The XC World Cup scene moves on to Davos, Switzerland this weekend, while the biathlon World Cup already resumed today in Austria. Here’s what you may have missed this past week: Race snapshots for the following races: Düsseldorf sprints, men’s biathlon sprint, men’s/women’s biathlon pursuits, and just today the men’s/women’s biathlon sprints. A recap of the […]
Tagged week in reviewDecent race for Tim Burke, very good day for Sara Studebaker. Â Full versions below the fold.
Tagged biathlon, race snapshot, World CupThis is a bit after the fact, but I can’t let good data go to waste. Â Once again, thanks to Jan from WorldofXC.com for providing the data on times from the heats. Ok, let’s get in our time machine and blast our way back to Finland for the women’s sprint: All of the percent back […]
Tagged kuusamo, men, recap, Sprint, women, World CupAs I was perusing some of the other assorted race results from last weekend, the FIS races in Norway caught my eye. Â Of course, most of the press went to Petter Northug, with his victory in Saturday’s 30km skate race, presumably indicating that his fitness is returning. A little further down the results sheet, but […]
Tagged andrew musgrave, DistanceYesterday I posted some data looking at a popular hobby horse within the US skiing community: Andrew Newell’s alleged tendency to ski really fast in the qualification round and then not advance far (or not far enough) in the heats. Last night a friend emailed me to let me know that I kind of screwed […]
Tagged andrew newell, heats, qualification, SprintA couple of big names were doing some smaller FIS races this past weekend.  Petter Northug is trying to regain his form after a rough start to his season mixed with some illness, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen is recovering from a shoulder injury and Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset is trying to work his way onto the Norweigan squad for […]
Tagged aino-kaisa saarinen, odd-bjoern hjelmeset, petter northug, recapUpdate: I kind of messed this post up a bit. Â It does change the picture somewhat, so see below for edits. There are several topics in North American XC skiing that are fairly predictable. Â One of those is that anytime Andrew Newell posts a blazing fast qualifying time but fails to advance to the finals […]
Tagged andrew newell, men, qualification, Sprint