Winter Youth Olympic Games 2020

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Luge Quotas:

 

Women’s Single:

 

Men’s Single:  (Not sure who rejected a quota (apparently more than one country has), but the US has confirmed a second quota as well)

 

Women’s Doubles:

 

Men’s Doubles: :TPE

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All quotas known (at least in theory), qualification process complete. Just over 25 days to go until the games!

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And again  fail to qualify a single athlete 

 

I wish the sprint skiing events had like universality spots for any country failing to qualify to be able to send 1 man or 1 woman or maybe in short track speed skating or speed skating something like that. Unless there isn't 140-150 nations participating at minimum these will not attract interest in youth. Though most nations may not have snow at least qualifications or invitations can help their citizens residing in Europe or America with colder conditions to join the team and qualify. I'm against having athletes from other countries participating after getting citizenship but rather those which have origin from the respective countries but residing elsewhere. 

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13 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

And again  fail to qualify a single athlete 

 

I wish the sprint skiing events had like universality spots for any country failing to qualify to be able to send 1 man or 1 woman or maybe in short track speed skating or speed skating something like that. Unless there isn't 140-150 nations participating at minimum these will not attract interest in youth. Though most nations may not have snow at least qualifications or invitations can help their citizens residing in Europe or America with colder conditions to join the team and qualify. I'm against having athletes from other countries participating after getting citizenship but rather those which have origin from the respective countries but residing elsewhere. 

In most sports all eligible athletes qualified. Cross Country Skiing and Alpine Skiing gave spots to every country that had a youth skier. India just didn’t have any winter youth athletes (or not any who could meet very easy qualification marks).

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12 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

In most sports all eligible athletes qualified. Cross Country Skiing and Alpine Skiing gave spots to every country that had a youth skier. India just didn’t have any winter youth athletes (or not any who could meet very easy qualification marks).

That's because our federation doesn't even know these games exist. 

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6 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

That's because our federation doesn't even know these games exist. 

Well the you can’t really blame the IOC/FIS. They’ve promoted these games well, and really India could have qualified a skier without knowing they exist because of how basic the requirements are. I am sad that India doesn’t get to participate, especially since they’ve always sent good delegations to the Asian Winter Games.

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2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Well the you can’t really blame the IOC/FIS. They’ve promoted these games well, and really India could have qualified a skier without knowing they exist because of how basic the requirements are. I am sad that India doesn’t get to participate, especially since they’ve always sent good delegations to the Asian Winter Games.

IOC just doesn't promote winter yog much. Even when Bach met IOA president  winter sports was never in discussion . The federations aren't rich and government doesn't think there's any chance. So if you're rich you can participate. Something like Summer YOG is much more easier to follow especially when some already famous athletes are participating. 

 

 

Mean while Odisha vs Mumbai for a 2026 summer YOG bid ,IOA made it clear. Even Delhi is there but water sports are difficult so is pollution. 

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Just now, Fly_like_a_don said:

IOC just doesn't promote winter yog much. Even when Bach met IOA president  winter sports was never in discussion . The federations aren't rich and government doesn't think there's any chance. So if you're rich you can participate. Something like Summer YOG is much more easier to follow especially when some already famous athletes are participating. 

 

 

Mean while Odisha vs Mumbai for a 2026 summer YOG bid ,IOA made it clear. Even Delhi is there but water sports are difficult so is pollution. 

The problem lies more with the IOA. They’ve failed to invest in winter sports really. Every federation is being kept alive by grassroots organization. There’s nothing wrong with that it just limits the possibilities. Information about the 2020YOG was very accessible. Every qualification document was posted well in advance. There’s been social media marketing, and the IOC has run frequent notices about the games. I just think the IOA weren’t interested in sending a representative. 

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47 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Well the you can’t really blame the IOC/FIS. They’ve promoted these games well, and really India could have qualified a skier without knowing they exist because of how basic the requirements are. I am sad that India doesn’t get to participate, especially since they’ve always sent good delegations to the Asian Winter Games.

 

Plus one can assume youth skiers who would potentially be eligible have some interest in their own sport...and thus would know of the existence of this event, and make sure the federation at least is aware of it's existence. Indeed, blaming IOC/FIS really makes no sense at all.

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Australia has announced the first set of athletes who will be competing.  

 

Sport	Name	Hometown
3x3 Ice Hockey	Nikki Sharp	Karrinyup, WA
3x3 Ice Hockey	Courtney Mahoney	Upper Mt Gravatt, QLD
3x3 Ice Hockey	Molly Lukowiak	Spearwood, WA
3x3 Ice Hockey	Ebony Brunt	Canberra, ACT
3x3 Ice Hockey	Sai Lake	Grovedale, VIC
3x3 Ice Hockey	Riley Langille	Carine, WA
Short Track Speed Skating	Kieran Guan	Beverley Park, NSW
Biathlon	Chelsey Johnson	Drummoyne, NSW
Biathlon	Isabella Moon	Concord, NSW
Biathlon	Luka Miskin	Watsons Bay, NSW
Biathlon	David Patterson	Lilyfield, NSW
Biathlon	Jonte Treasure	Bairnsdale, VIC
Biathlon	Christian Mahon	East Kew, VIC

 

 

I love the fact that they are sending 6 biathletes.