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Winter Youth Olympic Games 2020


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Winter Youth Olympic Games 2020

 

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“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

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  • :SUI Switzerland - 112 (Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 3, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 10, Ice Hockey - 43, Nordic Combined - 1, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Skeleton - 4, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 12, Speed Skating - 1)
  • :RUS Russia - 106 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 12, Freestyle Skiing - 10, Ice Hockey - 26, Luge - 8, Nordic Combined - 4, Short Track Speed Skating - 3, Skeleton - 4, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering- 2, Snowboarding - 7, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :USA United States - 96 (Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 8, Freestyle Skiing - 9, Ice Hockey - 17, Luge - 7, Nordic Combined - 4, Short Track Speed Skating - 3, Skeleton - 2, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 12, Speed Skating - 2)
  • :GER Germany - 90 (Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 3, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 4, Ice Hockey - 21, Luge - 7, Nordic Combined - 4, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Skeleton - 5, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 8, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :CAN Canada - 78 (Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 8, Freestyle Skiing - 10, Ice Hockey - 17, Luge - 3, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Skeleton - 2, Ski Jumping - 2, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 12)
  • :CZE Czech Republic - 74 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 8, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 3, Freestyle Skiing - 6, Ice Hockey - 23, Luge - 4, Nordic Combined - 4, Short Track Speed Skating - 1, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 4, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :JPN Japan - 72 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 5, Cross Country Skiing - 1, Curling - 1, Figure Skating - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 5, Ice Hockey - 25, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 4, Short Track Speed Skating - 3, Skeleton - 2, Ski Jumping - 3, Snowboarding - 9, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :ITA Italy - 67 (Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 5, Freestyle Skiing - 2, Ice Hockey - 9, Luge - 4, Nordic Combined - 4, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 5, Speed Skating - 3)
  • :AUT Austria - 63 (Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 8, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Freestyle Skiing - 5, Ice Hockey - 9, Luge - 5, Nordic Combined - 4, Short Track Speed Skating - 1, Skeleton - 4, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 6, Speed Skating - 1)
  • :FRA France - 61 (Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 6, Ice Hockey - 8, Nordic Combined - 4, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Ski Jumping - 3, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 4)
  • :NOR Norway - 55 (Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Curling - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 4, Ice Hockey - 8, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 4, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 3, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :CHN China - 53 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 4, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 3, Freestyle Skiing - 10, Ice Hockey - 5, Luge - 1, Short Track Speed Skating - 3, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 1, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 8, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :FIN Finland - 52 (Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 6, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Ice Hockey - 20, Nordic Combined - 2, Ski Jumping - 4, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :SWE Sweden - 51 (Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Curling - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 8, Ice Hockey - 19, Skeleton - 2, Snowboarding - 1)
  • :SVK Slovakia - 49 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 3, Ice Hockey - 22, Luge - 5, Short Track Speed Skating - 1, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 2)
  • :POL Poland - 45 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross Country Skiing - 6, Curling - 4, Ice Hockey - 6, Luge - 6, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track Speed Skating - 3, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 4, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :KOR South Korea - 40 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 2, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 2, Ice Hockey - 7, Short Track Speed Skating - 4, Skeleton - 1, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :SLO Slovenia - 39 (Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 6, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Curling - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 3, Ice Hockey - 4, Luge - 3, Nordic Combined - 4, Ski Jumping - 4, Snowboarding - 1)
  • :UKR Ukraine - 39 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 8, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Figure Skating - 5, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Ice Hockey - 3, Luge - 6, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 4, Snowboarding - 1)
  • :ROU Romania - 35 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 3, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Ice Hockey - 3, Luge - 6, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 1, Speed Skating - 2)
  • :AUS Australia - 33 (Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 6, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 7, Ice Hockey - 6, Short Track Speed Skating - 1, Snowboarding - 6)
  • :LAT Latvia - 30 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Curling - 4, Ice Hockey - 1, Luge - 7, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Skeleton - 2)
