Aroud there. It's probably a budget issue. For example, archery will send 3 ( 2 women and 1 one man) when they qualified exactly that amount. But wrestling has been given only 4 quota spots.
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and its partner Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports confirm that the UCI Track Champions League was held for the last time in 2024, and that following this, the UCI Track Nations Cup will be revitalised from 2026.
Trump is acting like a kid against South Africa , he is pushing them cause they pushed the husband " Satanyahu" to the Tribunal
South African ambassador expelled from US welcomed home by supporters
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/south-african-ambassador-expelled-from-us-welcomed-home-by-supporters
South Africa replied by blocking export of metals to usa
I think (but really not sure) the current points take into account the whole season 24/25. For the Olympics only two trimesters will count from this season plus first trimester next year.
I don’t know the trimester definition /dates but we can assume that all results before Christmas will not count.
We get another week of biathlon thanks to and their national championships
Friday - Sprints
Saturday - Mass starts
Sunday - Club relays
Will post the link later.
I do think Germany has a very good generation coming up, but next season is probably still too early for them to really be consistently fighting for top-10 results (with Grotian as the exception). But in terms of overall strength, yeah there is just no denying France being way, way ahead of the rest in the women's field. Like the Norwegian men, they can realistically field two teams in a relay that can both be on the podium, that's amazing.
Anyone knows how the Poland/Ukraine switch means Brazil dropped a spot in the reallocation ranking and now is 23rd instead of 22nd there? I know, 23 or 22 spots being reallocted doesn't really matter realistically, because both are just not gonna happen, but still.
Before the Lahti weekend:
After Lahti: