Alpine Skiing Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[heywoodu 16,461]

7 hours ago, intoronto said:

has already started so probably not too long

Which of these?

 

[intoronto 6,901]

16 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Which of these?

 

Some research would have led you to discover all of the Azeri skiers who have competed at the Olympics are foreign born 

[heywoodu 16,461]

6 hours ago, intoronto said:

Some research would have led you to discover all of the Azeri skiers who have competed at the Olympics are foreign born 

Sure, but the suggestion kind of sounded like Azerbaijan is all the time competing with hands full of Austrian and Swiss skiers, but in the past it has been 1 Swiss, 1 Austrian (who had some contacy with/in Azerbaijan already so that kind of made sense) and 1 Russian/Georgian male, and 1 female Italian.

 

Nothing like they do in other sports, and considering this is a 20-year period, there also isn't really much of a trend, so...not worried  

 

 on the other hand...I don't think they started? But for them I would not be surprised if they pull out all the stops once they do..

Edited June 7, 2024 by heywoodu

[Grassmarket 4,300]

On 6/5/2024 at 10:35 PM, Monzanator said:

What are the odds starts buying Austrian and Swiss skiers?

 method is not quite like the other countries mentioned - they subsidise young athletes to come to the National Sporting Academy and then adopt them on residency rules.   So not much different from   .  But certainly that method will probably work better with young African sprinters than with Norwegian biathletes. 

[Monzanator 5,119]

FIS created a wild card rule for this new skier Hirscher who won't have to start with bib #75 or whatever but with #31. Not like that would mean anything come January once the FIS points eventually appear on his ranking but some Swiss guys criticized the idea already

 

https://www.bluewin.ch/en/sport/absolute-cheek-ski-cracks-annoyed-about-star-bonus-for-hirscher-2311053.html

 

 

 

 

[NearPup 4,180]

13 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

FIS created a wild card rule for this new skier Hirscher who won't have to start with bib #75 or whatever but with #31. Not like that would mean anything come January once the FIS points eventually appear on his ranking but some Swiss guys criticized the idea already

 

https://www.bluewin.ch/en/sport/absolute-cheek-ski-cracks-annoyed-about-star-bonus-for-hirscher-2311053.html

 

 

 

 

That's kind of stupid.

[rybak 3,431]

I did liked Hirscher very much, thats nice that he is returning, but can somebody explain me what is point of that, anyone knows? And what is reason that Hiescher will represent Netherlands instead of Austria?

[NearPup 4,180]

1 hour ago, rybak said:

I did liked Hirscher very much, thats nice that he is returning, but can somebody explain me what is point of that, anyone knows? And what is reason that Hiescher will represent Netherlands instead of Austria?

It sounds like he's mostly coming back to have fun, and with that mindset racing for fits better than racing with

[heywoodu 16,461]

8 hours ago, NearPup said:

It sounds like he's mostly coming back to have fun, and with that mindset racing for fits better than racing with

With the main thing there being that his mother is Dutch, he speaks quite good Dutch (far from perfect, but surprisingly well) and he wanted to represent his mother's country as well. And indeed, without too much pressure, mostly to see what he can do.

 

Not a fan of the wildcard thing, rules should be the same for everyone and if he's even at 70% of where he was, he'll obviously qualify and improve his start positions bit by bit.

Edited August 13, 2024 by heywoodu

[stratocumulus 68]

10 hours ago, NearPup said:

It sounds like he's mostly coming back to have fun, and with that mindset racing for fits better than racing with

Probably very much true. The other bit of true is probably that he might struggle to get a place in the Austrian national team because of the firm competition he would face whereas it is probably.... different in the Dutch team  And so he might get stuck in the internal selection in Austria while at the same time he could just concentrate on the World Cup for the Netherlands. Smart move.

Edited August 13, 2024 by stratocumulus