  • :GBR Great Britain - 28 (Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 1, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 2, Curling - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 3, Ice Hockey - 7, Nordic Combined - 1, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Ski Jumping - 1, Speed Skating - 1)
  • :DEN Denmark - 26 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross Country Skiing - 1, Curling - 4, Ice Hockey - 19, Skeleton - 1)
  • :KAZ Kazakhstan - 26 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Ice Hockey - 2, Nordic Combined - 1, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Ski Jumping - 4, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :EST Estonia - 25 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Biathlon - 6, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Ice Hockey - 3, Nordic Combined - 2, Ski Jumping - 2)
  • :ESP Spain - 24 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 2, Curling - 4, Ice Hockey - 7, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 2, Speed Skating - 3)
  • :HUN Hungary - 23 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 1, Curling - 4, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Ice Hockey - 9, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Ski Jumping - 1, Snowboarding - 1, Speed Skating - 1)
  • :NZL New Zealand - 20 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 1, Curling - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 4, Ice Hockey - 5, Luge - 2, Short Track Speed Skating - 1, Snowboarding - 1)
  • :BLR Belarus - 19 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Biathlon - 6, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Ice Hockey - 4, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :BUL Bulgaria - 18 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Cross Country Skiing - 1, Figure Skating - 1, Ice Hockey - 2, Luge - 2, Short Track Speed Skating - 1, Snowboarding - 3)
  • :ARG Argentina - 16 (Alpine Skiing - 4, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Ice Hockey - 3, Snowboarding - 5)
  • :LTU Lithuania - 15 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Cross Country Skiing - 3, Ice Hockey - 3, Snowboarding - 1)
  • :NED Netherlands - 15 (Ice Hockey - 7, Short Track Speed Skating - 3, Snowboarding - 1, Speed Skating - 4)
  • :TPE Chinese Taipei - 14 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Bobsleigh - 2, Ice Hockey - 5, Luge - 2, Short Track Speed Skating - 2, Skeleton - 2)
  • :TUR Turkey - 14 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 3, Curling - 4, Ice Hockey - 3)
  • :BRA Brazil - 12 (Biathlon - 1, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross Country Skiing - 3, Curling - 4, Skeleton - 2, Snowboarding - 1)
  • :GRE Greece - 12 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 4, Cross Country Skiing - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Snowboarding - 1)
  • :CRO Croatia - 10 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Biathlon - 3, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross Country Skiing - 2, Ice Hockey - 1, Short Track Speed Skating - 2)
  • :GEO Georgia - 10 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Figure Skating - 5, Luge - 2, Ski Jumping - 1)
  • :BEL Belgium - 9 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Ice Hockey - 2, Short Track Speed Skating - 1, Skeleton - 2, Snowboarding - 1, Speed Skating - 1)
  • :BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina - 9 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 3, Cross Country Skiing - 3, Luge - 1)
  • :CHI Chile - 8 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 2, Snowboarding - 2)
  • :MEX Mexico - 7 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Ice Hockey - 6)
  • :IRI Iran - 6 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 2, Ski Mountaineering - 2)
  • :MGL Mongolia - 6 (Biathlon - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 4)
  • :SRB Serbia - 6 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 1, Ice Hockey - 2, Short Track Speed Skating - 1)
  • :LIE Liechtenstein - 5 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 1, Skeleton - 1)
  • :MKD Northern Macedonia - 5 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Biathlon - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 2)
  • :MDA Moldova - 5 (Biathlon - 2, Luge - 3)
  • :THA Thailand - 5 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 2, Short Track Speed Skating - 1)
  • :HKG Hong Kong - 4 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Ice Hockey - 2)
  • :ISL Iceland - 4 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 2)
  • :LUX Luxembourg - 4 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Ice Hockey - 2, Short Track Speed Skating - 1)
  • :AND Andorra - 3 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Ski Mountaineering - 1)
  • :ISR Israel - 3 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Figure Skating - 1)
  • :LBN Lebanon - 3 (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross Country Skiing - 1)
  • :SGP Singapore - 3 (Ice Hockey - 1, Short Track Speed Skating - 2)
  • :COL Colombia - 2 (Bobsleigh - 1, Speed Skating - 1)
  • :IRL Ireland - 2 (Alpine Skiing - 2)
  • :KOS Kosovo - 2 (Alpine Skiing - 2)
  • :KGZ Kyrgyzstan - 2 (Biathlon - 1, Cross Country Skiing - 1)
  • :MAS Malaysia - 2 (Short Track Speed Skating - 2)
  • :MNE Montenegro - 2 (Alpine Skiing - 1: Cross Country Skiing - 1)
  • :PHI Philippines - 2 (Alpine Skiing - 1, Short Track Speed Skating - 1)
  • :POR Portugal - 2 (Alpine Skiing - 2)
  • :RSA South Africa - 2 (Alpine Skiing - 2)
  • :ALB Albania - 1 (Alpine Skiing - 1)
  • :ARM Armenia - 1 (Cross Country Skiing - 1)
  • :AZE Azerbaijan - 1 (Figure Skating - 1)
  • :CYP Cyprus - 1 (Alpine Skiing - 1)
  • :ECU Ecuador - 1 (Alpine Skiing - 1)
  • :HAI Haiti - 1 (Alpine Skiing - 1)
  • :PAK Pakistan - 1 (Alpine Skiing - 1)
  • :QAT Qatar - 1 (Ice Hockey - 1)
  • :SMR San Marino - 1 (Alpine Skiing - 1)
  • :TTO Trinidad & Tobago - 1 (Alpine Skiing - 1)
  • :TKM Turkmenistan - 1 (Ice Hockey - 1)
  • :UZB Uzbekistan - 1 (Alpine Skiing - 1)

 

Qualification Information

Qualification Overview

 

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Does anyone know where I can find the Marc Holder Trophy standing for the Junior Nordic Skiing World Championships?

