January 2021 – Page 2 – real biathlon

Fehlerfrei – a quick article on shooting clean

Posted on 2021-01-08 | by

The Germans have a great word they use for shooting clean in biathlon: Fehlerfrei. The visual below is a brief look into shooting Fehlerfrei and how it relates to shooting and shot times. The interactive version allows you to filter to only men or women, by default both are included.

After reviewing shootings based on over 200,000 shots we can see just over 39% of shootings are Fehlerfrei. The men and woman have a very similar percentage.

When looking at the biathlon nations and Canada, we can see there is not much difference between Canadian men and women, but for the Swedes the women better than the men, where for the French and Norwegians the men do better than the women:

For men and women combined, the Norwegians are doing best with regards to the Fehlerfrei percentage, but the Canadians are the fastest shooters of the group.

Now let’s look at the same data split between men and women:

For the men (left) the Norwegians (red) are shooting clean over 50% of the time, but have been taking more time in the current season compared to previous seasons. The Canadians are improving from last season in both categories but are still on the low end (~35%) of the Fehlerfrei %, even though their shooting is still very fast.

The women (right) tell a different story; Germany, Sweden en Norway are heading exactly in the direction you want to go: bottom right of the chart (which means quick shooting and large percentage of Fehlerfrei shooting). In that second category Canada was in the wrong area in the last two seasons but heading in the right direction this season. Russia is going in the opposite direction.

If these trends continue this season, the Canadian women are looking promising. Although it should be noted, as shown in the first chart, the Canadians have a lot fewer shots as they have less athletes participating, so the success of individuals has a larger and more direct impact on the nation’s data/

The Tableau report contains more details and I am planning to do further analysis in R, depending on time availability. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please leave a comment below.

Shooting Efficiency comparison: First trimester 2019–20 vs. First trimester 2020–21

Posted on 2021-01-07 | by

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Following up on my last post on skiing speed, this is a comparison of overall shooting quality between trimester 1 of last season and trimester 1 this winter. Shooting Efficiency is an attempt to combine shooting accuracy and shooting time. For more details how it’s calculated, see here.

If you can’t find a specific athlete, you can always look up the complete World Cup field (also available per trimester) for the ongoing season (as well as all previous seasons) here:

2020–21 Shooting Efficiency: Men | Women

Note: Only athletes with at least 4 non-team races in trimester 1 of both the previous and the current season are included in the tables below. Shooting Efficiency is an overall shooting score, combining shooting accuracy and shooting time. It is the theoretical average time an athlete loses through shooting (based on hit rate, range time and potential penalty loops)

Men

Erik Lesser is the most improved shooter among regular starters, losing 2:06.6 min in a theoretical sprint at the range. He has always been fast, which hasn’t changed this year, however, his accuracy is currently at a career high (87.9%). Simon Eder is the best shooter overall (incredible 96.4% hit rate), also much improved over last year. Sturla Holm Lægreid isn’t far behind (1:56.2 min) – he doesn’t show up in the table, because his first World Cup race was in March. Johannes Thingnes Bø has been struggling with his shooting so far, his accuracy is down 4.2% (albeit on a very high level), plus he shoots 2.0s slower.

