intoronto 4,201 Posted August 29, 2017 #131 Share Posted August 29, 2017 1 hour ago, ahjfcshfghb said: For those of you interested in the Puerto Rico situation they sent me this: The guidelines to participate are highly subjective. Because all Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee is very sensitive to mainland U.S. persons using them as a back door into the Olympics. In an Olympic year, I typically get a couple of e-mails from people who think our federation is some sort of sports fantasy camp, and promise to “promote” Puerto Rico if they go to the Olympics. So, to answer your question, with the current political environment, a prospective Olympic competitor for Puerto Rico would have to be born on the island, have multi-generational Puerto Rican ancestry, and be somewhat of a threat to win a medal. We had a native-born 50-point slalom skier who should have gone to both Vancouver and Sochi; however, because she was more American than Puerto Rican, they wouldn’t send her. Charles Flaherty is definitely American. His family are bona-fide residents of Puerto Rico, but he’s still facing an uphill battle to go to Korea. We hope he can convince the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR) to send him, but nobody is holding their breath… :-/ David Steele This is where the IOC should step in and protect athletes. ahjfcshfghb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahjfcshfghb 285 Posted August 30, 2017 #132 Share Posted August 30, 2017 American Samoa told me they are scouting a bobsled team for the 2022 or 2026 Games. Just out of interest. (I emailed every federation, will update on the interesting ones). Bearas, Benolympique and heywoodu 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted September 1, 2017 #133 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I thought skier has qualified after today's race, but apparently he now has 140.05 points. Not that good for someone who gets a lot of DNFs.. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted September 1, 2017 #134 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Klaus Jungbluth Rodriguez of Ecuador is in Termas de Chillan at the moment, so he'll participate in the races starting Sunday I asked Bruna about who is present there and apart from the Brazilians, it looks like he is the only one for now (I'm fairly certain Argentina and Chile will have a team there, but no word on Venezuela or Colombia). If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,201 Posted September 1, 2017 #135 Share Posted September 1, 2017 3 hours ago, dcro said: I thought skier has qualified after today's race, but apparently he now has 140.05 points. Not that good for someone who gets a lot of DNFs.. The Fis will give him a quota. IIRC both Venezuela and South Africa failed to get under 140 (just barely) but still got a quota. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahjfcshfghb 285 Posted September 9, 2017 #136 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Dominican Republic just registered an Alpine skiier. Interesting... https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&listid=&competitorid=222608 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted September 9, 2017 #137 Share Posted September 9, 2017 13 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said: Dominican Republic just registered an Alpine skiier. Interesting... https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&listid=&competitorid=222608 I wonder if this is him! Dominican composer with the same name apparently (maybe he took some advice from Vanessa Mae )... http://www.joseguillermopuello.com/ #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahjfcshfghb 285 Posted September 9, 2017 #138 Share Posted September 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, dcro said: I wonder if this is him! Dominican composer with the same name apparently (maybe he took some advice from Vanessa Mae )... http://www.joseguillermopuello.com/ Oh, god, I think it is. He is in fact Dominica-Republican... Would be interesting to see a battle of vs . Shame they wouldn't be in the same sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted September 9, 2017 #139 Share Posted September 9, 2017 A Dominican Dominican Republican? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted September 9, 2017 #140 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I wonder if we are eventually going to have a whole orchestra from exotic nations... So far it's a violinist and a composer. ahjfcshfghb 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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