North Americans at Rybinsk (spoiler)
The bad: Kris Freeman, starting tenth, wound up 46th, more than 2:30
down to Tor Arne Hetland, the winner. It'll be interesting to read the race analysis by Zach Caldwell. The good: Devon Kershaw, starting thirtieth, wound up 10th, six seconds down to Hetland. Well done! |
North Americans at Rybinsk (spoiler)
On Dec 15, 4:58 am, tassava wrote:
The bad: Kris Freeman, starting tenth, wound up 46th, more than 2:30 down to Tor Arne Hetland, the winner. It'll be interesting to read the race analysis by Zach Caldwell. The good: Devon Kershaw, starting thirtieth, wound up 10th, six seconds down to Hetland. Well done! See: http://www.krisfreeman.net/ |
North Americans at Rybinsk (spoiler)
kikkan wins!
second qualifier close quarterfinal dominates semis and finals. this is a Big Deal for us americans. more to come, i'm sure. -phil |
North Americans at Rybinsk (spoiler)
Fantastic win for Kikkan. Keeping it in perspective, most others
in the A final raced a fast and hotly contested 15k the day before while Kikkan chilled (two days of podiums Jacobson and Korosteleva). Looks like that paid off in the semis and finals. The confidence boost in the short term will be great. Literally overnight she's become a role model for American women skiers, at least among the sprinters. PBo wrote: kikkan wins! second qualifier close quarterfinal dominates semis and finals. this is a Big Deal for us americans. more to come, i'm sure. -phil |
North Americans at Rybinsk (spoiler)
On Dec 16, 4:21 pm, wrote:
Fantastic win for Kikkan. Keeping it in perspective, most others in the A final raced a fast and hotly contested 15k the day before... while i'm usually the first person to downplay a situation or add perspective to a conversation, i completely disagree with you lending excuse to the others' performances by mentioning their previous races. a win is a win is a win. on the results sheet, there is no mention of the fact that astrid won the day before. kikkan doesn't give some of her 15K and her flowers to the racers from the day before. competition is all about who is best at a given time, and this time the best was kikkan. end of story. now if we're talking about the world cup overall, that's another thing. but we're not. kikkan is all about getting podiums, winning races and getting quality experience in longer races. so far she is accomplishing all of that with flying colors. given her current trajectory, i wouldn't be surprised if down the road kikkan's goals were to include winning the overall world cup. when that time comes, if she skips a race and wins the next day we can say, "great win, but where was she yesterday - she lost a potential hundred points in her quest to win the overall." but today, there is no excuse to made for her success and nothing that can take away from her win. -phil |
North Americans at Rybinsk (spoiler)
Sorry, I missed the class where goose stepping was taught. As I
suggested, her win provides a model and aspiration point for other U.S. skiers, getting across the idea that with good preparation an American (and not just Canadians) can win. As the sole female U.S. sprinter, she's been carrying a big load the past two seasons and handling it well. But since you mention it, she was on the podium at Rybinsk last year (3rd) in similar circumstances, while the rest of her results were 7th to 30th and lower. Hopefully, she will find more top-end sprinting consistency this season, while continuing to develop endurance capabilities. For now she has a lot to celebrate - and a lot of time between now and Canmore to do it. PBo wrote: On Dec 16, 4:21 pm, wrote: Fantastic win for Kikkan. Keeping it in perspective, most others in the A final raced a fast and hotly contested 15k the day before... while i'm usually the first person to downplay a situation or add perspective to a conversation, i completely disagree with you lending excuse to the others' performances by mentioning their previous races. a win is a win is a win. on the results sheet, there is no mention of the fact that astrid won the day before. kikkan doesn't give some of her 15K and her flowers to the racers from the day before. competition is all about who is best at a given time, and this time the best was kikkan. end of story. now if we're talking about the world cup overall, that's another thing. but we're not. kikkan is all about getting podiums, winning races and getting quality experience in longer races. so far she is accomplishing all of that with flying colors. given her current trajectory, i wouldn't be surprised if down the road kikkan's goals were to include winning the overall world cup. when that time comes, if she skips a race and wins the next day we can say, "great win, but where was she yesterday - she lost a potential hundred points in her quest to win the overall." but today, there is no excuse to made for her success and nothing that can take away from her win. -phil |
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