New Zealand - 17 athletes     Alpine Skiing (1) Alice Robinson   Freestyle Skiing (10) Men's Halfpipe - Ben Harrington, Luke Harrold, Gustav Legnavsky, Finley Melville Ives Men's Slopestyle/Big Air - Lucas Ball, Ben Barclay, Luca Harrington Women's Halfpipe - Mischa Thomas Women's Slopestyle/Big Air - Ruby Star Andrews, Sylvia Trotter   Snowboarding (6) Men's Halfpipe - Cam Melville Ives Men's Slopestyle/Big Air - Lyon Farrell, Rocco Jamieson, Dane Menzies Women's Slopestyle/Big Air - Lucia Georgalli, Zoi Sadowski Synnott   New Zealand Olympic Team

Chile - 4 athletes   Alpine Skiing (2) Henrik von Appen, Matilda Schwencke   Cross-Country Skiing (1) Sebastian Endrestad   Freestyle Skiing (1) Stephanie Joffroy   El Team Chile tiene nómina para Milano – Cortina 2026 – Team Chile    Colombia - 1 athlete   Cross-Country Skiing (1) Fredrik Fodstad   Fredrik Fodstad, clasificado a los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno Milán-Cortina 2026 – Comité Olímpico Colombiano    Liechtenstein - 7 athletes   Alpine Skiing (2) Marco Pfiffner, Madeleine Beck   Bobsleigh (4) Pilot: Martin Kranz Brakemen: Lorenz Lenherr, Mauro Buehler, David Tschofen, Ozan Bektas (one is a reserve, don't know which)   Cross-Country Skiing (1) Robin Frommelt   Unser Team für die Olympischen Winterspiele 2026 :: Olympic.li    North Macedonia - 4 athletes   Alpine Skiing (2) Jana Atanasovska, Mirko Lazereski   Cross-Country Skiing (2) Ana Cvetanovska, Stavre Jada   🇲🇰 Тимот е подготвен! Ги имаме нашите претставници за Зимските олимписки игри Милано Кортина 2026! - Олимписки Комитет на Северна Македонија    San Marino - 1 athlete   Alpine Skiing (1) Rafael Mini   Rafael Mini rappresenterà San Marino alle Olimpiadi Invernali di Milano-Cortina 2026 | CONS San Marino    Serbia - 3 athletes   Alpine Skiing (1) Aleksa Tomović   Cross-Country Skiing (2) Anja Ilić, Miloš Milosavljević   Aleksa Tomović, Anja Ilić i Miloš Milosavljević predstavljaće Srbiju na ZOI Milano-Kortina 2026! - Olimpijski komitet Srbije

Correction: Kaori Sakamoto was the acting flag bearer for an inauguration ceremony, not the olympics.   The actual flag bearer is Sena Tomita (Snowboarding)   25th Olympic Winter Games (2026/Milan-Cortina) TEAM JAPAN Flag Bearer|JOC - Japan Olympic Committee

One of the best things Mariani could have done was to kick Romei out of the national team two years ago; her percentages are declining dramatically.

SKELETON   No reallocation in women's skeleton.    Men's skeleton  returned one spot; was reallocated to  

So we have some reallocation   No reallocation in women's bobsleigh    is sending only one team (were eligible for 2) . So their quota goes to  

Kind of weird to see federations announcing their speed skating teams; the ISU has not confirmed team sizes yet. I think today is the deadline for submissions and it is possible for the ISU to reduce some of the numbers.

I just saw this video today...fun to see athletes having fun and joking around   https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/home-alone-biathlon-style-a-festive-christmas-special/O0kmMjZku8FIIvLbtO3uT

Yeah, with so many people absent this NMNM stage is going to be a big part in the overall World Cup this year, for those that are thinking about it....

Can see it both ways.  Normally Curling Teams play as a Four and it is usually best to keep the same Four together.  BUT  won Gold with a team put together by the Federation, not as an organic four so.....     Also, the family thing, but curling is a village/small town sport, so everyone is always more or less related to each other, or neighbours, or friends from school etc etc.