This time, Italy. Â First up is the original form of the graph where each panel contains athletes grouped by their best performance at WJCs or U23s (1-5, 6-10, etc.):
Also tagged development, Distance, italy, U23Another installment looking at how athletes have faired following WJC/U23 racing. This time we’re looking at Germany, a country that gained some notoriety over the last 10-15 years for a dramatic turnaround in athlete development. Â At least, that’s what I remember the conventional wisdom being. We’ll start with just the basic graph (click through for […]
Also tagged development, Distance, U23In a short piece on FasterSkier the other day, I showed a graph that examined the FIS points vs. age trends of skiers broken down by their success at WJCs or U23s. Â In it, I highlighted only the American athletes, apart from the general trends for all skiers. I thought that I’d continue with a […]
Also tagged Age, canada, development, U23