I guess that including or excluding a sport is just a part of some bigger agenda. Political, economical and so on.
Sport itself is of lesser importance.
IOC wont mind a (un)popularity of a sport if they have a bigger cause to fullfil.
These are facts but on mainstream media its rarely seen.
Not really sure where else to put this but Matthew Richardson has switched nationalities from to
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-2KNF5ONxw/?igsh=MTIxdTRrMTRiZTN1
Summer Olympics, hell yeah I’m all for it!
Winter Olympics, absolutely not.
Cross-country running events are held in the winter, but that doesn’t make it a winter sport, sorry. There is one caveat though if it were to, let’s say get added to to the Olympic program hypothetically, because it would weaken the strength of distance fields drastically due to scheduling.
Edit: None of this is directed at you, just the idiots (like Coe) that think this (putting a summer sport in the winter Olympics, not cross country running at the Olympics) is a good idea…
FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND
Round-Robin
August 29th - September 1st, 2024
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026
Group F
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)
Norway vs Japan
Period-by-Period:
August 29th 2024, h. 15:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Denmark vs Great Britain
Period-by-Period:
August 29th 2024, h. 19:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Norway vs Great Britain
Period-by-Period:
August 30th 2024, h. 15:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Japan vs Denmark
Period-by-Period:
August 30th 2024, h. 19:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Great Britain vs Japan
Period-by-Period:
September 1st 2024, h. 12:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Denmark vs Norway
Period-by-Period:
September 1st 2024, h. 16:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Group F Final Standing
Nation
P
W(OTW)
L(OTL)
GF
GA
+/-
Pt.
Denmark
0
0(0)
0(0)
0
0
0
0
Great Britain
0
0(0)
0(0)
0
0
0
0
Japan
0
0(0)
0(0)
0
0
0
0
Norway
0
0(0)
0(0)
0
0
0
0
The following Nation have qualified for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026
TBD
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