There were loads of problems with the heat times for this race, so I only have partial data. The men’s times were totally messed up and unusable, so I’ll only have graphs for the women. Here are the women’s finalists: I actually made up a time for Visnar’s final round heat, since the live timing […]
Also tagged classic, recap, Sprint, World Cup, world cup finalSo how did the North Americans do at World Biathlon Championships this year? There definitely some strong results, but here’s some context: These are the Canadian and American biathlon performances at WBCs and OWGs measured by standardized percent behind the median skier. The blue line tracks the median over time. The Canadian men had some […]
Also tagged accuracy, assessment, biathlon, canada, men, shooting, USA, wbcA solid race from Andrew Newell, and a decent one for Kikkan Randall given that it’s a classic race. And that’s it for the sprint races for the year…
Also tagged city sprint, classic, men, race snapshot, Sprint, stage, World Cup, world cup finalThere was a distance race this past weekend as well, of course, and in a slightly unusual format. I’m not sure why FIS includes these 10/20km pursuits; I can’t think of what the rationale is at all. In any case, here’s a look at the top men’s performances which included some slightly different names (click […]
Also tagged 10k, lahti, pursuit, recap, World CupAs always, the sprint heat times are thanks to Jan at WorldOfXC.com. I was travelling yesterday, so not only did I not watch these races, I haven’t even really read about them yet either. So this will be an interesting guessing game for me, to see how much I can infer from just the the […]
Also tagged classic, lahti, men, recap, Sprint, World CupAs you can see, I’m running a bit behind today. I should be back to my regular schedule starting tomorrow with some recaps of the weekend’s racing in Lahti, and maybe some general recaps of the biathlon World Champs later in the week.
Also tagged classic, lahti, men, race snapshot, Sprint, World CupLooks like it was some tough shooting, particularly for the women’s race. The percent back values look a little odd, even for a mass start race.
Also tagged biathlon, mass, men, race snapshot, wbc