He raced a ski Classons race instead of the junior race that the association wanted all candidates to take part in. So he had a choice but I tahini he didnt understand how importsnt it was.
About hos progress, I think his problem is that he was too good to Young at the ski classics races so he has focused on the stake techique instead of developing his freestyle and the classical variation as needed in World cups
From what I have heard, it appears the athletes parade during the OC will only involve flagbearers + the athletes staying in Milan. The athletes in the other clusters will have their "own parade"
Upset of the tournament was Siegemund over Zheng in R2 hands down. Siegemund barely squeaked by Baptiste in R1 and won a total of 3 games vs Pavlyuchenkova in R3.
Individually, yes, Iran might well end up on top of that. Sami Beyrami has been really strong this season, would not at all be surprised to see her fight for the win in the qualifying race in Trondheim. As a team though, both Brazil and Greece should easily beat Iran at least in the women's competitions Their 2nd, 3rd and 4th best athletes are all far ahead of Iran's 2nd best.
The interesting fight for a potential second Olympic ticket will also be against the likes of Armenia and Andorra, who have a strong woman, but not at all a strong team. Katya Galstyan and especially Gina del Rio can score quite a few points, the question is if that will be enough to hold off countries like Brazil which have enough eligible women for a team sprint and a relay.