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Tag: sochi 2014
Olympic medals: The host-nation bounce is real
Olympic stats wizard Bill Mallon has quantified the host-nation bounce, showing that the country that last hosted the Olympics can … More
The Games go on, Paralympics edition
We should probably dispense with the idea that Vladimir Putin timed the mess in Ukraine to occur after everyone left … More
2014 medal projections: Some excruciating details
How did the Olympic results compare with all the things we could use to predict them? Glad you asked: [gview … More
Was Dominica’s Olympic ski team a fraud?
What would you do to participate in the Olympics and get a nice wave of publicity? Would you gain citizenship … More
Where the Olympic medals came from and went
The biggest differences between the Sochi medal projections and the Sochi medal count were: USA – Speedskating: Projected 7, got … More
Best/worst, Sochi medal projections vs. reality: Feb. 23
The 50k cross-country race turned into a microcosm of the Olympics — a big pack going around most of the … More
Sochi recap: Cross-country skiing, men’s 50k
Russia put a punctuation mark on its Olympics by sweeping the longest race on the program, with the top four … More
Best/worst, Sochi medal projections vs. reality: Feb. 22
Unless Alexander Zubkov crashes on his home track and Norway sweeps the 50k cross-country race on Sunday, Russia will be … More
Sochi recap: Alpine skiing, men’s slalom
Austria’s Mario Matt has two world slalom titles (2001, 2007) and plenty of World Cup success. But he has rarely … More