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What Happens To Successful World Junior Racers?

This post appeared on FasterSkier several months ago, but I never posted it here, I don’t think. With World Juniors and U23s wrapping up, it seemed relevant. I edited the text slightly so it will differ somewhat from the original version. These graphs do not include this year’s WJC results or any results from the […]

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How Well Prepared Are World Cup Rookies? (Part 2b: Sprint)

This is the final post in a four part series on rookie performance on the World Cup.  To recap: we’re trying to quantify differences in the level of preparation among athletes from different nations upon first entering the World Cup circuit.  A “rookie skier” for our purposes is one who’s done seven or fewer races […]

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How Well Prepared Are World Cup Rookies? (Part 2a: Sprint)

This is another installment in a series (see here and here for important background and setup; if you get confused read them first) where I’ve been looking at comparing performances of rookie skiers on the World Cup.  In those previous two posts I looked at distance racing, so now it’s time to turn our attention […]

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Performance vs Age Redux: Grover’s Graph

[Note: This article first appeared here.] Chris Grover recently mentioned a graph, “Every athlete who is being nominated to the U.S. Ski Team this year has something in common.  They are on the path to winning a medal. This medal could from the World Cup, World Championship or Olympic Winter Games, but they are on […]

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Trends In US Skiing Performance: Sprint

[Note: This article first appeared here.] Welcome back for the second half of my article looking at trends in performance by US skiers (as a group) on the international scene.  Last time we looked at distance events, so now it’s time to turn to sprinting.  Before we move on, if you haven’t read the first […]

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Trends In US Skiing Performance: Distance

[Note: This article first appeared here.] An endearing facet of cross country ski racing is the seasonal rhythm it introduces into our lives.  Summer, fall and winter each hold unique rituals and landmarks of training, racing and recovery.  Spring brings with it its own rituals, among them retrospection on the season just completed.  Athletes around […]

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