The poll on the right is now closed.  Marit vs Justyna was in the running for a while, but Daehlie vs Alsgaard eventually pulled away for a clear win. Don’t worry if the matchup you voted for didn’t win this time around, we’ll have another round of voting most likely in a few days. The head-to-head […]
Tagged bjoern daehlie, head to head, thomas alsgaardDon’t forget that tomorrow is your last day to vote (see sidebar to your right) for the head-to-head matchup you’d like to see me attack next. Â I’ll post the analysis on Wednesday….
Tagged pollThis topic is going to be somewhat more technical than usual. Â It involves some inside baseball, to mix sports metaphors, so if the nitty gritty details of FIS point calculations don’t strike you as an exciting page turner, you’ve been warned! Â However, if you stick with me, you’ll learn how brutally stupid FIS’s F-factor adjustments […]
Tagged Analysis, Distance, eqpb, f factor, fis points, interval start, mass start, technicalHere’s a recap of what’s been going on at StatisticalSkier this past week: – A look at skiers who made the biggest jumps forward (or back) between the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons: here, here, here and here. – A colorful way to visualize the head-to-head matchups between groups of skiers. – A look back at […]
Tagged week in reviewNat Herz wrote an interesting article today on FasterSkier.com about different ski companies’ policies regarding sponsoring athletes who’ve been caught doping in the past. Â I thought this post might make an interesting companion to Nat’s article. This post is going to look at race results data for skiers who’ve been caught doping. Â I need to […]
Tagged dopingNext up in my series of skier retirements is the Swedish sprinter Anna Olsson (prior to marrying teammate Johan Olsson in 2008 she competed using her maiden name, Dahlberg). Compared to the other skiers I’ve profiled, Olsson’s career was relatively short, stretching from 2001 to the present. Â Also, as I’ve sort of given away in […]
Tagged anna dahlberg, anna olsson, retirement, retrospectiveNow for the women who had rough seasons in 09-10. Â Once again, Â a quick reminder, we’re looking at changes in the average FIS points of a skier’s best five (distance) races between just these two seasons. Below is the top ten table: [table id=11] Our winner, French skier Coraline Hugue had some promising seasons in […]
Tagged awards, Distance, most unimproved, women