Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024

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  On 12/18/2023 at 6:46 PM, intoronto said:

At this rate we will get and  into the games 

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They're all still out provisionally by my count, but it depends what other NOCs do.

 

  On 12/18/2023 at 6:46 PM, intoronto said:

 rejected 6 quotas!

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12 quotas altogether between alpine and cross country. It's a number higher than many NOCs will even achieve (or be eligible to receive).

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 was allocated a quota in dual moguls, but didn't have any eligible athletes 

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declined a quote in snowboarding (as per team announcement) but named an extra athlete, meaning they gained a quota somewhere

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  On 12/18/2023 at 6:51 PM, Olympian1010 said:

They're all still out provisionally by my count, but it depends what other NOCs do.

 

12 quotas altogether between alpine and cross country. It's a number higher than many NOCs will even achieve (or be eligible to receive).

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At this rate  will have only biathletes

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Ski halfpipe is approaching aerials level of participation at the YOG. At max, it looks like there will only be 8 NOCs competing across both genders.

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  On 12/18/2023 at 6:58 PM, intoronto said:

At this rate  will have only biathletes

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They did accept quotas in ski jumping, nordic combined, freestyle skiing, and snowboarding.

Edited December 18, 2023 by Olympian1010

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 not far off from a reallocation (one spot by my count) in women's ski slopestyle.

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It's nice to see many "exotic nations" will or are close to competing in this event, I'm hoping most of these nations will be able to qualify to Cortina Olympics already 

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  On 12/18/2023 at 8:06 PM, rybak said:

It's nice to see many "exotic nations" will or are close to competing in this event, I'm hoping most of these nations will be able to qualify to Cortina Olympics already 

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I wouldn’t be shocked the see the number of participating NOCs shrink between 2022 and 2026. There are less quotas available and the qualification requirements in alpine skiing have increased in difficulty. 
 

It would be a nice surprise to see more non-traditional NOCs at the Games, but it doesn’t feel like the conditions are right to encourage or facilitate their participation in 2026.

 

Hopefully my prediction is wrong though.

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  On 12/19/2023 at 12:11 AM, Olympian1010 said:

I wouldn’t be shocked the see the number of participating NOCs shrink between 2022 and 2026. There are less quotas available and the qualification requirements in alpine skiing have increased in difficulty. 
 

It would be a nice surprise to see more non-traditional NOCs at the Games, but it doesn’t feel like the conditions are right to encourage or facilitate their participation in 2026.

 

Hopefully my prediction is wrong though.

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We also saw a decrease from 2018 to 2022. More than likely numbers will dip