From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

Men’s Relay

Today’s women’s relay was probably the least interesting race of the World Championships. I didn’t even bother to make a prediction, since the result was as much a foregone conclusion as any result could be. So long as Bjørgen raced, Norway would win – and they did. From the results of previous races at Worlds – and, really, from the results of the World Cup races since Christmas – it was obvious