Biathlon Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

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A stunning race and  Finland continue their excellent year. Seppala and Mïnkkïnen are the champions 

 

 

 

 

[Topicmaster1010 6,593]

Final weekend of the world cup and there's some close battles for the 10th spot in the nations ranking for both men and women.

 

For the men's side,  Finland leads  Austria by 11 points.

 

On the women's side,  Finland leads  Poland by 25 points.

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Quotas through the nation cup.

 

Men's:

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Women's:

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[intoronto 6,901]

Will Belgium use all 8 quotas?

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6 hours ago, intoronto said:

Will Belgium use all 8 quotas?

 has no NOC criteria this year. The Biathlon federation is requiring a top 60

in a World Cup or a top 10 in an IBU cup

over the entire qualification period.

 

https://content-api.teambelgium.be/storage/files/file_fr/182.pdf

https://teambelgium.sharepoint.com/sites/TopSportHub/HPM/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FTopSportHub%2FHPM%2FSel-Crit%2F1-OG%2FW-2026-MilanoCortina%2FCrit-National%2Fcritsel BTH MiCo 2026 FR version 1.0.pdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FTopSportHub%2FHPM%2FSel-Crit%2F1-OG%2FW-2026-MilanoCortina%2FCrit-National&p=true&ga=1

 

[Topicmaster1010 6,593]

Here's how the rankings for the last 12 spots look like right now. To simplify things, I only took the top 2 athletes of each NOC that isn't qualified for that gender.

 

Men

 

Rank	NOC	Athlete	Points
1		Maksim MAKAROV	51.31
2		Sondre SLETTEMARK	59.02
3		Mihail USOV	63.62
4		Kresimir CRNKOVIC	65.73
5		Tomas SKLENARIK	72.79
6		Timofei LAPSHIN	74.13
7		Vladislav KIREYEV	74.42
8		Matija LEGOVIC	77.9
9		Nikita AKIMOV	82.57
10		YAN Xingyuan	84.77
11		Jakub BORGULA	84.86
12		Mikito TACHIZAKI	99.74
13		Masaharu YAMAMOTO	109.04
14		GU Cang	110.04
15		Rasmus SCHIELLERUP	126.15
16		ENKHBAT Enkhsaikhan	126.26
17		CHOI Dujin	127.87
18		Joachim Weel ROSBO	131.74
19		Phoenix SPARKE	133.04
20		Marcus WEBB	133.42
21		Apostolos ANGELIS	140.44
22		Matthew CHRONICLE	150.4
23		Guzman SANZ	164.3
24		Nikolaos TSOUREKAS	172.33
25		Roberto PIQUERAS	172.77
26		Javier GIMENEZ	179.43
27		Noah BRADFORD	202.29
28		Strahinja ERIC	213.39
29		BOLDBAATAR Ankhbold	218.63
30		Axel CIUFFO	262.49
31		Claudio OLIVEIRA	288.14
32		Victor SANTOS	311.35
33		Eldar KADYROV	331.02
34		Rolan RAIMKULOV	343.34
35		Uros LALOVIC	360.37
36		Yonathan FERNANDEZ	381.67
37		Matias MANSILLA	423.74
38		Raul ANTONIO	592.95

 

Women

 

 

Rank	NOC	Athlete	Points
1		Alina STREMOUS	54.24
2		Ukaleq SLETTEMARK	70.97
3		Anastasia TOLMACHEVA	73.31
4		Anika KOZICA	78.46
5		Ekaterina AVVAKUMOVA	88.03
6		Darcie MORTON	99.22
7		Andreea MEZDREA	99.97
8		MENG Fanqi	100.13
9		Olga POLTORANINA	102.09
10		TANG Jialin	103.13
11		Gaia BRUNELLO	110.99
12		Aliona MAKAROVA	113.68
13		Aisha RAKISHEVA	121.46
14		Shawna PENDRY	133.29
15		Chloe DUPONT	140.53
16		KO Eunjung	157.9
17		PONYA Sara	160.31
18		Konstantina CHARALAMPIDOU	162.44
19		Aoi SATO	172.75
20		Mikoto TAKEUCHI	177.99
21		Damika MORTON	189.24
22		MUNKHBAT Doljinsuren	204.99
23		Hanna BRAUN	221.17
24		Ema SOBOL	239.44
25		Sofia KYDASIOUK	252.82
26		Lamija SALIHAGIC	257.14
27		Eduarda RIBERA	257.69
28		Maria DOMINGUEZ	260.22
29		Leonora ROENHEDE	264.24
30		Nefeli TITA	289.72
31		Maike STECK	299.99
32		ERDENEBILEG Khongorzul	300.67
33		Claudia SALCEDO	428.52
34		Sara PLAKALOVIC	491.88
35		Anastasija VOJINOVIC	513.83

