Any metric where US skiers are "up there"?

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In answer to Gene Goldenfeld and Terje Mathisen in the thread 'Any
metric where US skiers are "up there"?':

Yes, the numbers I listed were maximum volume O2 per kg body weight.

/ Niklas

So does anyone know how US skiers rank in this VO2Max per body weight?

Whew, I guess no one knows much inside WC offseason info regarding how
US skiers and their Euro counterparts compare in nonskiing activities.

wrote:
So does anyone know how US skiers rank in this VO2Max per body
weight?

Whew, I guess no one knows much inside WC offseason info regarding
how
US skiers and their Euro counterparts compare in nonskiing
activities.

The normal definition is

VO2max = (max O2 uptake)/body wt

I believe Chad G. has tested in the mid 70s, but then again I've tested
in the mid 70s, and I don't even see Chad in races like the Mora or
Birkie. So a good VO2max doesn't make you fast. On the flip side, I
believe Frank Shorter was about 68 (mmol/kg), so a slightly inefficient
motor can be compensated with very good efficiency. BTW, I think
average folk are about 30-40 mmol/kg.

Jay Wenner

Well, even if our US dudes were ski-slouches it would be cool if some
of them could say "Yo, we got 95 VO!" I'm lookin' for anything here. I
suspect that once you start getting numbers WAY up there that
moderately good things start being much more likely than the ye olde
"do a lot with a little" guys.

--JP