Changes in Shooting Efficiency compared to 2019–20 | World Cup Trimester 1

No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Hit Rate	Range Time	Penalty Loop	Time Loss Sprint	Change
No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Hit Rate	Range Time	Penalty Loop	Time Loss Sprint	Change
1	Lesser	Erik	GER	9	87.86	50.0	21.9	2:06.6	-35.1
2	Guigonnat	Antonin	FRA	9	90.71	52.7	22.9	2:06.6	-21.5
3	Strolia	Vytautas	LTU	7	80.00	55.0	22.9	2:35.7	-21.4
4	Eder	Simon	AUT	9	96.43	49.3	23.1	1:46.9	-19.4
5	Samuelsson	Sebastian	SWE	9	89.29	53.3	21.3	2:09.4	-16.6
6	Hasilla	Tomas	SVK	6	77.50	53.7	23.8	2:40.9	-14.2
7	Moravec	Ondrej	CZE	9	87.14	50.6	22.7	2:10.3	-13.8
8	Ponsiluoma	Martin	SWE	9	81.43	50.1	21.4	2:20.0	-11.4
9	Nelin	Jesper	SWE	9	75.71	53.3	21.7	2:39.3	-11.2
10	Krcmar	Michal	CZE	9	90.00	53.6	21.4	2:08.5	-10.3
11	Weger	Benjamin	SUI	9	86.43	52.6	22.5	2:15.8	-9.0
12	Ermits	Kalev	EST	8	76.67	53.3	22.9	2:39.9	-8.4
13	Garanichev	Evgeniy	RUS	5	93.75	52.0	24.4	1:59.2	-6.2
14	Dombrovski	Karol	LTU	7	87.00	56.6	22.7	2:22.7	-5.6
15	Sinapov	Anton	BUL	6	80.00	51.5	24.7	2:32.4	-5.2
16	Hofer	Lukas	ITA	9	82.86	51.5	20.0	2:17.4	-5.1
17	Fak	Jakov	SLO	9	92.14	51.7	21.4	2:00.3	-2.0
18	Doll	Benedikt	GER	9	87.14	50.8	22.0	2:09.9	-1.7
19	Fillon Maillet	Quentin	FRA	9	92.14	50.1	21.6	1:57.3	-1.0
20	Christiansen	Vetle Sjaastad	NOR	9	90.00	53.6	21.8	2:09.0	-0.4
21	Femling	Peppe	SWE	8	81.67	50.1	22.5	2:21.5	-0.1
22	Nordgren	Leif	USA	6	81.25	53.7	24.1	2:32.6	-0.0
23	Pryma	Artem	UKR	8	80.00	50.9	23.1	2:28.1	+1.4
24	Latypov	Eduard	RUS	9	85.00	55.1	21.9	2:22.9	+1.8
25	Bormolini	Thomas	ITA	5	87.14	52.9	21.8	2:13.8	+1.9
26	Hiidensalo	Olli	FIN	6	76.25	55.7	23.1	2:46.1	+2.1
27	Claude	Fabien	FRA	9	80.00	50.9	21.0	2:23.8	+2.5
28	Rastorgujevs	Andrejs	LAT	8	80.83	53.7	21.4	2:28.4	+3.5
29	Doherty	Sean	USA	8	80.00	52.1	22.7	2:29.5	+5.4
30	Jacquelin	Emilien	FRA	9	90.00	49.2	20.4	1:58.7	+6.1
31	Gow	Scott	CAN	6	76.25	50.7	23.6	2:37.5	+6.2
32	Eberhard	Julian	AUT	8	78.33	52.3	21.6	2:31.3	+6.5
33	Pidruchnyi	Dmytro	UKR	8	80.00	49.2	22.5	2:23.5	+9.2
34	Yaliotnau	Raman	BLR	7	69.00	54.2	22.9	2:59.6	+9.6
35	Peiffer	Arnd	GER	7	90.00	52.4	21.9	2:06.6	+10.6
36	Dale	Johannes	NOR	9	87.14	56.3	22.2	2:21.0	+11.1
37	Seppala	Tero	FIN	8	78.33	53.4	21.5	2:33.3	+11.4
38	Desthieux	Simon	FRA	9	83.57	51.6	21.5	2:18.7	+11.6
39	Dovzan	Miha	SLO	6	86.25	49.4	24.1	2:11.8	+11.9
40	Tkalenko	Ruslan	UKR	5	76.67	49.4	22.7	2:31.7	+13.0
41	Kuehn	Johannes	GER	8	80.00	56.0	20.7	2:33.4	+13.1
42	Leitner	Felix	AUT	7	84.00	58.2	22.6	2:32.6	+13.3
43	Iliev	Vladimir	BUL	6	75.00	54.5	22.0	2:44.2	+13.4
44	Bjoentegaard	Erlend	NOR	5	85.71	55.7	20.9	2:21.1	+14.7
45	Vaclavik	Adam	CZE	6	73.75	56.1	23.5	2:54.0	+14.8
46	Bocharnikov	Sergey	BLR	8	80.83	53.4	24.8	2:34.3	+16.4
47	Guzik	Grzegorz	POL	7	72.00	52.4	22.7	2:48.5	+17.4
48	Windisch	Dominik	ITA	5	75.71	55.2	20.9	2:41.1	+17.6
49	Trsan	Rok	SLO	6	85.56	49.8	23.4	2:13.4	+18.0
50	Eliseev	Matvey	RUS	9	90.00	49.7	22.5	2:01.8	+18.5
51	Boe	Tarjei	NOR	9	85.71	53.5	20.6	2:16.4	+18.8
52	Boe	Johannes Thingnes	NOR	9	87.86	52.0	21.3	2:09.8	+20.8
53	Langer	Thierry	BEL	7	81.00	54.5	22.3	2:31.5	+23.5
54	Dudchenko	Anton	UKR	6	80.00	55.3	24.4	2:39.6	+25.9
55	Claude	Florent	BEL	6	77.50	58.5	21.8	2:46.2	+29.5
56	Bauer	Klemen	SLO	7	74.00	49.9	23.2	2:40.1	+30.4
57	Loginov	Alexander	RUS	9	85.00	51.7	22.4	2:16.9	+30.8
58	Stvrtecky	Jakub	CZE	7	64.00	58.8	21.7	3:15.7	+38.8