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2 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Here's how the rankings for the last 12 spots look like right now. To simplify things, I only took the top 2 athletes of each NOC that isn't qualified for that gender.

 

Men

 

Rank	NOC	Athlete	Points
1		Maksim MAKAROV	51.31
2		Sondre SLETTEMARK	59.02
3		Mihail USOV	63.62
4		Kresimir CRNKOVIC	65.73
5		Tomas SKLENARIK	72.79
6		Timofei LAPSHIN	74.13
7		Vladislav KIREYEV	74.42
8		Matija LEGOVIC	77.9
9		Nikita AKIMOV	82.57
10		YAN Xingyuan	84.77
11		Jakub BORGULA	84.86
12		Mikito TACHIZAKI	99.74
13		Masaharu YAMAMOTO	109.04
14		GU Cang	110.04
15		Rasmus SCHIELLERUP	126.15
16		ENKHBAT Enkhsaikhan	126.26
17		CHOI Dujin	127.87
18		Joachim Weel ROSBO	131.74
19		Phoenix SPARKE	133.04
20		Marcus WEBB	133.42
21		Apostolos ANGELIS	140.44
22		Matthew CHRONICLE	150.4
23		Guzman SANZ	164.3
24		Nikolaos TSOUREKAS	172.33
25		Roberto PIQUERAS	172.77
26		Javier GIMENEZ	179.43
27		Noah BRADFORD	202.29
28		Strahinja ERIC	213.39
29		BOLDBAATAR Ankhbold	218.63
30		Axel CIUFFO	262.49
31		Claudio OLIVEIRA	288.14
32		Victor SANTOS	311.35
33		Eldar KADYROV	331.02
34		Rolan RAIMKULOV	343.34
35		Uros LALOVIC	360.37
36		Yonathan FERNANDEZ	381.67
37		Matias MANSILLA	423.74
38		Raul ANTONIO	592.95

 

Women

 

 

Rank	NOC	Athlete	Points
1		Alina STREMOUS	54.24
2		Ukaleq SLETTEMARK	70.97
3		Anastasia TOLMACHEVA	73.31
4		Anika KOZICA	78.46
5		Ekaterina AVVAKUMOVA	88.03
6		Darcie MORTON	99.22
7		Andreea MEZDREA	99.97
8		MENG Fanqi	100.13
9		Olga POLTORANINA	102.09
10		TANG Jialin	103.13
11		Gaia BRUNELLO	110.99
12		Aliona MAKAROVA	113.68
13		Aisha RAKISHEVA	121.46
14		Shawna PENDRY	133.29
15		Chloe DUPONT	140.53
16		KO Eunjung	157.9
17		PONYA Sara	160.31
18		Konstantina CHARALAMPIDOU	162.44
19		Aoi SATO	172.75
20		Mikoto TAKEUCHI	177.99
21		Damika MORTON	189.24
22		MUNKHBAT Doljinsuren	204.99
23		Hanna BRAUN	221.17
24		Ema SOBOL	239.44
25		Sofia KYDASIOUK	252.82
26		Lamija SALIHAGIC	257.14
27		Eduarda RIBERA	257.69
28		Maria DOMINGUEZ	260.22
29		Leonora ROENHEDE	264.24
30		Nefeli TITA	289.72
31		Maike STECK	299.99
32		ERDENEBILEG Khongorzul	300.67
33		Claudia SALCEDO	428.52
34		Sara PLAKALOVIC	491.88
35		Anastasija VOJINOVIC	513.83

Croatia with 3 candidates 😳, but still long way to go 

[BruT06 50]

How do these qualifying points scores reflects on 2026 final qualifying scores?

