Tyler'sTwin said:
Sweden's women's relay team vs Finland's women's relay team in World Cup distance races:
5 km C - Ladies - Stage World Cup
30 November 2013
1 KOWALCZYK Justyna POL 13:33.7
2 BJOERGEN Marit NOR 13:36.7
3 JOHAUG Therese NOR 13:48.3
5 KALLA Charlotte SWE 13:52.4
6 LAHTEENMAKI Krista FIN 14:00.0
13 NISKANEN Kerttu FIN 14:20.0
17 KYLLOENEN Anne FIN 14:22.6
36 INGEMARSDOTTER Ida SWE 14:43.4
43 WIKEN Emma SWE 14:47.4
45 SAARINEN Aino-kaisa FIN 14:49.4
10 km F Pursuit - Ladies - Stage World Cup
01 December 2013
1 KALLA Charlotte SWE 27:28.9 26:43.2
2 JOHAUG Therese NOR 27:29.4 26:44.5
3 BJOERGEN Marit NOR 27:28.1 27:02.4
13 SAARINEN Aino-kaisa FIN 29:45.2 27:53.6
20 KYLLOENEN Anne FIN 29:18.4 28:02.0
21 INGEMARSDOTTER Ida SWE 29:24.8 28:02.4
33 NISKANEN Kerttu FIN 29:36.1 28:18.8
35 LAHTEENMAKI Krista FIN 29:11.4 28:20.6
39 WIKEN Emma SWE 30:21.4 28:26.0
10 km C - Ladies - World Cup
07 December 2013
1 KOWALCZYK Justyna POL 24:59.4
2 KALLA Charlotte SWE 25:11.8
3 BJOERGEN Marit NOR 25:25.0
8 NISKANEN Kerttu FIN 26:23.3
10 LAHTEENMAKI Krista FIN 26:25.3
12 KYLLOENEN Anne FIN 26:31.3
13 SAARINEN Aino-kaisa FIN 26:38.1
40 INGEMARSDOTTER Ida SWE 27:53.4
15 km F - Ladies - World Cup
14 December 2013
1 BJOERGEN Marit NOR 35:34.4
2 JOHAUG Therese NOR 35:47.4
3 KALLA Charlotte SWE 36:03.3
5 NISKANEN Kerttu FIN 36:33.3
6 LAHTEENMAKI Krista FIN 36:50.1
26 KYLLOENEN Anne FIN 37:44.8
28 SAARINEN Aino-kaisa FIN 37:49.1
3 km F Prologue - Ladies - Stage World Cup
28 December 2013
1 BJOERGEN Marit NOR 6:34.4
2 JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt NOR 6:36.3
3 JASKOWIEC Sylwia POL 6:41.4
6 KYLLOENEN Anne FIN 6:43.9
7 SAARINEN Aino-Kaisa FIN 6:44.1
10 NISKANEN Kerttu FIN 6:46.4
16 LAHTEENMAKI Krista FIN 6:53.5
42 HAAG Anna SWE 7:01.6
50 WIKEN Emma SWE 7:04.2
10 km C Mst - Ladies - Stage World Cup
01 January 2014
1 NISKANEN Kerttu FIN 26:27.4
2 JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt NOR 26:27.8
3 JOHAUG Therese NOR 26:28.5
5 SAARINEN Aino-Kaisa FIN 26:29.9
6 KYLLOENEN Anne FIN 26:51.3
12 WIKEN Emma SWE 26:58.5
13 LAHTEENMAKI Krista FIN 26:59.9
16 HAAG Anna SWE 27:09.2
15 km F Pursuit - Ladies - Stage World Cup
03 January 2014
1 LINDBORG Sara SWE 39:50.9 37:16.6
2 LAHTEENMAKI Krista FIN 39:02.0 37:18.3
3 JEAN Aurore FRA 39:02.3 37:20.9
15 HAAG Anna SWE 40:07.1 37:37.1
16 KYLLOENEN Anne FIN 38:42.5 37:46.8
27 NISKANEN Kerttu FIN 38:52.8 38:16.0
28 WIKEN Emma SWE 40:52.9 38:20.1
37 SAARINEN Aino-Kaisa FIN 39:49.5 38:55.5
5 km C - Ladies - Stage World Cup
04 January 2014
1 JOHAUG Therese NOR 13:58.4
2 JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt NOR 14:13.3
3 KYLLOENEN Anne FIN 14:17.6
4 NISKANEN Kerttu FIN 14:18.1
5 LAHTEENMAKI Krista FIN 14:19.8
7 SAARINEN Aino-Kaisa FIN 14:21.7
12 HAAG Anna SWE 14:35.7
18 WIKEN Emma SWE 14:43.4
10 km C - Ladies - World Cup
01 February 2014 (1 week before the olympics)
1 BJOERGEN Marit NOR 26:54.2
2 JOHAUG Therese NOR 27:30.9
3 KALLA Charlotte SWE 27:37.1
6 NISKANEN Kerttu FIN 27:48.0
9 SAARINEN Aino-Kaisa FIN 28:07.8
28 HAAG Anna SWE 29:05.3
33 WIKEN Emma SWE 29:17.9
Results:
LAHTEENMAKI 6-35(P)-10-6-16-13-2(p)-5
NISKANEN 13-33(p)-8-5-10-1-27(p)-4-6
KYLLOENEN 17-20(p)-12-26-6-6-16(p)-3
SAARINEN 45-13(p)-13-28-7-5-37(p)-7-9
INGEMARSDOTTER 36-21(p)-40
WIKEN 43-39(p)-50-12-28(p)-18-33
HAAG 42-16-15(p)-12-28
KALLA 5-1-2-3-3
Top10's
LAHTEENMAKI 5
NISKANEN 6
KYLLOENEN 3
SAARINEN 4
INGEMARSDOTTER 0
WIKEN 0
HAAG 0
KALLA 4 (in 5 starts)
If I had told you 2 weeks ago that Sweden would match Finland in the classical relay legs you would've called me mad. Swedish fans were questioning whether they could challenge for bronze.
As for the men, Hellner's form was in serious doubt before Toblach and Olsson was probably going to miss out on the olympics due to injury. Hellner, Richardsson, Nelson, Olsson, Wikén and Ingemarsdotter all peaked perfectly, while Kalla is at a brand new level.
Tyler'sTwin said:
Swedish men had 1 podium before the olympics - Hellner in Toblach.
Swedish relay women not named Kalla did not have a single top 10 result before the olympics.
I had to take a break from the clinic. Thinking the Swedes were doped was eating at me. Now with a little distance, this is suspicious, but alternate theories need to be explored before any conclusions can be made IMHO.
Anyway, these posts were so informative that I wanted to give a thumbs up. I don't want to spend time on the current crop of Swedes at this time, since the Blodrace 2 is tonight, and I imagine it will generate some discussions. This new stuff can wait.
Tyler'sTwin said:
What happened to Aukland's Hb post Salt Lake city?
Looking at this I see potentially three classic grand tour mountain stages!
As for blood values, could this be his blood reacting to altitude? They just look weird. If I were to assume doping, I would have to think he removed a liter of blood after the games then inserted some of it again, took it out, put some more in etc.
The Bloodrace part 2 is hopefully not following the trend of part 1 being better than part 2. They seem to have promised to do a better job this time.