Winter Youth Olympic Games 2020

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56 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I believe Iran will be participating in Alpine Skiing, Cross Country Skiing, and Ski Mountaineering. Iranian participation is always welcome.

 

Yep . not a tough guess I think Ice sports, Luge, Ski Jumping, Freestyle, Curling and Biathlon do not even exist here.

 

I don't know much about "Ski mountaineering" though. I didn't know we have such things until I saw that list of 6.

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13 minutes ago, MHSN said:

 

Yep . not a tough guess I think Ice sports, Luge, Ski Jumping, Freestyle, Curling and Biathlon do not even exist here.

 

I don't know much about "Ski mountaineering" though. I didn't know we have such things until I saw that list of 6.

Iran actually has one of the best mountain sports traditions in the world. I’ll be curious to see how your skimo athletes do.
 

Biathlon could exist. You have decent cross country skiers, and quite clearly Iranians are pretty handy with a rifle as well.
 

I’m actually a bit surprised that Skating and Curling haven’t caught on being as they’re the most accessible winter sports in my opinion. I mean Iran would appreciate some more medal chances at the Asian Winter Games I’d imagine...

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20 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Curling (..) the most accessible winter sports

If you have the stones. And they're not that accessible.

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17 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Iran actually has one of the best mountain sports traditions in the world. I’ll be curious to see how your skimo athletes do.
 

Biathlon could exist. You have decent cross country skiers, and quite clearly Iranians are pretty handy with a rifle as well.
 

I’m actually a bit surprised that Skating and Curling haven’t caught on being as they’re the most accessible winter sports in my opinion. I mean Iran would appreciate some more medal chances at the Asian Winter Games I’d imagine...

 

decent ?  no way. from what I know there were talks about starting Biathlon and Curling but never happened. and won't happen anytime soon.

 

actually there is a skating federation but that's for roller sports. but if one day they decide to start those Ice sports at least they won't start from zero. there is a base for that

 

but there is a simple answer , in Iran they simply don't care about Asian Winter Games or even Winter Olympics. 99% people don't even know Winter Olympics has the same importance as the Summer Olympics. They are not going to start something which is not in the "real" Olympics and also there is no interest for that inside the country. Winter sports are simply being treated as non-Olympic sports. Underwater Hockey probably has more chance than Curling

 

ps: if it was a martial arts sport on ice or snow that would be different martial arts quickly get popular here

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1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

 

Biathlon could exist. You have decent cross country skiers, and quite clearly Iranians are pretty handy with a rifle as well.

 

Ah right, that explanation is why the Netherlands absolutely dominates ice hockey

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2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Ah right, that explanation is why the Netherlands absolutely dominates ice hockey

Not my fault your NOC has chosen not to fund Ice Hockey. Everyone’s too busy watching 13 canals freeze or something

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I hope the official app is going to be a lot more complete within a few days, right now it's rather empty....nothing about athletes, the sports sections just link to a webpage instead of anything in the app...

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31 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I hope the official app is going to be a lot more complete within a few days, right now it's rather empty....nothing about athletes, the sports sections just link to a webpage instead of anything in the app...

Yeah, I’ve been largely disappointed by both the app and website so far. From what I’ve heard, the app should be a great resource come games time.

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4 hours ago, MHSN said:

 

decent ?  no way. from what I know there were talks about starting Biathlon and Curling but never happened. and won't happen anytime soon.

 

actually there is a skating federation but that's for roller sports. but if one day they decide to start those Ice sports at least they won't start from zero. there is a base for that

 

but there is a simple answer , in Iran they simply don't care about Asian Winter Games or even Winter Olympics. 99% people don't even know Winter Olympics has the same importance as the Summer Olympics. They are not going to start something which is not in the "real" Olympics and also there is no interest for that inside the country. Winter sports are simply being treated as non-Olympic sports. Underwater Hockey probably has more chance than Curling

 

ps: if it was a martial arts sport on ice or snow that would be different martial arts quickly get popular here

Snow judo, 2030 Olympic sport

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1 hour ago, intoronto said:

Snow judo, 2030 Olympic sport

Please don’t give the IOC/IJF ideas