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Race Snapshot: WBC Men/Women’s Pursuit

Some dramatic gaps between the leaders and the field today in both races.

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2011 03 06 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Race Snapshot: WSC Men’s 50k

Nice job Alex Harvey! On some level I’m sure it’s disappointing to not be on the podium, but still, a heck of a race. Very tight race, so FIS points aren’t an ideal measure, of course.

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2011 03 06 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Race Snapshot: WBC Sprint

Biathlon returns! Sadly, not a great day for the US women. But Leif Nordgren had a fantastic race. Not as fantastic, perhaps, as Edgars Piksons from Latvia, though. Wow.

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2011 03 05 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Race Snapshot: WSC Women’s 30k

Wow, what a performance by Therese Johaug today! Of course, FIS points might be a tad misleading for many of the skiers as a result:

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2011 03 05 Uncategorized Comments (3)

Week In Review: Friday Mar 4th

Cross country World Championships are almost done and biathlon World Championships are just starting. No rest for the weary! Thanks again to Skaði Nordic for sponsoring this edition of week in review. We’ve had plenty of good racing including the men’s and women’s pursuits, and the men’s and women’s classic individual race. I reviewed some […]

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2011 03 04 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Best (Most Extreme) WC Performances

Yesterday’s post sparked a little bit of discussion about how to measure the “best” performances. That wasn’t what I really intended, I was just trying to give a sense for some of the most extreme performances, relative to the median skier. No matter what you do, events will conspire to put some “weird” races on […]

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2011 03 04 Uncategorized Comments (1)

All Time Best Performances

As measured by standardized percent back from the median skier, anyway. I mentioned in my recap from the other day that Matti Heikkinen’s race was one of the best ever, in terms of how far he out-paced the field. I actually got the count slightly wrong, since I was counting visually on my computer screen, […]

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2011 03 03 Uncategorized Comments (6)