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Here’s what’s been happening at Statistical Skier this week: There’s another doping story in the news, providing plenty of red meat for commentary.  I humbly contributed some graphs of Pankratov’s results over the years, which hopefully provides some context for his ability level and career. Yeah, there’s some big bike race not in France still [...] Related posts:

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Vincent Defrasne is a French biathlete who retired this year (only one more of these after this one, I promise!).  I can find nine podium finishes throughout his career, including a gold at the Turin Olympics (12.5km pursuit) and a bronze at the 2007 World Biathlon Championships.  In addition to these individual accomplishments, he’s been a [...] Related posts:

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The mystery skier in question is currently active (i.e. not retired) and has reached the podium in at least one WC, OWG or WSC race per season for 11 straight seasons.  This is the longest currently active podium streak that I am aware of. I provided some graphs to help: As a few people correctly [...] Related posts:

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Fall has arrived with color in the trees, cool weather, and rain.  In the last 3 weeks I have done 3 bike rides; all with Scott, all in the rain.  Yesterday we went out for a mountain bike it rained while we drove to the trail head, and it rained when we got home.  It [...]

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The following graphs are the results for a currently active cross country skier who has the longest active streak of at least one podium finish (WC, OWG, WSC) in a distance event in each season.  Their streak currently stands at 11 seasons. The ages on the x axis should narrow it down a ton, obviously. [...] Related posts:

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