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8 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Here's how the rankings for the last 12 spots look like right now. To simplify things, I only took the top 2 athletes of each NOC that isn't qualified for that gender.

 

Men

 

Rank	NOC	Athlete	Points
1		Maksim MAKAROV	51.31
2		Sondre SLETTEMARK	59.02
3		Mihail USOV	63.62
4		Kresimir CRNKOVIC	65.73
5		Tomas SKLENARIK	72.79
6		Timofei LAPSHIN	74.13
7		Vladislav KIREYEV	74.42
8		Matija LEGOVIC	77.9
9		Nikita AKIMOV	82.57
10		YAN Xingyuan	84.77
11		Jakub BORGULA	84.86
12		Mikito TACHIZAKI	99.74
13		Masaharu YAMAMOTO	109.04
14		GU Cang	110.04
15		Rasmus SCHIELLERUP	126.15
16		ENKHBAT Enkhsaikhan	126.26
17		CHOI Dujin	127.87
18		Joachim Weel ROSBO	131.74
19		Phoenix SPARKE	133.04
20		Marcus WEBB	133.42
21		Apostolos ANGELIS	140.44
22		Matthew CHRONICLE	150.4
23		Guzman SANZ	164.3
24		Nikolaos TSOUREKAS	172.33
25		Roberto PIQUERAS	172.77
26		Javier GIMENEZ	179.43
27		Noah BRADFORD	202.29
28		Strahinja ERIC	213.39
29		BOLDBAATAR Ankhbold	218.63
30		Axel CIUFFO	262.49
31		Claudio OLIVEIRA	288.14
32		Victor SANTOS	311.35
33		Eldar KADYROV	331.02
34		Rolan RAIMKULOV	343.34
35		Uros LALOVIC	360.37
36		Yonathan FERNANDEZ	381.67
37		Matias MANSILLA	423.74
38		Raul ANTONIO	592.95

 

Women

 

 

Rank	NOC	Athlete	Points
1		Alina STREMOUS	54.24
2		Ukaleq SLETTEMARK	70.97
3		Anastasia TOLMACHEVA	73.31
4		Anika KOZICA	78.46
5		Ekaterina AVVAKUMOVA	88.03
6		Darcie MORTON	99.22
7		Andreea MEZDREA	99.97
8		MENG Fanqi	100.13
9		Olga POLTORANINA	102.09
10		TANG Jialin	103.13
11		Gaia BRUNELLO	110.99
12		Aliona MAKAROVA	113.68
13		Aisha RAKISHEVA	121.46
14		Shawna PENDRY	133.29
15		Chloe DUPONT	140.53
16		KO Eunjung	157.9
17		PONYA Sara	160.31
18		Konstantina CHARALAMPIDOU	162.44
19		Aoi SATO	172.75
20		Mikoto TAKEUCHI	177.99
21		Damika MORTON	189.24
22		MUNKHBAT Doljinsuren	204.99
23		Hanna BRAUN	221.17
24		Ema SOBOL	239.44
25		Sofia KYDASIOUK	252.82
26		Lamija SALIHAGIC	257.14
27		Eduarda RIBERA	257.69
28		Maria DOMINGUEZ	260.22
29		Leonora ROENHEDE	264.24
30		Nefeli TITA	289.72
31		Maike STECK	299.99
32		ERDENEBILEG Khongorzul	300.67
33		Claudia SALCEDO	428.52
34		Sara PLAKALOVIC	491.88
35		Anastasija VOJINOVIC	513.83

Very cool list. I would eliminate Rosbo from there though since  and  are the same NOC and he would be the third. But that is really nitpicking. So much better having an Olympics with no host exceptions to the rules.

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2 hours ago, BruT06 said:

How do these qualifying points scores reflects on 2026 final qualifying scores?

That is the tricky thing, I believe that the scores take three trimesters into account so some athletes will have scores that are too old by the time the olympics come.