Women

Suvi Minkkinen is the most improved among women – she had a horrible December 2019, where she only managed to hit 66.0% of her targets. World Cup leader, Marte Olsbu Røiseland, is currently 11.9% more accurate than during trimester 1 last season. The results for Hanna Öberg (best shot overall) haven’t changed much, neither has the efficiency of Dorothea Wierer; her problems are almost exclusively skiing-related. Denise Herrmann is roughly 10s faster overall at the range (but in a sprint her 1.5% slower skiing loses her almost twice as much on the tracks).

Changes in Shooting Efficiency compared to 2019–20 | World Cup Trimester 1

No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Hit Rate	Range Time	Penalty Loop	Time Loss Sprint	Change
No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Hit Rate	Range Time	Penalty Loop	Time Loss Sprint	Change
1	Minkkinen	Suvi	FIN	7	85.00	52.7	25.9	2:24.3	-46.1
2	Frolina	Anna	KOR	6	76.25	55.7	25.7	2:52.4	-42.3
3	Kadeva	Daniela	BUL	5	85.00	54.9	27.1	2:30.4	-32.0
4	Kocergina	Natalja	LTU	5	80.00	57.1	26.8	2:47.8	-31.1
5	Dunklee	Susan	USA	8	78.33	55.8	26.2	2:48.4	-28.2
6	Roeiseland	Marte Olsbu	NOR	9	88.57	52.2	23.9	2:11.8	-26.8
7	Reid	Joanne	USA	6	83.75	1:00.7	25.1	2:42.1	-20.3
8	Colombo	Caroline	FRA	8	81.67	54.4	25.5	2:35.6	-19.1
9	Tomingas	Tuuli	EST	7	83.00	58.0	25.3	2:39.0	-17.2
10	Tachizaki	Fuyuko	JPN	8	85.00	59.2	25.9	2:37.2	-16.2
11	Alimbekava	Dzinara	BLR	9	90.00	54.7	24.0	2:13.4	-15.4
12	Lunder	Emma	CAN	9	91.43	52.5	25.1	2:06.6	-14.2
13	Cadurisch	Irene	SUI	6	82.50	49.5	25.8	2:24.3	-13.4
14	Oeberg	Elvira	SWE	9	86.43	53.4	24.5	2:20.1	-13.0
15	Semerenko	Valentina	UKR	5	90.00	52.8	25.6	2:11.2	-11.6
16	Herrmann	Denise	GER	9	83.57	54.2	23.7	2:27.4	-10.4
17	Klemencic	Polona	SLO	6	75.00	56.7	25.9	2:58.1	-9.0
18	Hinz	Vanessa	GER	7	86.00	55.1	25.4	2:25.7	-8.6
19	Schwaiger	Julia	AUT	7	87.00	56.7	25.3	2:26.3	-8.0
20	Knotten	Karoline Offigstad	NOR	9	91.43	51.1	25.5	2:04.0	-7.8
21	Lescinskaite	Gabriele	LTU	5	85.00	1:01.1	25.7	2:40.7	-6.7
22	Oeberg	Hanna	SWE	9	90.00	49.6	24.3	2:03.5	-5.1
23	Davidova	Marketa	CZE	9	82.14	57.1	24.0	2:37.0	-4.4
24	Kryuko	Iryna	BLR	7	91.25	1:00.3	25.2	2:22.6	-3.6
25	Braisaz-Bouchet	Justine	FRA	9	80.71	56.6	22.9	2:37.5	-2.7
26	Wierer	Dorothea	ITA	9	91.43	51.3	24.5	2:03.6	-1.2
27	Hojnisz-Starega	Monika	POL	6	86.67	55.7	25.1	2:24.8	-1.1
28	Gasparin	Elisa	SUI	7	82.00	53.1	25.1	2:31.3	-0.3
29	Egan	Clare	USA	9	85.00	59.2	24.3	2:34.8	+2.1
30	Haecki	Lena	SUI	8	79.17	50.3	24.9	2:32.6	+2.8
