Canada National Thread

[intoronto 6,599]

 

[intoronto 6,599]

 

[intoronto 6,599]

currently has 214 athletes qualified for Beijing. 

 

Alpine - 12*

Biathlon - 8

Bobsleigh - 18

Cross-Country 9

Curling - 12

Figure skating - 13

Freestyle skiing -32

Hockey - 48

Luge - 6

Short track - 10

Skeleton - 3

Ski jumping - 4

Snowboarding - 23*

Speed skating - 16

 

Canada stands to gain three reallocation in snowboarding atm, one in the women's halfpipe, and one each in the PGS events (which would put Canada at the maximum in the sport), which would increase the team to 217 athletes. Canada is assured of another women's quota in alpine (Netherlands and Liechtenstein will reject), so that brings it too 218. If another thee ahead decline, Canada would get a further two women. Not sure if all we be accepted. 

 

So Canada's final team size should be anywhere from 214-220, which ofc is less than the 224 in PyeongChang.  

[NearPup 3,614]

16 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Canada stands to gain three reallocation in snowboarding atm, one in the women's halfpipe, and one each in the PGS events (which would put Canada at the maximum in the sport)

Canada isn't in line for the men's PGS quota, has first dibs. Canada also rejected the women's half-pipe reallocation.

[JoshMartini007 2,791]

19 minutes ago, intoronto said:

currently has 214 athletes qualified for Beijing. 

 

So comparing these numbers with 2018 (according to Wikipedia) we have the following changes

 

Alpine - -1

Biathlon - -2

Bobsleigh - 0

Cross-Country - -2

Curling - 0

Figure skating - -4

Freestyle skiing -+2

Hockey - 0

Luge - -2

Nordic - 0

Short track - 0

Skeleton - -3

Ski jumping - +2

Snowboarding - +2

Speed skating - -3

 

Slight increases in freestyle skiing, ski jumping and snowboarding while slight decreases in alpine, biathlon, cross-country, figure skating, luge, skeleton and speed skating.

 

 

[intoronto 6,599]

8 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Canada isn't in line for the men's PGS quota, has first dibs. Canada also rejected the women's half-pipe reallocation.

My bad I was looking at the first row and thought they had rejected quotas (and wouldn't be eligible for a reallocation). The halfpipe rejection must have jsut come in, didn't see it when I wrote my post

[NearPup 3,614]

4 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

So comparing these numbers with 2018 (according to Wikipedia) we have the following changes

 

Alpine - -1

Biathlon - -2

Bobsleigh - 0

Cross-Country - -2

Curling - 0

Figure skating - -4

Freestyle skiing -+2

Hockey - 0

Luge - -2

Nordic - 0

Short track - 0

Skeleton - -3

Ski jumping - +2

Snowboarding - +2

Speed skating - -3

 

Slight increases in freestyle skiing, ski jumping and snowboarding while slight decreases in alpine, biathlon, cross-country, figure skating, luge, skeleton and speed skating.

 

 

FWIW the decrease in Biathlon and Speed Skating, along with the increase in Freestyle Skiing, are entirely due to changes in the qualification system rather than due to a change in performance.

[NearPup 3,614]

I can predict with great certainty that Megan Farrell, Katrina Gerencser, Jennifer Hawkrigg and Kaylie Buck will be named to the Olympic team using one simple trick: Canada has now accepted four women's PGS quotas and Canada only has four eligible athletes for the event.

[Topicmaster1010 5,716]

Now with the alpine skiing quotas reallocated, we should have a team of 216  211 athletes: 13 alpine skiiers, 8 biathletes, 18 bobsledders, 9 cross-country skiiers, 12 curlers, 13 figure skaters, 32 freestyle skiiers, 48 ice hockey players, 6 lugers, 10 short track speed skaters, 3 skeleton racers, 4 ski jumpers, 24 19 snowboarders and 16 long track speed skaters.

 

Edit: Um, so we accepted 7 PGS quotas but we're only sending 2 athletes? 

[NearPup 3,614]

18 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Edit: Um, so we accepted 7 PGS quotas but we're only sending 2 athletes? 

Ya, that doesn't make any sense. If they were sending two athletes they should have accepted only two quotas.

 

Someone must have made a mistake somewhere.