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Very much looks like something went wrong with Brazil at the start of the U23 relay. I only counted 19 athletes after 1 minute or so instead of 20, they are listed as 'Started' but didn't get through the very first split yet (where the fastest time is 4 minutes, and that was like 5 minutes ago, no way they lost 5 minutes in that time, that's too much even for these standards).

 

That sucks quite badly and is a big blow to Brazil's chances to reach the top-30...come on, all that needed to happen for a nice amount of points was to finish. Dead last, far away, no problem, but...finish.

Edited by heywoodu

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  On 2/8/2025 at 12:46 PM, heywoodu said:

With the most amazing looks of disbelief I have ever seen at the finish and even now, like half an hour later :d 

 

I love these kind of surprises, that's what sports is about for me.

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And more - 19th place for :GBR Tabitha Williams, pretty sure that is our best ever female result in any global event.  And we're seeing a revival of :CAN after aboot 15 years of nothing much.

  On 2/9/2025 at 8:25 AM, Topicmaster1010 said:

Yes, I do plan on making qualification posts for other sports as we get closer to the qualification deadlines. Mostly for rankings lists that aren't made public by the sports federations.

 

For now, you can find the biathlon rankings here and olympic allocation lists for freestyle skiing and snowboarding here

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Thanks!

Cross-Country Skiing NOC Quota Standings after Junior and U23 World Championships

 

Updated to include the results from the World Juniors and the U23 World Championships along with the overal tour de ski results that I missed last time. Please let me know if anything doesn't look right.

 

4 quotas

3 quotas

2 quotas

1 quota

 

Men

 

Rank NOC Points
1 :NOR Norway 15541
2 :SWE Sweden 10817
3 :FRA France 10371
4 :FIN Finland 9054
5 :USA United States 8420
6 :ITA Italy 8252
7 :GER Germany 7883
8 :SUI Switzerland 7270
9 (+1) :CAN Canada 5170
10 (-1) :CZE Czechia 4843
11 :AUT Austria 4751
12 :GBR Great Britain 3828
13 (+1) :EST Estonia 3488
14 (-1) :SLO Slovenia 3441
15 :AUS Australia 2344
16 :JPN Japan 2233
17 (+1) :POL Poland 2020
18 (-1) :LAT Latvia 1717
19 :KAZ Kazakhstan 1696
20 (+1) :ESP Spain 1336
20 (-1) :AND Andorra 1265
22 :IRL Ireland 1237
23 (+1) :UKR Ukraine 993
23 (-1) :HUN Hungary 861
25 :CHN China 671
26 (+2) :ROU Romania 383
27 (+2) :SVK Slovakia 363
28 (-2) :THA Thailand 336
29 (-2) :ARM Armenia 276
30 :BUL Bulgaria 247
31 (+2) :ARG Argentina 184
32 (+3) :CRO Croatia 143
33 (-2) :MGL Mongolia 137
34 (-2) :SRB Serbia 131
35 (+1) :CHI Chile 130
36 (-2) :KOR Korea 115
37 (+2) :LTU Lithuania 96
38 (new) :GRE Greece 87
39 (+2) :LIE Liechtenstein 83
40 (-3) :COL Colombia 76
41 (new) :BRA Brazil 70
42 (-2) :BEL Belgium 59
43 (new) :ISL Iceland 51
44 (-6) :MKD North Macedonia 50
45 (new) :MNE Montenegro 11
46 (new) :MDA Moldova 8
47 (new) :TUR Türkiye 5
48 (new) :TPE Chinese Taipei 2
49 (new) :BOL Bolivia 1

 

Women

 

Rank NOC Points
1 :NOR Norway 14645
2 :SWE Sweden 12294
3 :FIN Finland 11107
4 :GER Germany 11023
5 :USA United States 10031
6 :SUI Switzerland 7345
7 :FRA France 6439
8 :ITA Italy 6235
9 :CAN Canada 5905
10 :CZE Czechia 4951
11 :AUT Austria 4216
12 :EST Estonia 2310
13 :SLO Slovenia 2096
14 :KAZ Kazakhstan 2005
15 :UKR Ukraine 1531
16 :AUS Australia 1449
17 (+1) :JPN Japan 998
18 (-1) :POL Poland 969
19 :LAT Latvia 517
20 (+1) :AND Andorra 386
21 (new) :GBR Great Britain 207
22 (-2) :TPE Chinese Taipei 194
23 (new) :ARG Argentina 136
24 (-2) :ARM Armenia 131
25 (new) :ROU Romania 123
26 (-3) :KOR Korea 122
27 (new) :GRE Greece 115
28 (new) :LTU Lithuania 100
29 (new) :CRO Croatia 89
30 (new) :BRA Brazil 60
31 (new) :CHI Chile 49
32 (new) :HUN Hungary 37
33 (new) :SVK Slovakia 28
34 (new) :TUR Türkiye 18
35 (new) :MDA Moldova 9
36 (new) :KEN Kenya 3
37 (new) :BUL Bulgaria 2
38 (new) :BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
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How come there are 2 quotas for TPE and 1 for GBR?

 

And Jesus Brazil, if only they had been like "oh ok, we are on the U23 relay start list, sure, we will actually start and pick up 35 free points".

 

Deep, deep sigh.

Edited by heywoodu

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  On 2/14/2025 at 7:13 AM, heywoodu said:

How come there are 2 quotas for TPE and 1 for GBR?

 

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That's a mistake. Thanks for catching that.

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Finally there's a Wikipedia page for the qualifying, but it's not entirely up-to-date yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-country_skiing_at_the_2026_Winter_Olympics_–_Qualification

 

Brazil does have a male quota, due to Manex's 159 or so points in the sprint in Schilpario, but isn't mentioned in the list.

 

It also has this line, which I haven't seen before:

 

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The remaining 10 quota places by gender will be assigned to NOCs that were not able to achieve a quota, granted all athletes have scored less than 300.00 FIS points at one FIS World Cup competition in the first World Cup period 2025/2026.

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Is that like a safety net in case a country didn't get into the top-30 of the ranking and didn't get a basic quota? Hard one, because in that case it will be rather difficult to get under 300 points in a World Cup (assuming FIS would even allow them in with a wildcard), but interesting.

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  On 2/9/2025 at 1:45 PM, Grassmarket said:

And more - 19th place for :GBR Tabitha Williams, pretty sure that is our best ever female result in any global event.  And we're seeing a revival of :CAN after aboot 15 years of nothing much.

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Hey now! It's only been aboot 8 years of nothing much :d

Finish is looking nice here in Trondheim, despite the relatively warm weather :d

 

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Lebanese Olympian Samer Tawk was making his Instagram story while I was waiting for Bruna's training, the sharp eye can spot me :d

 

https://www.instagram.com/stories/samertawk.oly/3573746699199849871?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MW1nZGI0eGp3NWdmdQ==

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