31	Mironova	Svetlana	RUS	6	78.75	55.4	24.6	2:43.0	+4.9
32	Todorova	Milena	BUL	8	76.67	56.8	24.7	2:51.2	+5.7
33	Gasparin	Aita	SUI	7	84.00	53.7	26.2	2:29.3	+7.4
34	Hauser	Lisa Theresa	AUT	9	84.29	53.6	23.4	2:24.1	+7.9
35	Bescond	Anais	FRA	9	82.86	57.8	23.6	2:36.1	+8.0
36	Simon	Julia	FRA	9	82.86	50.1	24.8	2:22.7	+8.6
37	Brorsson	Mona	SWE	8	85.83	54.4	24.8	2:24.0	+8.8
38	Sola	Hanna	BLR	8	70.77	52.9	24.3	2:56.8	+9.0
39	Vittozzi	Lisa	ITA	9	82.14	54.3	23.9	2:31.3	+9.9
40	Preuss	Franziska	GER	9	86.43	51.8	23.6	2:15.7	+10.7
41	Eckhoff	Tiril	NOR	9	84.29	55.7	23.7	2:28.5	+11.0
42	Beaudry	Sarah	CAN	7	78.00	52.6	26.4	2:43.4	+13.2
43	Sanfilippo	Federica	ITA	5	75.71	58.4	25.6	2:58.9	+13.2
44	Zuk	Kamila	POL	7	78.00	1:01.1	25.7	2:58.7	+14.0
45	Eder	Mari	FIN	6	73.75	1:01.7	24.9	3:08.7	+14.1
46	Tandrevold	Ingrid Landmark	NOR	9	85.71	56.4	23.8	2:26.8	+14.2
47	Oja	Regina	EST	5	71.67	53.7	24.5	2:56.9	+14.4
48	Puskarcikova	Eva	CZE	7	80.00	51.3	27.4	2:37.3	+14.4
49	Jislova	Jessica	CZE	7	78.00	57.2	25.9	2:51.4	+15.6
50	Gasparin	Selina	SUI	6	75.00	58.0	24.4	2:57.0	+15.7
51	Blashko	Darya	UKR	9	92.14	56.9	26.0	2:14.1	+17.0
52	Persson	Linn	SWE	9	85.00	54.3	24.6	2:25.5	+19.9
53	Dzhima	Yuliia	UKR	7	86.00	56.9	25.2	2:29.0	+20.1
54	Voronina	Tamara	RUS	5	84.00	52.2	26.6	2:27.1	+21.2
55	Pidhrushna	Olena	UKR	5	84.29	55.7	26.5	2:33.0	+21.2
56	Zbylut	Kinga	POL	7	74.00	56.7	24.7	2:57.6	+24.1
57	Charvatova	Lucie	CZE	7	63.75	52.1	23.9	3:10.9	+28.1
58	Talihaerm	Johanna	EST	6	76.25	1:00.8	26.3	3:03.9	+31.3
59	Chevalier	Chloe	FRA	8	79.17	58.8	24.5	2:48.7	+32.6
60	Innerhofer	Katharina	AUT	8	65.83	55.6	23.9	3:12.8	+38.0

Ski speed comparison: First trimester 2019–20 vs. First trimester 2020–21

Posted on 2021-01-05 | by

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In the past, I often compared changes in ski speed to the entire previous season, which might be slightly deceiving, especially at the beginning of a season. Some athletes start particularly strong before Christmas, others might do better late in a season, when parts of the field are already tired. Potentially, it’s a better idea to only compare the same World Cup period. Here I did this specifically for World Cup trimester 1 (roughly December 2019 vs. December 2020).

I used the percentage back from the top 30 median for this. Comparisons against the entire field are problematic this year, because of temporary rule changes (each National Federation can register two athletes who have not fulfilled the qualification criteria). That makes the whole field slightly slower.

