Cross-Country Skiing Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[heywoodu 15,178]

4 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

oK, so for, hypothetically, famous  musicians trying to qualify for the Olympics......

Not really working, cross-country has that in order a lot better than alpine skiing  

 

Nowadays if you're able to get 300 FIS points, you're certainly able to ski a decent race at least. The athletes you might see at world championships, where some of them might be in one of their first ever races on snow and they are still learning basic technique, definitely won't be able to get 300 points or better.

 

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To be clear, this is not meant in any way negatively about those athletes, obviously they too are trying hard and putting in work within their capabilities and available time, knowledge and infrastructure.

 

[heywoodu 15,178]

Totally forgot, but Sunday was the 10k classic in Santa Caterina. Tougher race for Bruna both because of it being a back to back 10k (which she hadn't done before, especially not this early in the season when still building up racing rhythm), and because classic style is the one where the foot she crushed in 2022 is far and away the most painful. Managed to bite through it though and got an excellent 269 FIS points  

https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=47720

 

Yesterday she drove to Schlinig/Slingia on the / border, where next weekend there'll be the first FESA/OPA/Alpencup of the season, generally an excellent opportunity for good points.

[rafalgorka 1,602]

38 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Yesterday she drove to Schlinig/Slingia on the / border, where next weekend there'll be the first FESA/OPA/Alpencup of the season, generally an excellent opportunity for good points.

Good luck next weekend then!!!

[heywoodu 15,178]

Hello from Oberwiesenthal, where there will be FESA Cup races tomorrow and Sunday

 

Spot the Brazilian, I assure you she's on the photo

 

[Swewi 392]

I really hope they Will rebuild this Val de Fiemme course before the olympics. Especially the sprint is just a race of positioning and a final downhill race

[Grassmarket 3,468]

22 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Hello from Oberwiesenthal, where there will be FESA Cup races tomorrow and Sunday

 

Spot the Brazilian, I assure you she's on the photo

 

Yet another place which usually has marginal snow with great snow!  

Edited Friday at 04:03 PM by Grassmarket

[rafalgorka 1,602]

@brunamoura @heywoodu How the season unfolds? Happy New Year for both of you!!!