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What Does It Take To Win A Medal? (con’t)
We’re picking up from where we left off last time, so go check that out to get up to speed. What happens if instead of only looking at two groups (skiers reaching the podium, skiers not reaching the podium) we get a little more sophisticated and include more information? First, let’s just look to see […]
Also tagged Distance, podium, WJC/U23What Does It Take To Win A Medal?
I recently received the following query from a reader: I have looked lately into the Junior Worlds results and World Cup/World Championships results of all 2010 Olympic Gold medalists and almost all of them had an outstanding careers while they raced as juniors…If our end goal is to win Olympics then we have to look […]
Also tagged Distance, medals, podium, WJC/U23Post-WJC/U23 Development: Germany
Another installment looking at how athletes have faired following WJC/U23 racing. This time we’re looking at Germany, a country that gained some notoriety over the last 10-15 years for a dramatic turnaround in athlete development. Â At least, that’s what I remember the conventional wisdom being. We’ll start with just the basic graph (click through for […]
Also tagged Distance, U23, WJCPost-WJC/U23 Development: Canada
In a short piece on FasterSkier the other day, I showed a graph that examined the FIS points vs. age trends of skiers broken down by their success at WJCs or U23s. Â In it, I highlighted only the American athletes, apart from the general trends for all skiers. I thought that I’d continue with a […]
Also tagged Age, canada, U23, WJCFasterSkier Article
The guys at FasterSkier were kind enough (again) to post something of mine at their site. Â You can read it here. Â I’ll be following up that article with more graphs highlighting skiers from different countries over the next week or two, so stay tuned…
Also tagged fasterskier, WJC/U23How Well Prepared Are World Cup Rookies? (Part 1b: Distance)
In a previous post, I talked about rookie skier performance on the World Cup. Â You can check back there for an explanation of what I mean by a rookie skier and the specifics of how I selected which data to use. Â I left off in that post with the following graph, showing rookie FIS point […]
Also tagged Analysis, Distance, rookies