Bobsleigh Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[heywoodu 16,461]

4 hours ago, avlar said:

It is official - no russians in bobsleigh and skeleton at 2026 Olympics

I wonder if Tretiakov and Nikitina are still active. Hopefully we still get to see them one day, especially Nikitina (Tretiakov was getting quite old already).

[intoronto 6,901]

Unfortunately Vietnam will not be attempting to qualify for the Olympics. They were unable to secure a sled(s) for the season 

[Grassmarket 4,300]

Great article here about Eugenio Monti, the Italian bobsleigh legend after whom the Cortina track is named

 

IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Eugenio Monti Olympic Sliding Centre - legacy meets history

 

And congratulations to  for getting the track ready so early, the first time since the Emperor Diocletian (284-305 AD) that any Italian major building project has come in ahead of schedule.  

Edited November 20, 2025 by Grassmarket

[macekimek 2]

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[Topicmaster1010 6,593]

Current Olympic Qualification Quotas after 4/7 World Cup Stops:

 

Two-Man/Four-Man:

 

3 Sleds:

2 Sleds:

1 Sled:

 

Two-Woman:

 

3 Sleds:

2 Sleds:

1 Sled:

 

Women's Monobob:

 

3 Sleds:

2 Sleds:

1 Sled:

[rybak 3,431]

 Linda Weiszewski and Klaudia Adamek will compete in this week in both European and World Cup to save their place in Olympics and make a debut for Poland in womens events, since they are now last among qualifiers as far as I know, since Jamaica got second quota in 2 womens event yesterday.

Edited January 12 by rybak

[rybak 3,431]

Worth to add, if Klaudia Adamek will qualify after all, she will become first Polish athlete who did compete in both Summer and Winter Olympics.

[Micki 70]

2 hours ago, rybak said:

Worth to add, if Klaudia Adamek will qualify after all, she will become first Polish athlete who did compete in both Summer and Winter Olympics.

Same for Salome Kora from Switzerland 

[Bailer 159]

Did we provisionally lose our two-woman quota? What happened?

[SalamAkhi 359]

10 hours ago, Bailer said:

Did we provisionally lose our two-woman quota? What happened?

The two-woman quota is based upon the "combined" ranking. The 6 best monobob + 6 best 2-woman results are taken into account at the moment (7 once this week's WC race has been raced).

 Weiszewski competed in Europe Cup yesterday in the monobob, finishing 2nd, which gave her 110 points. This was her 7th monobob race, so this result replaced her worst (80 points), helping her leapfrog Cernanska by 8 points. At this point I guess she's in a better spot, as she's got the same room for improvement in the two-woman today, while Cernanska probably won't compete that well in the WC.