I’m squeezing in the last preview post for the Canadian ski team just under the wire! For both Ivan Babikov and George Grey I’m going to focus in on the distance events. Â They both certainly do sprints in stage events like the Tour de Ski, but I think it’s fair to say they both have […]
Tagged canada, george grey, ivan babikov, season previewSince I’ve been making some graphs now and then for the folks at skidpepp.se, I’ve been paying more attention to the Swedish skiers. Â I noticed that one performance last weekend that turned some heads was Maria Rydqvist’s second place finish in the distance race in Bruksvallarna, behind Charlotte Kalla. Â Of course, everyone was quite some […]
Tagged maria rydqvist, recap, swedenContinuing with my previews (gotta get them out before Saturday!), we’ll move on to the Canadian women, or at least two of them. As has been noted elsewhere, since the retirement of both Beckie Scott and more recently, Sara Renner, the Canadian women haven’t had as much success as the men. Â Let’s look at two […]
Tagged canada, chandra crawford, daria gaiazova, season previewSo on Monday I posted some graphs that were intended to provide some context for some of the distance race results over the weekend. Â Sprinting wasn’t left out in the cold because I dislike it (although, to be fair, I’m sort of a traditionalist in this respect; I will always love distance racing more, sorry!), […]
Tagged ida sargent, kikkan randall, recap, Sprint, torin koosI thought it only fair that I give our good neighbors to the north the same treatment as I did with the USST previews. Â These will be a bit shorter on the gab, though. Â We’ll start things off with Alex Harvey and Devon Kershaw. Both of these guys are probably more of a threat in […]
Tagged alex harvey, canada, devon kershaw, season previewThis past weekend was chock full of racing in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Â There’s way too much for me to analyze, even looking at just the North Americans, so I’m going to focus in on just a few performances that I found particularly interesting. Â Even so, this post will be quite long. Results ranged from […]
Tagged alex harvey, canada, daria gaiazova, devon kershaw, ida sargent, kikkan randall, kris freeman, recap, usstAnd we’re off…! Â The first really big weekend of racing is underway, and there’s already some good signs for the US, with Kikkan Randall winning the freestyle sprint in Muonio and Ida Sargent finishing a strong 11th. Â The weekend continues with more distance races in Muonio (FIN), Beitostoelen (NOR) and Bruksvallarna (SWE). Â World Cup action […]
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