The NCAA Championships back at glorious Hayward Field
by After missing the 2020 edition due to the worldwide pandemic, the NCAA Championships was once again back in 2021. Held at the recently remodelled and …
Author: Mathis Brorstad
Mathis Brorstad is a Norwegian freelance writer. He is mainly covering Athletics, Biathlon and other Winter Sports. In the past he has done work on odds and probabilities.
Johannes Thingnes Boe dominates on the skis to win the first race of 2021
The current World Cup leader and winner of the last two editions won as our model’s, and likely everyone else’s, clear favourite. That Johannes won …
Peiffer secured the first German victory in more than a year
In perfect conditions, Germany’s Arnd Peiffer hit all and outfought Martin Ponsiluoma on the last lap for his eleventh win on the highest level. He …
Holm Laegreid’s third win of the season
The rise and rise of Sturla Holm Laegreid seems never ending. Just two days after he became the first male athlete to win two races …
Our first version of the 2021-22 World Cup simulations is online
After having made substantial improvements to our model the last few months we have finally launched our first version of 2021-22 World Cup season. Our …
Held back by Covid-19, will Lisa Vittozzi show her potential?
Last update: 02/06/2021 Lisa Vittozzi was born Pieve di Cadore, not far from Cortina d’Ampezzo, in Northern Italy. Even as Lisa Vittozzi already has an …
Measuring the performance of our biathlon model Part 4
In the first article in this series we took a look at how other models used to make publically available predictions for sports events are …
Measuring the performance of our biathlon model Part 3
In our first article in this series we learned that even if some sports models, used to make publically available predictions for sport events, have …
Measuring the performance of our biathlon model Part 2
In our previous article we started investigating the interesting topic of sports models performance, which was brought to our attention by one of our readers. …