Well, half of this is not true.There is no minimum nation count - even less nations were expected by FIS ski jumping higher-ups than there are qualified now. The last 4 quotas for men are for NOCs with one or none athletes qualified. So we should complete 3 super teams and get China with one ski jumper in the men's individual competitions. 

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Spengler Cup 2025   Day 4 Results 29.12.2025   Quarterfinals   Sparta Prague  - Team Canada    5-1   HC Davos  - IFK Helsinki    3-0

I think it depends on the sport.    One one hand, I admire the meritocracy of trials for Dutch speed skating or US athletics... but I don't think it's necessarily a recipe for optimal results forcing athletes to run the gauntlet at incredibly competitive trials, then turn around and try to peak again in short order at the Olympics.  It's something Canada does for our curling teams, and I think it's been a big part of the reason we've underperformed internationally more than one would expect. The successes we've had I feel are largely in spite of the qualification system, not because of it. Granted curling is a much different sport, but in it's case and it were up to me, I'd do like Sweden or GB, select the team the prior season then let them properly plan their seasons around the Olympics and preparing properly... rather than needing to peak for trials, and pouring whomever survives onto a plane for the Olympics a few weeks later For speedskating, I like the Canadian system. It's a mix of international results and trials. The medal contenders largely have their spots sewn up, so trials are a none-issue... and the rest are mostly just making up the numbers, so a heavier weighting on trials results is fair enough as no one else in that situation has done enough to solidify their position prior, so might as well play the hot hand. The Dutch having such incredible depth would obviously need to set the pre-qualification bar higher, but I don't think it would hurt them. But then again, their entire system is build around performance on demand... and that's produced great results, even if a few Ted-Jan Bloeman's wash out along the way

Volleyball World are doing a countdown to the new year with a list of the best players for 2025.    Here is the men's top 10 with two places to go: (which are Michieletto and Aleks Nikolov)   1. ??? 2. ??? 3.  Simone Giannelli 4.  Jakub Kochanowski 5.  /  Wilfredo Leon   6.  Simeon Nikolov 7.  Fabio Balaso 8.  Aleks Grozdanov 9.  Jan Kozamernik 10.  Patrik Indra  

After 2006, Fabris was never as so good again... But Fabris also never had such successes outside the 2006 Olympics than the current Ghiotto...

2021 was a different Fede than in 2025... The question is, what kind of Fede will she be like now after such a long return?

I've already written about Fede's imminent threat of falling out of the top 7 in the WCSL giant slalom. There are 3 giant slalom events left until the Olympics, and Colturl and Moltzan are about just 50 points behind. Therefore, Fede will have to start from 8th to 15th place in the giant slalom at the Olympics, and the start list was important saw last Semmering World Cup...

I have no idea, but I hope he won't he's still good enough to continue (if he can stay healty)

given that we only have 6 female skiers that somehow have earned themselves a place in Cortina and we have 11 spots available, there's no selection problem at all for her if she wants, dh, sg, gs and combined spots are hers with no argument by any other girl personally, I agree with Roda (the dh wouldn't make sense for her in any case on that track in February -see the last world champs held there)