Marit Bjørgen is beaten again! And I’m going to have to go back and check on this, but I have this funny feeling that the French men tend to ski faster late in the season. Probably some misleading points for the women again.
Also tagged lahti, men, pursuit, race snapshot, World CupIt’s really some of the women’s performances that I want to call attention to, but let’s start with the men’s 20k individual race from the other day. Here’s the top five (click through for full version): Another impressive race from the youngster Tarjei Bø. But as you’ll note, not a wildly dominant race when measured […]
Also tagged 15km, 20km, biathlon, individual, men, recap, wbcA commenter yesterday noted that the TV coverage of yesterday’s women’s WBC race noted that the women’s shooting has been improving over the last decade or so, and wondered if we could make a graph to go along with that observation. Looking at only World Cup, World Championship and Olympic races, here’s the shooting statistics […]
Also tagged accuracy, biathlon, shootingLooks like shooting was a big factor today in Helena Ekholm just crushing the field. She shot clean, and it looks like a lot of others had a few misses. This is one of those races where percent behind the leader is rather misleading. For instance, Sara Studebaker probably had a very good race in […]
Also tagged 15km, biathlon, race snapshot, wbcThe women’s sprint race on Saturday didn’t see quite as many unusual faces at the top: Overall, Magdalena Neuner appears to have slipped a bit this season, but she put in an excellent performance on this day. Kaisa Mäkäräinen has really made a jump this year, both in her overall performance level and her shooting. […]
Also tagged biathlon, recap, Sprint, wbcFinally, someone manages to beat Marit Bjørgen. If I’d had to pick who was most likely to pull it off, I actually would have bet on either Justyna Kowalczyk or Therese Johaug. Kowlaczyk is probably the consensus choice, but based on some of the commentary I’ve read so far, I feel like I’m less surprised […]
Also tagged 30km, freestyle, mass, recap, therese johaug, WSC