Yesterday I had a beautiful dream: I dreamed that Federica Brignone won the Super-G, but I don't know if it was the Olympics or just a regular World Cup, because I woke up at that moment
France currently has 3-4 men quotas in top 10 places under the line... If this situation will be on 18th january,who do you think they will nominate and how many slalom racers (3 or 4) if the quota will be for e.g. 7? There are many good names, like Noel, Rassat, Amiez, Muffat, Allegre, Alphand, Pinturault, Elezi, Vitale, ... Catch is that 3 of the top 4 slalom racers are not so good in giant slalom...
How are the points calculated? OK, I understand that there are points based on a result in a single race. But, how are the points calculated based on trimester (average of best two results or myb every trimester has 33% of the total ibu qualification points)? For e.g. Croatian Iva Morić started to compete for Croatia one month ago and is currently fifth below the line. If she qualifies, Croatia will be able to compete in relay, for the first time in history, I think.
If someone isn't competing for the World Cup Overall title, skipping Oberhof makes sense: the weather there is terrible every year and competitors come down with a wave of colds. It's best to avoid this stage altogether. I hope Giacomel doesn't end up going there either.
People with better memories than me can answer. Every olympic season, we have some top athletes skipping some races prior to the Olympics. Does it usualy work (working as in better results that one could have expected otherwise) ?