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Did influence from other runners cost Simone Niggli a top position in NOC Middle? A detailed analysis of grouping in the Nordic Championships shows that even if there were a lot of packs - especially in the Middle - the runners getting the top positions did not gain a lot…
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by running in packs. On the contrary - the analysis indicates that several runners might have lost time by being in big packs instead of gaining time as we have seen in other competitions. Rather small - The influence-benefits for both races and all classes seems to be rather small, even if there were lots of meetings in the forest. I assume that it wasn’t the separation techniques alone but a combination of terrains, difficulty, long legs and separation, says Swiss Martin Lerjen who has made the analysis. Lerjen is the man who made a very interesting analysis of the…

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