The recent episode of the Devon Kershaw Show by FasterSkier (which I’ve been enjoying quite a lot) included some discussion of the noticeably large time gaps in the men’s classic sprint World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany. Beginning at around 25:18 they discussed a variety of aspects of the large time gaps. I thought that some […]
Also tagged fasterskier, klaebo, Sprint, World CupAfter taking a bit of a break from the high profile races through January, Nicole Fessel popped up again this past weekend at the OPA Cup races in Italy. I’ve noted earlier that she started this season with quite a bang, and she picked right up where she left off, winning both the sprint and […]
Also tagged athlete to watch, Distance, fis points, nicole fessel, womenI’ve been swamped with grading this week, so I feel a little bad about not posting anything about World Juniors specifically. I’ll try to put something together over the weekend. But these percent back difference plots are pretty easy to pump out for the U23s, since they tend to have a bit more racing behind […]
Also tagged andrew musgrave, Distance, freestyle, kevin sandau, noah hoffman, U23Today’s U23 races in Estonia resulted in victories for some talented young skiers, Russia’s Evgeniy Belov and Finland’s Krista Lahteenmaki. In both cases their wins were fairly convincing, with Belov distancing himself from second place by 16 seconds and Lahteemaki crushed the women’s field by a full minute. One of the difficulties in gauging performance […]
Also tagged Distance, evgeniy belov, freestyle, krista lahteenmaki, U23With the first period of WC racing in the books and the next one just around the corner, I’m going to look back at the results of the North American skiers so far this season. Â The theme of this post is context and expectations. One of the reasons that I started this blog was that […]
Also tagged canada, Distance, median, men, midseason, review, USA, women