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

[heywoodu 16,468]

47 minutes ago, Kerkun said:

 Poland overtook  Ukraine for the 16th place in the women's standings yesterday. Nobody from these countries starts today so it's Poland that is the last country with 4 quota places confirmed.

16th or 17th makes no difference, does it?

[Kerkun 90]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

16th or 17th makes no difference, does it?

It does for women. 1 basic quota + 2 quota places for 11th-20th place is the same. But the allocation of the remaining quota places ends at 16th place for women as of today, with Poland gaining one more spot while Ukraine none.

[heywoodu 16,468]

3 hours ago, Kerkun said:

It does for women. 1 basic quota + 2 quota places for 11th-20th place is the same. But the allocation of the remaining quota places ends at 16th place for women as of today, with Poland gaining one more spot while Ukraine none.

Ah, right, the reallocation. Let's see where that will end up eventually, for sure it's still going to go down quite a bit with probably 5-10 spots being handed back.

[copravolley 656]

If Italy ends with only 5 spots, it will be terrible for us. We will have to choose between sprint and relay. Even in Beijing we had 6 skiers.

[intoronto 6,936]

Did pass  in the men's rankings?

[Gianlu33 6,053]

14 minutes ago, copravolley said:

If Italy ends with only 5 spots, it will be terrible for us. We will have to choose between sprint and relay. Even in Beijing we had 6 skiers.

In fact, at this exact point in the qualification system, we only had five quotas in Beijing as well. Then there will be the various reallocations

[copravolley 656]

Just now, Gianlu33 said:

In fact, at this exact point in the qualification system, we only had five quotas in Beijing as well. Then there will be the various reallocations

So what are the chances of a 6 skier? 50%?

[Gianlu33 6,053]

9 minutes ago, copravolley said:

So what are the chances of a 6 skier? 50%?

99%.

[copravolley 656]

6 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

99%.

There is a problem with this sport in Italy, becouse in the 50 km classic today the best is still the 35-year-old Pellegrino... Where is the rest? Why is Graz so irregular, why was de Fabiani talent wasted? There are many such questions. And the fact that Norway and its dominance among men is destroying this sport is another matter. They are doing the same thing that the Norwegian women used to do under Bjoergen and Johaug domination some years ago and Klaebo has even become an improved version of Bjoergen... Bjoergen has never dominated sprints with such ease. And then you can't be surprised that Russia will say that without them there is no this sport and no serious rivality and many people will believe them: many people in Italy, for example.

Edited March 23, 2025 by copravolley

[heywoodu 16,468]

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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