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@heywoodu @hckosice @dcro @Dragon I’m interested to hear your opinions on the qualification methods and events for the YOG? I feel like this format is way, way better (besides ice hockey :crazy:) than the Summer YOG

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48 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

@heywoodu @hckosice @dcro @Dragon I’m interested to hear your opinions on the qualification methods and events for the YOG? I feel like this format is way, way better (besides ice hockey :crazy:) than the Summer YOG

The only thing I know about the qualification is that for both Brazil and Australia a biathlete at this year's world junior championships is going to try and qualify a spot for someone else :p

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14 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

The only thing I know about the qualification is that for both Brazil and Australia a biathlete at this year's world junior championships is going to try and qualify a spot for someone else :p

Sir, the qualification criteria (overview) is literally 6 posts up. #lazywoodu

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Ok, so If I’ve read the qualification documents properly, and if the FIS or national federations do some weird crap. The following countries should be guaranteed the following quotas:

 

Cross Country (Each country below receives 3 male and 3 female quotas, based on the Marc Hodler Trophy or as Host):

:SUI:AUT:CZE:FIN:FRA:GER:ITA:NOR:POL:RUS:USA

 

Ski Jumping (Each country below receives 2 male and 2 female quotas, based on the Marc Hodler Trophy or as Host):

:SUI:AUT:FRA:GER:ITA:JPN:KAZ:NOR:POL:RUS:SLO

 

Nordic Combined (Each country below receives 2 male and 2 female quotas, based on the Marc Hodler Trophy or as Host):

:SUI:AUT:FIN:FRA:GER:ITA:JPN:NOR:RUS:SLO:USA

 

The rest of the quotas in these disciplines will be filled by the YOG Quota List/Ranking to be posted on December 9, 2019.

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From what I can tell the following nations should a awarded quotas (1 Male and 1 Female) in Ski Mountaineering based on their overall cadet rankings in continental Championships in 2018.

:AUT:CAN:CHN:FRA:IRI:ITA:ESP:SUI:USA (the US has already announced it will turn down the quotas (not offical yet though))

 

The rest of the Ski Mountaineering quotas will be distributed at the 2019 World Championships.

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    • I'm not against team events or even mixed team events, but I think they need to be more than the sum of individual performances. So relays are fine (including team event in luge), team pursuit too, team event in skeleton is ok cause you have this different type of start though I would prefer the luge system (with a chip instead of this board you definitely can't touch in skeleton ?). Rest needs to be rethought at least. And rules need to be coherent between the sports regarding how many teams you can enter, why is it 4 duos in alpine combined event and only 1 in CC team sprint ? 2 would be my limit for dual events, even in sports where they usually don't enter more than one team in WC events.    Alpine skiing (10)   No changes.   Biathlon (11 -> 9)   - Mixed relay + Single mixed relay. Agree with De_Gambassi, different format from the gender relays, increased chances for weaker nations to compete even if we would have two teams for some countries. - Both pursuits. I've seen several people complain about how tired the athletes were by the end of the Games during the mass-starts. Thing is these are the same people that are adamant on keeping the pursuit in the program. Either ditch them or treat the sprint as a qualification round. You would then have one individual races, one MS and one "exciting" double-event.   Bobsleigh (4)   No changes. Max 2 teams per country.   Cross-country skiing (12 -> 11)   - Both team sprints. + Mixed team sprint.  Same idea as in biathlon. Like some I'm all for a real sprint and not the dull attrition races we witnessed in Val di Fiemme. Freestyle is mandatory, can be uphill/downhill but not longer than 1'30.  - 50km W + 30km W   Curling (3)     No changes.     Figure skating (5 -> 3)   - Team event.  Awful ranking system. - Ice dance.  "Dance", enough said.   Freestyle skiing (15)   - Team aerials. + Ski-cross mixed event. Ideally luge-like with immediate start after your teammate crossed the finish line. Alternate M-W order between the rounds. In snowboard cross men were almost useless all day long.   Ice hockey (2)   No changes.   Luge (6)   No changes.   Nordic combined (3 -> 4)   + Gundersen NH W - Gundersen NH M + Mass-start LH M - Team event + Mixed team event   Short-track speed skating (9)   No changes.   Skeleton (3)    No changes.   Ski jumping (6 -> 5)   - Super team M   Ski mountaineering (3)   - Both sprints + Both individuals   Snowboarding (11)   No changes.   Speed skating (14)   - Mass-start in the current format is shite + (Re)introduce an allround competition inspired by track cycling's omnium (first version). So a couple of individual races (500 and 3000 ?), an elimination race, a points races to end it.  (-) This would be endurance based so maybe ditch 3000/5000. 
    • Worth noting that these Olympics, there were separate qualification and event threads where as in the past, they were merged together in one thread so that makes the increase in replies even more impressive.
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