Two topics today. Rybinsk Field Strength I’m including the Moscow sprints here, but generally these races are notorious for low attendance. They require some of the most travel for many of the Europeans and they are often scheduled very near the Scandinavian nation’s national championships. Did this year’s races attract a stronger or weaker field […]
Also tagged kikkan randall, rybinsk, USA, World CupWhat a weekend for North America! It has to be said, so I”ll get it out of the way right at the top: the turn the World Cup takes through Russia is generally not fully attended and this year was the same, although perhaps not as dramatically as before. But there were plenty of notable […]
Also tagged devon kershaw, jessie diggins, men, moscow, race recap, Sprint, World CupYes, I refuse to call them ‘skiathlons’.
Also tagged men, pursuit, race snapshot, rybinsk, World CupI think I’ve been remiss in mentioning this, but as always thanks go to Jan at worldofxc.com for helping to provide the heat times for these sprint races. Let’s see how the men’s finalists fared first: There were apparently some crashes in this race, as evidenced by the outlying slow times. But in general I’m […]
Also tagged classic, men, otepaa, race recap, Sprint, World Cup