If you can’t find a specific athlete, you can always look up the complete World Cup field (also available per trimester) for the ongoing season (as well as all previous seasons) here:

Ski speed: Men | Women

Note: Only athletes with at least 5 non-team races in trimester 1 of both the previous and the current season are included in the tables below. “Back from Top30 median” is the percentage back from each race’s top 30 median Course Time (arithmetic mean per season).

Men

Martin Ponsiluoma and Sebastian Samuelsson are the most improved overall. Both lowered their average ski rank by at least 24 positions, plus they are skiing 3.5% and 3.0% faster respectively (compared to their speed last December). Veteran Jakov Fak (his 15th World Cup season) is currently on his best ski form in 5 years. World Cup leader, Johannes Thingnes Bø, is very close to his level from last December (he is slightly ahead).

Quentin Fillon Maillet started the season as one of the favorites, but he is not at his peak form yet; his hit rate is at a career high right now, but his speed has declined a lot compared to December 2019 (average ski rank almost doubled). For this pre-Christmas period, Germany and France have only one athlete each who improved season-to-season: Erik Lesser (only started in 4 races in December 2019) and Fabien Claude, respectively.

Changes in Ski Speed compared to 2019–20 season | World Cup Trimester 1

No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Ski Rank (avg)	Change	back from Top30 median (in %)	Change
No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Ski Rank (avg)	Change	back from Top30 median (in %)	Change
1	Ponsiluoma	Martin	SWE	9	5.7	-24.3	-1.66	-3.49
2	Samuelsson	Sebastian	SWE	9	8.2	-25.9	-1.13	-2.99
3	Latypov	Eduard	RUS	9	18.9	-26.3	+0.40	-2.78
4	Bocharnikov	Sergey	BLR	8	27.5	-21.8	+1.06	-2.49
5	Fak	Jakov	SLO	9	20.0	-17.5	+0.46	-1.84
6	Christiansen	Vetle Sjaastad	NOR	9	13.3	-12.8	-0.63	-1.67
7	Dale	Johannes	NOR	9	6.1	-8.9	-1.97	-1.61
8	Langer	Thierry	BEL	7	51.7	-8.7	+3.72	-1.48
9	Nelin	Jesper	SWE	9	12.2	-14.2	-0.44	-1.44
10	Dombrovski	Karol	LTU	7	61.1	-11.5	+4.84	-1.40
11	Doherty	Sean	USA	8	49.6	-11.7	+3.64	-1.17
12	Eliseev	Matvey	RUS	9	35.8	+4.3	+2.15	-1.14
13	Weger	Benjamin	SUI	9	20.2	-7.8	+0.58	-0.87
14	Loginov	Alexander	RUS	9	13.7	-5.9	-0.25	-0.76
15	Guzik	Grzegorz	POL	7	56.4	-11.2	+4.29	-0.73
16	Nordgren	Leif	USA	6	51.8	-3.3	+3.60	-0.67
17	Garanichev	Evgeniy	RUS	5	33.8	-8.2	+2.27	-0.60
18	Trsan	Rok	SLO	6	67.0	-12.8	+5.98	-0.41
19	Boe	Johannes Thingnes	NOR	9	2.4	-2.1	-2.66	-0.24
20	Vaclavik	Adam	CZE	6	43.8	-1.0	+2.78	-0.22
21	Pryma	Artem	UKR	8	36.0	+1.0	+2.13	-0.13
22	Claude	Fabien	FRA	9	10.2	-1.8	-0.68	-0.13
23	Dovzan	Miha	SLO	6	78.7	+2.5	+7.08	-0.13
24	Hiidensalo	Olli	FIN	6	47.3	-0.7	+3.27	-0.12
25	Boe	Tarjei	NOR	9	4.6	-1.4	-1.79	-0.08
26	Guigonnat	Antonin	FRA	9	31.0	+1.7	+1.60	+0.06
27	Femling	Peppe	SWE	8	51.9	-2.1	+3.65	+0.11
28	Bormolini	Thomas	ITA	5	44.4	+2.0	+2.75	+0.15
29	Bjoentegaard	Erlend	NOR	5	12.6	+0.5	-0.43	+0.19
30	Peiffer	Arnd	GER	7	18.0	+2.2	+0.17	+0.20
31	Jacquelin	Emilien	FRA	9	10.2	+0.9	-0.81	+0.22
32	Stvrtecky	Jakub	CZE	7	33.0	+4.0	+1.69	+0.23
33	Seppala	Tero	FIN	8	30.3	+4.8	+1.39	+0.31
34	Bauer	Klemen	SLO	7	47.9	-0.9	+4.05	+0.33
35	Rastorgujevs	Andrejs	LAT	8	20.6	+4.1	+0.49	+0.54
36	Krcmar	Michal	CZE	9	32.1	+9.7	+1.59	+0.57
37	Hofer	Lukas	ITA	9	13.3	+1.8	-0.25	+0.62
38	Dudchenko	Anton	UKR	6	60.2	+7.3	+4.55	+0.75
39	Eder	Simon	AUT	9	39.2	+6.2	+2.58	+0.78
40	Leitner	Felix	AUT	7	36.4	+8.4	+2.00	+0.79
41	Claude	Florent	BEL	6	46.0	+14.3	+3.05	+0.79
42	Doll	Benedikt	GER	9	16.0	+5.6	+0.00	+0.84
43	Sinapov	Anton	BUL	6	68.2	-1.3	+6.13	+0.91
44	Strolia	Vytautas	LTU	7	49.4	+5.6	+3.83	+0.94
45	Fillon Maillet	Quentin	FRA	9	11.0	+4.1	-0.64	+1.28
46	Windisch	Dominik	ITA	5	34.4	+13.7	+1.87	+1.46
47	Eberhard	Julian	AUT	8	21.6	+10.8	+0.70	+1.51
48	Ermits	Kalev	EST	8	58.0	+10.0	+4.88	+1.67
49	Kuehn	Johannes	GER	8	21.6	+14.3	+0.57	+1.74
50	Pidruchnyi	Dmytro	UKR	8	43.5	+20.9	+2.99	+1.82
51	Desthieux	Simon	FRA	9	19.6	+11.0	+0.45	+1.98
52	Tkalenko	Ruslan	UKR	5	75.4	+20.4	+6.16	+2.22
53	Iliev	Vladimir	BUL	6	41.8	+23.3	+2.61	+2.39

