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WJC/U23 Preview: USA and Canada (con’t)

Of course, these being competitions focusing on junior skiers, they often are used as a proxy for signaling future performance. I’ve looked at various aspects of this in the past, but there are always new ways to approach this. What I’ve done here is to take the plots from earlier today and add information regarding […]

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Liberec Sprint Recap

Once again many thanks to Jan at WorldOfXC.com for providing the sprint split data. Clearly we need to begin with the women this week: For some reason the qualification round times seem a fair bit slower than many of the times from the rest of the day. I’ve noticed that the women’s heats do tend […]

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Race Snapshot: IBU WC 5 Pursuit

A pretty good day for Lowell Bailey and a decent race for Laura Spector. And of course more good racing from the Berger family.

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Race Snapshot: IBU WC 5 Women’s Sprint

They didn’t crack into the top thirty, but the Americans had strong races for them, nonetheless.

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Race Snapshot: Liberec Freestyle Sprint

What can you say, except that today is a very good day?

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Race Snapshot: IBU WC 5 Men’s Sprint

Tough day for the North Americans, sadly.  Fantastic race by Lars Berger, though.

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Race Snapshot: IBU WC 5 Men’s 20km

Fantastic day for Lowell Bailey!  Also a strong race from Canadian Brendan Green.

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