heywoodu 13,540 Posted July 18, 2018 #101 Share Posted July 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, vinipereira said: I'm not 100% behind IOC changes either (those mixed events are mostly unnecessary and will only be good for the top nations anyway), but at least they're trying to add new things (and nothing extremely radical like what happens on YOG). For some opinions here, it looks like 3 or 4 more women's events will completely ruin the Winter Olympics The problem is that every mixed event any random person throws at them as suggestion seems to be added, while actual new sports (telemark skiing, natural track luge) don't make it. They are doing rather radical stuff for the Summer Olympics by the way, with 100% judge sports like surfing or skateboarding, or a non-existing climbing event as the only climbing event. dcro 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...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted July 18, 2018 #102 Share Posted July 18, 2018 58 minutes ago, Nate River said: New events: Women’s Monobob Mixed Short Track Speed Skating Relay Mixed Ski Jumping Team Event Men’s and women’s Ski Big Air Mixed Team Aerials Mixed Team Snowboardcross Quota changes: Biathlon: -20 Bobsleigh: -12 men, +12 women Curling: +4 (2 added mixed doubles teams) Ice Hockey: +46 (2 added women’s teams) Skating: -26 Skiing: -41 I excited to see the monobob, not sure how I feel about the Short Track Mixed Relay, Definitely think the Mixed Team Ski Jumping belongs, Ski Big Air was inevitable, no need or reason to add Aerials Team and Snowboard Team (dumb, dumb, dumb, dumbest) “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted July 18, 2018 #103 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Just now, vinipereira said: LOL no. The same nations will win other things as usual But that's the point, B nations will miss out on qualifications so more and more nations will only enter alpine/cross-country skiing. heywoodu 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted July 18, 2018 #104 Share Posted July 18, 2018 56 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said: So.. no chance for natural luge? I know, I’m sad to see they weren’t added “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,570 Posted July 18, 2018 #105 Share Posted July 18, 2018 3 minuti fa, dcro ha scritto: So apparently alpine combined is not out? So much for @heywoodu's statement about Gisin being Olympic champion for all times. , It isn't official yet, as you can read on the official document "Technical review still in process by FIS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted July 18, 2018 #106 Share Posted July 18, 2018 1 minute ago, vinipereira said: LOL no. The same nations will win other things as usual It's not about who wins, it's about having competitive events. Removing competitive men's events or reducing fields there, solely to have more equality, doesn't seem fair at all if they are replaced by events that are not even half as competitive. One example would be bobsleigh: there are quite a large number of men who can win it, while there are realistically speaking maybe 2-3 women's drivers who could do so. Bigger men's field seems fair. On the other hand in skeleton, the women's field is generally more competitive at the moment, so increasing women's quote seems fair there. 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...
vinipereira 3,047 Posted July 18, 2018 #107 Share Posted July 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, heywoodu said: The problem is that every mixed event any random person throws at them as suggestion seems to be added, while actual new sports (telemark skiing, natural track luge) don't make it. They are doing rather radical stuff for the Summer Olympics by the way, with 100% judge sports like surfing or skateboarding, or a non-existing climbing event as the only climbing event. Well, yes, but I was referring more to the women's "problem". The new sports are a whole new conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,201 Posted July 18, 2018 #108 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I am pretty sure Totallympics collectively could create a better sports program. heywoodu, Olympian1010, hckošice and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,201 Posted July 18, 2018 #109 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Just now, Gianlu33 said: It isn't official yet, as you can read on the official document "Technical review still in process by FIS" The IOC Charter says events need to be finalized at a min 3 years before the Olympics... so yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,570 Posted July 18, 2018 #110 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Adesso, intoronto ha scritto: The IOC Charter says events need to be finalized at a min 3 years before the Olympics... so yes. Well, IOC rules became flexible under the Bach's governament. Milan will host the IOC session and Italy will be candidate for 2026 Olympics (it wasn't allow), 2024 and 2028 Olympics was decided during the same IOC Session. IOC became a big joke, thank Bach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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