Biathlon World Cup action started up again today (well, the individual races anyway; there were relays the last two days). Â The results look a bit topsy-turvy, with a fair number of big names having a tough day at the office. Â Looks like several of the North Americans had some issues in the range.
Tagged biathlon, men, race snapshot, Sprint, World CupLike last time a look at the performance of skiers from different nations in this year’s TdS and last year’s. Â As always, click through for full versions, as these are somewhat large: Again, apologies if your favorite country isn’t shown. The Russian men actually seem to be doing about the same, with a handful of […]
Tagged bump chart, men, recap, tour de ski, womenAs expected, Stage 6 saw quite a bit of movement (as well as skiers abandoning due to illness): A couple of the men are really quite a ways off the back; I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw some of them pack it in. Â Stage 6 created a lot more “clumpiness” with the men, although […]
Tagged bump chart, Distance, men, stage, tour de ski, women, World CupI’ve opted not to adjust the points on these, despite their being a a bit abnormal. Â I think the performance comparisons are clear enough without making any alterations. Â But, as you can see, there was definitely some concerted skiing in groups today.
Tagged freestyle, handicap, pursuit, race snapshot, tour de ski, World CupThose Finns are Matti Heikkinen and Krista Lahteenmaki, of course, and I’m mostly referring to distance races: I actually made this graph prior to today’s race, so keep that in mind. Simply using finishing rank for each athlete paints an interesting picture. Â The first thing I want to note is that Heikkinen’s results this year […]
Tagged Distance, finland, krista lahtee, matti heikkinenIt was a banner day for North America, to be sure. Â Let’s take a look at how the heats played out, starting with the semifinalists: I’ve removed Roger Aa Djupvik from the men’s plot, as he ran into a spot of difficulty in the quarters and packed it in for a very slow time. Â It’ll […]
Tagged devon kershaw, freestyle, kikkan randall, recap, Sprint, tour de skiI’m squeaking this in just as the biathlon circuit gets going again. Â This will be a really quick post just recapping how the US has done on the WC circuit so far this season. Â I’m not even going to cover everyone that’s had a WC start, just the “major players” so far. First up a […]
Tagged biathlon, jeremy teela, laura spector, leif nordgren, lowell bailey, midseason, review, sara studebaker, tim burke, USA, World Cup