Looking back at Oestersund through data
With Oestersund coming to a close, it is time to review the Women’s individual performances based on the race data.
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Getting pumped for the new Biathlon season?
A quick re-run of the last race of last season, by ranking
Will Laegreid experience a Sophomore Slump or continue his amazing pace?
Will Laegreid experience a Sophomore Slump or continue his amazing pace?
Athletes to look out for in the new season
This article looks at the new biathlon season using the Performance Score, which is explained in detail on RealBiathlon’s website. In short, it uses Ski speed, shooting speed and shooting accuracy in comparison to other athletes to eventually come to an indicator that shows if someone had a good race, disconnected from the actual results. It is important to know that a negative value is good, meaning faster skiing and shooting and better shooting. So remember: – = good And we should also set some references on what is good and what is not so good when it comes to… Read More »Athletes to look out for in the new season
Are they shooting faster than their shadows?
If you grew up with comic books like me, you may have heard of Lucky Luke, the cowboy who could shoot faster than his shadow: And when I think of fast shooting, I cannot think of anything else than Emilien Jacquelin’s standing shooting at the last World Championships, I believe it was the pursuit race: You may remember from earlier posts that I am not Jacquelin’s biggest fan by any stretch, but that doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate and respect something incredible! Anyway, it made me wonder about shooting times and how they possibly have changed in the last decade… Read More »Are they shooting faster than their shadows?
Eder’s unbelievable clean shooting streak in biathlon
A (re-)view of Simon Eder’s unbelievable shooting streak of 89 hits in a row; 99 when including Relays!
Points per Race Continuation
As the biathlon summer events are coming and going, it is time to look at the upcoming (winter) season!
New functionality on RealBiathlon
The RealBiathlon website has a new feature; you should check it out
Why the French weren’t more competitive
While the French are better performers in the shooting range, the increasing gap in ski speed kept them from challenging for the yellow bib last season.
Predicting race results
I ran into a website that has built a model to predict race and season outcomes, and their results are interesting, to say the least.
Why you should check out Real Biathlon
An article on why checking out Real biathlon’s website and data is a good idea
Is analytical comparison on your radar?
An article about using Radar charts for comparing statistics.
A follow-up on going the distance.
More evidence that the IBU doesn’t watch the race distances too closely.
Canadian biathletes finding balance
Team Canada is finding a balance for speed and accuracy, while continuing to decrease the gap in skiing speed
Wierer in pursuit… of my mind
We have some data after all to show that Wierer performs better when further behind in Pursuit
Women’s field narrows but men’s stays the same
This analysis looks at the narrowing or broadening gap between performances in non-team biathlon races since the 2009-2010 season.