Milano-Cortina 2026 - Very Early Predictions

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Ok, enough of RUSBLR - UKR - FRA - IOC drama for today for me

Still, we totallympians don't make any decisions, we can just look and comment, and that's all we can do. We can also stop watching but with all the bad things about Olympics there is still nothing better in the world of sport (world of entertainment) for me than olympics.

 

So it's weekend, i am having a well-deserved glass of cognac and i will try to make a nice boring post in this thread now but the first thing is - do we know a final list of events for 2026 olympics??? There was some mess with alpine skiing and nordic combined if i remember correctly.

Edited December 8, 2023 by rafalgorka

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https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Milano-Cortina-2026/Milano-Cortina-2026-Event-Programme.pdf

 

 

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ALPINE SKIING

 

M Downhill

 

1. Alexander Aamodt Kilde NOR

2. Marco Odermatt SUI

3. James Crawford CAN

 

M Super-G

 

1. Marco Odermatt SUI

2. Alexander Aamodt Kilde NOR

3. Adrian Smiseth Sejersted NOR

 

M Giant Slalom

 

1. Marco Odermatt SUI

2. Henrik Kristoffersen NOR

3. Marco Schwarz AUT

 

M Slalom

 

1. Marco Schwarz AUT

2. Henrik Kristoffersen NOR

3. Manuel Feller AUT

 

M Team Combined

 

1. Switzerland

2. Austria

3. Norway

 

W Downhill

 

1. Sofia Goggia ITA

2. Lara Gut-Behrami SUI

3. Nina Ortlieb AUT

 

W Super-G

 

1. Sofia Goggia ITA

2. Lara Gut-Behrami SUI

3. Mikaela Shiffrin USA

 

W Giant Slalom

 

1. Lara Gut-Behrami SUI

2. Mikaela Shiffrin USA

3. Federica Brignone ITA

 

W Slalom

 

1. Mikaela Shiffrin USA

2. Petra Vlhova SVK

3. Lena Duerr GER

 

W Team Combined

 

1. Austria

2. United States

3. Switzerland

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I am frantically looking through all the data I collected but as for now I don’t see a chance for a medal for POL in 26.

 

but maybe you - from non-Polish perspective- see it different???

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Still a couple of years to go, but why not. For my predictions, I’ll also be adding some lesser known names (mainly juniors) that have shown success before but have yet to translate it to the WC circuit. First though, I’m going to complete my Paris 2024 predictions (Day 15/16 medalists, medal summary by event, and a list of all projected medals by NOC. 

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On 12/8/2023 at 1:25 PM, rafalgorka said:

I am frantically looking through all the data I collected but as for now I don’t see a chance for a medal for POL in 26.

 

but maybe you - from non-Polish perspective- see it different???

Quite a few chances for Poland actually. Oskar Kwiatkowski in men’s parallel slalom, Aleksandra Krol in women’s parallel slalom, Dawid Kubacki/Kamil Stoch in men’s large hill/normal hill are your best bets. Andzelika Wojcik in women’s 500m (long track speed skating) and Poland’s women’s team pursuit also have a chance, although unlikely. 
 

Also, in terms of juniors Jan Habdas is one to watch in men’s normal hill (ski jumping) and your men’s ski jumping team. But Milan 2026 will probably be too soon for them. 

Edited December 10, 2023 by Josh

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SKI JUMPING

 

M Normal Hill Ind

 

1. Stefan Kraft AUT

2. Andreas Wellinger GER

3. Ryoyu Kobayashi JPN

 

M Large Hill Ind

 

1. Stefan Kraft AUT

2. Karl Geiger GER

3. Andreas Wellinger GER

 

M Super Team

 

1. Germany

2. Austria

3. Slovenia

 

W Normal Hill Ind

 

1. Yuki Ito JPN

2. Josephine Pagnier FRA

3. Katharina Schmid GER

 

W Large Hill Ind

 

1. Alexandria Loutitt CAN

2. Emma Klinec SLO

3. Josephine Pagnier FRA

 

Mixed Team

 

1. Norway

2. Germany

3. Austria

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Medal table (16 events)

 

4-3-1---8

4-2-4---10

2-3-2---7

2-0-1---3

1-3-3---7

1-2-1---4

1-0-1---2

1-0-1---2

0-1-1---2

0-1-1---2

0-1-0---1

 

 

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On 12/9/2023 at 6:01 AM, Josh said:

Still a couple of years to go, but why not. For my predictions, I’ll also be adding some lesser known names (mainly juniors) that have shown success before but have yet to translate it to the WC circuit. First though, I’m going to complete my Paris 2024 predictions (Day 15/16 medalists, medal summary by event, and a list of all projected medals by NOC. 

This is great plan. Checking out juniors and lesser known athletes 

 

i ain’t got time for it now - so the first version of my predictions will be rather what if Olympics are this season

 

This whole thing is just for fun!!!

Edited December 10, 2023 by rafalgorka

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FIGURE SKATING

 

Men

 

1. Ilia Malinin USA

2. Shoma Uno JPN

3. Adam Siao Him Fa FRA

 

Women

 

1. Kaori Sakamoto JPN

2. Loena Hendrickx BEL

3. Isabeau Levito USA

 

Pairs

 

1. Sara Conti, Niccolo Macii ITA

2. Minerva Fabienne Hase, Nikita Volodin GER

3. Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Maxime Deschamps CAN

 

Ice Dance

 

1. Madison Chock, Evan Bates USA

2. Charlene Guignard, Marco Fabbri ITA

3. Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier CAN

 

Team Event

 

1. United States

2. Canada

3. Japan