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Improved Women
Several women have pretty dramatically improved their distance skiing this season, and I’m particularly excited that some of them are Finns. This isn’t an exhaustive list, just the ones that I’ve noticed so far: Kylloenen is an interesting case, since she’s clearly made a jump, but her results have still been noticeably variable, perhaps even […]
Tagged improved, women, World CupAndrew Newell’s Best Season?
Most of the thunder from the US Ski Team these days comes from the women’s side, but I thought it worth pointing out that Andrew Newell is quietly on track for one of his best sprinting seasons ever: Granted, the season is only about half over, and I really, really don’t want to jinx him, […]
Tagged andrew newell, Sprint, USA, World CupSprint Hit Rate
The recent good fortune of the US women’s team, particularly in sprinting had me thinking a bit about measuring team performance in sprint events at a high level. The result was the following plots which show the rate at which the the top skiers (the top 4 in this case) in each race race one […]
Tagged Analysis, men, Sprint, women, World CupKylloenen and Herrmann Improvements
Two skiers who have emerged over the past several races with noticeably improved results are Finland’s Anne Kylloenen and Germany’s Denise Herrmann: Kylloenen’s results earlier in the season were more or less in line with her better results previously, but it’s been the last few races that have really been much better. Hermann on the […]
Tagged anne kylloenen, denise hermann, Distance, women, World Cup