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

[Kerkun 51]

It's more about China/Andorra swap inside/outside top 20. China now gets 2 quota places instead 1 before Brazil gets their first one.

[heywoodu 16,000]

Nina Riedener might no longer be Liechtenstein's top female athlete  

 

15-year old Annina Uehli beat her at the Swiss championships over the weekend, with a result that would suggest she'd have been able to qualify Liechtenstein for the Olympics as well in Trondheim (as Riedener of course ended up doing).

https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&competitorid=293898&raceid=48967

 

Also interesting, during the mixed relay at the FESA Games in Planica a few weeks ago, she was actually (significantly) faster than both guys in her team.

https://winter.racetime.pro/storage/pdfs/results/692/2079/20250309Planica_REL_{Results}.pdf

Edited March 31 by heywoodu

[Kerkun 51]

On 3/24/2025 at 8:05 AM, heywoodu said:

Anyone knows how the Poland/Ukraine switch means Brazil dropped a spot in the reallocation ranking and now is 23rd instead of 22nd there? I know, 23 or 22 spots being reallocted doesn't really matter realistically, because both are just not gonna happen, but still.

 

Before the Lahti weekend:

 

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After Lahti:

 

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"Good" news for you, FIS updated the reallocation queue. It is now simply the Round 4 of the "remaining quota places" as it is stated in the qualification rules, not the continuation where it stopped previously. Brazil moved up in the queue up to 19th spot for women.

Edited April 4 by Kerkun

[harald12024 1]

calendar 2025-2026: https://assets.fis-ski.com/f/252177/x/13f7dcbb32/draft_wc_calendar_cc_2025-26.pdf

 

Period I
28.11. Fri Ruka FIN 10 km Interval Start C
29.11. Sat Ruka FIN Sprint C
30.11. Sun Ruka FIN 20 km Mass Start F
05.12. Fri Trondheim NOR 10 km Interval Start F
06.12. Sat Trondheim NOR Sprint C
07.12. Sun Trondheim NOR 20 Skiathlon
12.12. Fri Davos SUI Team Sprint F
13.12. Sat Davos SUI Sprint F
14.12. Sun Davos SUI 10 km Interval Start F
Period II
Tour de Ski
28.12. Sun Toblach ITA Sprint F
29.12 Mon Toblach ITA 10 km Interval Start C
31.12. Wed Toblach ITA 5 km Heat Mass Start F
01.01. Thu Toblach ITA 15 km C Pursuit*
03.01. Sat Val di Fiemme ITA Sprint C
04.01. Sun Val di Fiemme ITA Final Climb
Period III
17.01. Sat Oberhof GER Sprint F
18.01. Sun Oberhof GER 10 km Interval Start C
23.01. Fri Goms SUI Team Sprint F
24.01. Sat Goms SUI Sprint C
25.01. Sun Goms SUI 20 km Mass Start C
04.02. – 22.02.2026 Olympic Winter Games 2026, Milano-Cortina (ITA)
Period IV
28.02. Sat Falun SWE Sprint F
01.03. Sun Falun SWE 20 km Skiathlon
07.03 Sat Lahti FIN Sprint F Common waxing
08.03 Sun Lahti FIN 10 km Interval Start F Common waxing
12.03. Thu Drammen NOR Sprint C
14.03 Sat Oslo NOR 50 km Mass Start F M
15.03. Sun Oslo NOR 50 km Mass Start F W
20.03. Fri Lake Placid USA 10 km Interval Start C
21.03. Sat Lake Placid USA Sprint F
22.03. Sun Lake Placid USA 20 km Mass Start F
FIS Junior World Ski Championships Trondheim (NOR): 02nd – 08th March 2026

Austria withdraws from World Ski Championships: https://www.fondoitalia.it/2025/04/30/sci-nordico-mancano-le-coperture-economiche-ramsau-ritira-la-candidatura-dai-mondiali-2031/

2031 World Ski Championships candidate planica slovenia and oberstdorf germany: https://www.fondoitalia.it/2025/05/07/sci-nordico-sede-mondiali-2031-la-germania-sfida-la-slovenia-lidea-tra-oberstdorf-klingenthal-e-oberwiesenthal/

[heywoodu 16,000]

Hopefully 2031 goes to Planica, that was awesome. Oberstdorf was organized quite good as well, anything better than Trondheim really, but Planica would just be extra fun  

 

Good to see Drammen and USA on the calendar as well!

[intoronto 6,393]

https://www.fis-ski.com/inside-fis/news/2024-25/fis-announces-azerbaijan-as-global-destination-partner

 

[heywoodu 16,000]

28 minutes ago, intoronto said:

https://www.fis-ski.com/inside-fis/news/2024-25/fis-announces-azerbaijan-as-global-destination-partner

 

I wonder what "Premium Global Destination Partner" will mean exactly, it sounds like one of those super empty titles they give to some 'partnership'. Will they replace Stora Enso, for example?

[intoronto 6,393]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I wonder what "Premium Global Destination Partner" will mean exactly, it sounds like one of those super empty titles they give to some 'partnership'. Will they replace Stora Enso, for example?

Yea with their logo all over the place. Because when I think skiing Azerbaijan is the first place that comes to mind.

[heywoodu 16,000]

13 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Yea with their logo all over the place. Because when I think skiing Azerbaijan is the first place that comes to mind.

Yeah no, not really of course  

 

Just, there are so many titles nowadays for 'premium partner' for this and 'premium partner' for that, and whatnot, so I wonder if this means Stora Enso is gone from the FIS Nordic world championships (kind of a shame, this year they gave some cute little trees to all medal winners and some spectators), or if this is something that comes next to it at world championships.

Edited May 10 by heywoodu

[Swewi 460]

First Swedish Olympia selection today including these cross country skiiers:

 

Frida Karlsson

Jonna Sundling

Ebba Andersson

William Poromaa

Edvin Anger