Women

Among regular starters, Dzinara Alimbekava is by far the most improved, 5.0% faster than last season (plus her average ski rank is now an incredible 44.8 positions lower!). Lisa Theresa Hauser and Franziska Preuß stood out more for their (fast) shooting in the past, but they are both among the top 15 skiers at the moment. Hauser’s transformation is particularly remarkable (over 2% faster than any of her previous 7 seasons), Preuß was close to this level before (five years ago).

World Cup leader and overall fastest skier, Marte Olsbu Røiseland, is missing in the table below, because she only appeared in 4 races in December 2019. She is actually slower compared to her speed at the start of the 2019–20 season (+0.5%). Last year’s top skier, Denise Herrmann, is struggling to get going; her average ski rank in trimester 1 last season was 4.5, now it’s 8.3. Dorothea Wierer was the 9th fastest skier last season, now she’s ranked 23rd.

Changes in Ski Speed compared to 2019–20 season | World Cup Trimester 1

No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Ski Rank (avg)	Change	back from Top30 median (in %)	Change
No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Ski Rank (avg)	Change	back from Top30 median (in %)	Change
1	Alimbekava	Dzinara	BLR	9	14.2	-44.8	-0.33	-5.02
2	Beaudry	Sarah	CAN	7	58.9	-21.1	+4.54	-4.11
3	Chevalier	Chloe	FRA	8	22.6	-34.7	+0.99	-3.25
4	Blashko	Darya	UKR	9	43.9	-12.1	+3.64	-2.65
5	Hauser	Lisa Theresa	AUT	9	12.7	-24.0	-0.36	-2.47
6	Oeberg	Elvira	SWE	9	6.7	-12.3	-1.64	-2.33
7	Preuss	Franziska	GER	9	12.1	-8.4	-0.56	-1.01
8	Gasparin	Elisa	SUI	7	45.6	-9.2	+3.09	-0.99
9	Schwaiger	Julia	AUT	7	42.9	-8.7	+2.89	-0.94
10	Egan	Clare	USA	9	28.1	-8.7	+1.25	-0.93
11	Bescond	Anais	FRA	9	16.0	-10.5	+0.16	-0.85
12	Knotten	Karoline Offigstad	NOR	9	32.9	-3.7	+1.89	-0.79
13	Cadurisch	Irene	SUI	6	67.2	-2.8	+6.03	-0.53
14	Oeberg	Hanna	SWE	9	12.0	-1.8	-0.72	-0.49
15	Colombo	Caroline	FRA	8	28.4	-5.5	+1.43	-0.41
16	Tandrevold	Ingrid Landmark	NOR	9	7.1	-4.6	-1.28	-0.29
17	Persson	Linn	SWE	9	19.3	-3.1	+0.33	-0.28
18	Lunder	Emma	CAN	9	37.1	-3.7	+2.41	-0.26
19	Gasparin	Selina	SUI	6	19.7	-1.7	+0.44	-0.14
20	Gasparin	Aita	SUI	7	47.6	+5.1	+3.48	-0.06
21	Davidova	Marketa	CZE	9	6.9	-1.1	-1.43	-0.02
22	Charvatova	Lucie	CZE	7	22.8	+1.1	+0.84	+0.08
23	Jislova	Jessica	CZE	7	52.0	+3.5	+3.77	+0.16
24	Simon	Julia	FRA	9	19.3	+5.6	-0.15	+0.17
