I considered Thursday's freestyle sprints to be hors d'œuvres for the rest of the World Championships, so I was happy the semis and the finals were all excellent competitions - even if the North Americans did not quite ski up to expectations. Marit Bj...
I considered Thursday's freestyle sprints to be hors d'œuvres for the rest of the World Championships, so I was happy the semis and the finals were all excellent competitions - even if the North Americans did not quite ski up to expectations. Marit Bj...
Just a quick note (no graphs) with some historical perspective on the Swedish men’s performance in yesterday’s sprint race. It was somewhat of a surprise seeing Marcus Hellner win, and indeed the Swedes put three (Hellner, Jönsson and Modin) all in the top 5. As far as I can tell, the last time the Swedish [...] Related posts:
The day after the race may seem early to start doing serious evaluations, but I thought it would be interesting to take a look at different nations’ performances in championship sprint races over time, to put yesterday’s race in some context. I’ve taken the sprint results from Olympic and World Championship races since 2001 (which, [...] Related posts:
So I just got the word that I will be skiing in my first World Championships tomorrow. I am very excited to be able to take part in this historic event and venue. Holmenkollen is considered to be the birthplace of nordic competitions and to have the event here is fantastic. I feel that I am in the be [...]
Hi Everyone, I’m in Antholz, Italy at the moment. Tim and I have been here for a little over a week following the conclusion of the Fort Kent World Cup. It was nice to be home in the USA for three weeks and I was fortunate to have some good results at both of the [...]
Hi Everyone, I’m in Antholz, Italy at the moment. Tim and I have been here for a little over a week following the conclusion of the Fort Kent World Cup. It was nice to be home in the USA for three weeks and I was fortunate to have some good results at both of the [...]
Hi Everyone, I’m in Antholz, Italy at the moment. Tim and I have been here for a little over a week following the conclusion of the Fort Kent World Cup. It was nice to be home in the USA for three weeks and I was fortunate to have some good results at both of the [...]
Hi Everyone, I’m in Antholz, Italy at the moment. Tim and I have been here for a little over a week following the conclusion of the Fort Kent World Cup. It was nice to be home in the USA for three weeks and I was fortunate to have some good results at both of the [...]
Check yesterday’s post for graphs focusing on the North Americans. But for the moment let’s focus on the rest of the race, starting with the men’s finalists: Sprint times again provided by Jan at WorldOfX.com. The times kind of bounced around in this race. Normally the men’s qualification round is somewhat faster than this, relative [...] Related posts:
Yesterday was the first day of World Champs here in Oslo, which was the skate sprint. I am still in shock from the whole series of events that took place... I think it is still sinking in.All the events here are being run mid-afternoon, so it leaves a ...
Today we raced in the Birkie Elite Sprints in Hayward, Wisconsin. It was a little bit like the sprints on the Common before the marathon, but only two skiers raced at a time, and the cones were realllllly close to each other. I went in the very first heat, against my former Dartmouth teammate Audrey [...]
We had an excellent sprint practice today. We were honoring the World Championships (where Andy got 10th!) and getting ready for Jr Nationals. The conditions were perfect and the weather was sublime.After a warm up and some practice starts (pictured be...
This is just a quick update with some graphs of the North American’s heat times (data provided via Jan at WorldOfXC.com). I’ll have my usual sprint race recap up tomorrow. Obviously, it was a pretty disappointing day for the North Americans, since Kikkan Randall had some big expectations behind her. But sprint racing is risky, [...] Related posts:
Wow, what a bummer of a day for Kikkan! But that’s sprint racing; everyone who makes it to the finals relies on at least a little bit of luck. Related posts:Race Snapshot: Davos WC Sprint Tour de Ski Freestyle Sprint Recap Race Snapshot: Liberec Freestyle Sprint Related posts:Race Snapshot: Davos WC Sprint Tour de Ski Freestyle Sprint Recap Race Snapshot: Liberec Freestyle Sprint
Wow, what a bummer of a day for Kikkan! But that’s sprint racing; everyone who makes it to the finals relies on at least a little bit of luck. Related posts:Race Snapshot: Davos WC Sprint Tour de Ski Freestyle Sprint Recap Race Snapshot: Liberec Freestyle Sprint Related posts:
After a good week of training here in Lake Placid, I'm off this morning for Russia! It will be a long next couple of days of travel (overnight in Oslo before leaving for Khanty Saturday morning). It's exciting to finally be heading off to World Champ...
After a good week of training here in Lake Placid, I'm off this morning for Russia! It will be a long next couple of days of travel (overnight in Oslo before leaving for Khanty Saturday morning). It's exciting to finally be heading off to World Champ...
After a good week of training here in Lake Placid, I'm off this morning for Russia! It will be a long next couple of days of travel (overnight in Oslo before leaving for Khanty Saturday morning). It's exciting to finally be heading off to World Champ...
After a good week of training here in Lake Placid, I'm off this morning for Russia! It will be a long next couple of days of travel (overnight in Oslo before leaving for Khanty Saturday morning). It's exciting to finally be heading off to World Champ...