A 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, SprintIt was a pretty decent day for North America on Saturday with Kikkan Randall’s 2nd place, some solid performances by Chandra Crawford and Dasha Gaiazova (8th and 27th) and a mostly average race for Andrew Newell (13th). Many thanks to Jan at WorldofXC.com for providing me with some data that I don’t usually have access […]
Tagged recap, Sprint, World CupJust the biathlon race snapshots today.  Kind of bummed I didn’t get up and watch the men’s race, as it sounds like it was quite the thriller.  I’ll have some posts up about the XC races in Düsseldorf tomorrow and Tuesday. As always, full versions below the fold.
Tagged biathlon, men, race snapshot, women, World CupTim Burke, getting back into the swing of things it seems…full version below the fold.
Tagged biathlon, men, race snapshot, Sprint, World CupNice job, Kikkan! Full versions below the fold.
Tagged race snapshot, Sprint, World Cup, xcThanks once again to Skadi Nordic for sponsoring Week In Review! Â They’re making some pretty cool custom ski scrapers these days… It was a full, jumbled week here at Statistical Skier: Last weekend saw the rest of the Kuusamo Nordic Opener, with race snapshot graphs for the classic and skate portions of the three day […]
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