intoronto 4,077 Posted July 18, 2018 #61 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Biathlon quota reduction makes sense. Skating does not make sense. Speed skating is seeing growth in non-traditional markets and short track is ridiculously hard to qualify Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,095 Posted July 18, 2018 #62 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Just now, intoronto said: Biathlon quota reduction makes sense. Skating does not make sense. Speed skating is seeing growth in non-traditional markets and short track is ridiculously hard to qualify The skating quotas are already to low as is... Olympian1010 and intoronto 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted July 18, 2018 #63 Share Posted July 18, 2018 1 minute ago, intoronto said: Biathlon quota reduction Wait, what...? Another major hit against the smaller nations after making it almost impossible for them to qualify for 2018 already? Olympian1010 1 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 10,172 Posted July 18, 2018 #64 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Wow, they even added 2 mixed doubles in curling. As if that's going to make any difference. hckošice and Olympian1010 2 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted July 18, 2018 #65 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Just now, heywoodu said: Wait, what...? Another major hit against the smaller nations after making it almost impossible for them to qualify for 2018 already? I would imagine that big nations would no longer have max 6 athletes, but that's just a guess. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,077 Posted July 18, 2018 #66 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Just now, heywoodu said: Wait, what...? Another major hit against the smaller nations after making it almost impossible for them to qualify for 2018 already? Well the top 5 nations really do not need a 6th athlete, so that saves about 10 spots. hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted July 18, 2018 #67 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Just now, intoronto said: Well the top 5 nations really do not need a 6th athlete, so that saves about 10 spots. If the reduction actually comes from the top nations, I would be positively surprised. I know there's been a lot of lobbying to try and get their 6-athlete quota down to open up some chances for smaller nations. NearPup 1 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...
Gianlu33 3,546 Posted July 18, 2018 #68 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Officially women's nordic combined isn't in the Beijing 2026 disciplines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted July 18, 2018 #69 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said: Officially women's nordic combined isn't in the Beijing 2026 disciplines Assuming you meant 2022, I'd say that is very good news. Women's nordic combined should be in the Olympics one day, but not when there is barely even a World Cup yet (it's 3,5 years before the Olympics and last season's Continental Cup barely seemed to have any interest). It really, really needs to grow and get at least somewhat competitive before being added to the Olympics, and going from 'first ever Continental Cup season' to 'Olympic sport' in 4 years is at least 4-8 years too short. Edited July 18, 2018 by heywoodu 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 10,172 Posted July 18, 2018 #70 Share Posted July 18, 2018 1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said: Officially women's nordic combined isn't in the Beijing 2026 disciplines That's great news. intoronto and heywoodu 1 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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