Winter Olympic Games 2018 Qualification Systems

[hckošice 14,899]

1 hour ago, stefanbg said:

 

Thanks! That means at least 4 of the girls must meet the criteria to field a relay...

 

[Jur 683]

Hi guys, I need help with one thing.

 

With the upcoming Figure Skating World Championships coming up, I want to know what Javier Fernandez needed to do so Spain can had three quotas in men singles.

[dcro 10,210]

9 minutes ago, Jur said:

Hi guys, I need help with one thing.

 

With the upcoming Figure Skating World Championships coming up, I want to know what Javier Fernandez needed to do so Spain can had three quotas in men singles.

 

Nothing he can do about that, since Raya is apparently on the entry list.

 

It's a weird qualification system. If Fernandez was the only Spaniard competing, then he would have to finish 1st or 2nd to qualify 3 athletes. But since Raya is competing, the sum of their finishing places has to be 13 or less for 3 athletes. That's impossible for Raya.

[heywoodu 15,174]

7 hours ago, dcro said:

 

Nothing he can do about that, since Raya is apparently on the entry list.

 

It's a weird qualification system. If Fernandez was the only Spaniard competing, then he would have to finish 1st or 2nd to qualify 3 athletes. But since Raya is competing, the sum of their finishing places has to be 13 or less for 3 athletes. That's impossible for Raya.

So, wait. Spain has a better chance to qualify 3 athletes when they only have 1 athlete at the WCH instead of 2? And still they decide to send 2? It's almost as if they don't know the rules (or are planning not to send Raya anyway).. 

[dcro 10,210]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

So, wait. Spain has a better chance to qualify 3 athletes when they only have 1 athlete at the WCH instead of 2? And still they decide to send 2? It's almost as if they don't know the rules (or are planning not to send Raya anyway).. 

 

Exactly, it's ridiculous all the way.

 

Especially the part that a nation with one good skater gets to have 3 quotas if their best finishes 1st or 2nd...

[Pavlo 141]

4 godziny temu, heywoodu napisał:

So, wait. Spain has a better chance to qualify 3 athletes when they only have 1 athlete at the WCH instead of 2? And still they decide to send 2? It's almost as if they don't know the rules (or are planning not to send Raya anyway).. 

but maybe having 3 of them isn`t the main goal for Spain, do they care about the "number" of athletes in this case? I`m not that sure

[Jur 683]

They probably wont know about the qualifiying rules, for sure.

[Jur 683]

But, anyway, that look like stupid rules for qualifiying.

If you're on the top2 of WCH and there's only one athlete of your country it's because the others aren't good enough to fulfit the minimum marks, why award them with 3 places?

[Agger 1,663]

19 minutes ago, Jur said:

But, anyway, that look like stupid rules for qualifiying.

If you're on the top2 of WCH and there's only one athlete of your country it's because the others aren't good enough to fulfit the minimum marks, why award them with 3 places?

 

It's pretty tough to find the perfect way to do it. Because a country's quotas can change a lot. The quota system for the worlds are after all pretty much the same as for the Olympics, meaning that unless you have a constantly (very) strong team, your number of participants will change a lot. You could potentially have 3 skaters going through to the free skate and still only get one spot for the next worlds (or the Olympics)

[intoronto 5,677]

Spain's third athlete would have to meet minimum standards anyways