25	Voronina	Tamara	RUS	5	68.8	+7.4	+5.44	+0.23
26	Talihaerm	Johanna	EST	6	55.7	+0.2	+4.88	+0.30
27	Brorsson	Mona	SWE	8	28.9	+2.7	+1.55	+0.35
28	Innerhofer	Katharina	AUT	8	21.8	+1.4	+0.83	+0.39
29	Braisaz-Bouchet	Justine	FRA	9	5.8	-0.2	-1.62	+0.48
30	Zuk	Kamila	POL	7	34.9	+6.9	+1.99	+0.58
31	Eckhoff	Tiril	NOR	9	5.6	+1.3	-1.94	+0.73
32	Vittozzi	Lisa	ITA	9	31.4	+8.0	+1.82	+0.84
33	Oja	Regina	EST	5	76.0	+11.0	+6.70	+0.89
34	Kryuko	Iryna	BLR	7	37.5	+11.8	+2.20	+1.02
35	Herrmann	Denise	GER	9	8.3	+3.8	-1.25	+1.09
36	Zbylut	Kinga	POL	7	61.4	+8.9	+5.21	+1.25
37	Tachizaki	Fuyuko	JPN	8	48.3	+7.5	+3.91	+1.33
38	Eder	Mari	FIN	6	18.7	+7.2	+0.30	+1.35
39	Kocergina	Natalja	LTU	5	83.0	+14.0	+7.64	+1.35
40	Wierer	Dorothea	ITA	9	21.1	+12.0	+0.61	+1.66
41	Hinz	Vanessa	GER	7	45.0	+17.0	+3.03	+1.77
42	Mironova	Svetlana	RUS	6	25.5	+15.1	+1.02	+1.79
43	Sanfilippo	Federica	ITA	5	50.8	+12.6	+4.02	+1.85
44	Semerenko	Valentina	UKR	5	55.5	+17.5	+4.22	+2.04
45	Pidhrushna	Olena	UKR	5	43.6	+19.0	+3.21	+2.14
46	Haecki	Lena	SUI	8	32.3	+22.7	+1.86	+2.62
47	Puskarcikova	Eva	CZE	7	52.4	+27.4	+4.42	+3.39

One thing that stands out is how well Norway and Sweden are doing (both men and women). Every athlete of those two nations either improved (often significantly), or at least managed to maintain their previous level; not a single athlete got notably worse.

Biathlon Analysis Videos on German TV

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The German ARD Sportschau does some very cool analysis after every biathlon race with the assistance of former athletes Kati Wilhelm or Magdalena Neuner.

They typically compare two athletes side by side, looking at ski-speed and shooting speed and results:

I thought it would be interesting to re-create a similar visualization but with the ability to hand-pick the athletes, so I did exactly that in Tableau:

As stated on the report, note that the filters are only showing relevant data, so if you are looking for something that’s not in the list, make sure to reset all filters to show all.

Assuming people watching the analysis videos speak German, the report contains all content in both english and German.

Fehlerfrei – a quick article on shooting clean

Shooting Efficiency comparison: First trimester 2019–20 vs. First trimester 2020–21

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