Once again, a bit after the fact…the heat times analysis for the freestyle sprint the other day.
Men
Starting with the finals:
![](http://www.statisticalskier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tds_fspr_men_final.png" "tds_fspr_men_final")
That was decidedly slow, tactical final. Interesting that David Hofer had such fast times in the quarters and semis.
![](http://www.statisticalskier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tds_fspr_men_semi.png" "tds_fspr_men_semi")
Semifinal 2 was slightly faster, but not by a ton.
Women
As for the women’s finalists:
![](http://www.statisticalskier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tds_fspr_wom_final.png" "tds_fspr_wom_final")
Kikkan lost this battle, though we should note that Marit was skiing that course several seconds faster than her pretty much all day. Kikkan came pretty close in the final, though, and reading the reports makes it sound like her skis weren’t great.
![](http://www.statisticalskier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tds_fspr_wom_semi.png" "tds_fspr_wom_semi")
A marked difference in the semifinals here as well.
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