IIHF already allowed to do that in 2006, then it was our idiotic National Federation's officials givin'up that possibility
I hope this time they are not so blind, since it's obvious that we don't have any local market and/or any local kid to protect and any movement to develop (no kids practicing, no infrastructure, no money)
it's the same with Baseball in the WBC, when we play with a team made mainly of pro players that have never played in Italy (some of them, they've not even been here once in their life)
p.s. I think the request to be "soft" with that rule came directly by the IOC in order so sell a few more tickets
got a passport? then, you're in
p.p.s however, what about those who already played for / in recent times? will they be able to choose? will they be "instigated" to play for ? will they be available only to their "original" team and a no-no for ?
I'm really curious to see how this thing develops in the next 14 months?
Lake Placid is officially the back-up venue if the Eugenio Monti track isn't finished in time.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/luge/olympics-milan-cortino-lake-placid-sliding-events-backup-dec12-1.7408565
Womens Olympic Qualifiers
3rd Qualifying Round
Day 2 Schedule (Friday, 13.12.2024)
Group D in Piešťany, SVK
14:00 Slovenia vs Kazakhstan
18:00 Iceland vs Slovakia
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Group F in Bytom, POL
14:30 Chinese Taipei vs South Korea
18:30 Poland vs Mexico
Womens Olympic Qualifiers
3rd Qualifying Round
Day 1 Results (Thursday, 12.12.2024)
Group D in Piešťany, SVK
14:00 Slovenia 3 - 2 Iceland
18:00 Slovakia 8 - 1 Kazakhstan
Provisional Standing After Day 1:
1. 3
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2. 3
3. 0
4. 0
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Group E in Sheffield, GBR
12:30 Netherlands 2 - 0 Spain
16:00 Great Britain 3 - 2 Latvia
Provisional Standing After Day 1:
1. 3
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2. 3
3. 0
4. 0
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Group F in Bytom, POL
14:30 South Korea 6 - 0 Mexico
18:30 Poland 5 - 1 Chinese Taipei
Provisional Standing After Day 1:
1. 3
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2. 3
3. 0
4. 0
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