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

[heywoodu 16,059]

Damn it, besides 1 Russian also ,  and  are very likely to get a women's quota tomorrow or Sunday...nice for them, very unfortunate for us.

[Grassmarket 4,081]

On 11/22/2025 at 11:29 AM, Swewi said:

So Skistad planned for another yellow card to be disqualified and start of with a clean sheet at the World cup, instead she got a red card. A disquslification but she keeps the yellow one

And would you believe this timebomb detonated today?  

 

She picked up another yellow card for obstruction in Davos - 2 yellows equal one  so she is DQF in Davos.  

Edited December 13, 2025 by Grassmarket

[heywoodu 16,059]

21 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Damn it, besides 1 Russian also ,  and  are very likely to get a women's quota tomorrow or Sunday...nice for them, very unfortunate for us.

Plus there's a athlete who didn't compete today, but will compete tomorrow....

 

Another place gone  

[Monzanator 4,797]

I know Maciej Staręga is 35yo but losing to and   in cross-country is... 

 

 

 

 

[heywoodu 16,059]

1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

I know Maciej Staręga is 35yo but losing to and   in cross-country is... 

 

 

 

 

Says more about Savart being an excellent skier, to be honest.

[heywoodu 16,059]

Unless I'm massively mistaken, Brazil needs 16 women's quota places being refused by other countries in order to get a 3rd ticket. Yeah, that ain't gonna happen  

 

That does unfortunately already include the 3 quota places that will most likely be automatically refused due to Taiwan, Andorra and Armenia having 2 spots but only 1 eligible athlete. So 16 refusals besides those 3.

 

Somewhat annoying Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Bosnia and Macedonia sneaked in last minute (as a sports lover, I like it of course, but yeah), but even without some of those it would still have been a stretch I think.

 

We need boycotts  

Edited December 15, 2025 by heywoodu

[avlar 471]

44 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Unless I'm massively mistaken, Brazil needs 16 women's quota places being refused by other countries in order to get a 3rd ticket. Yeah, that ain't gonna happen  

 

That does unfortunately already include the 3 quota places that will most likely be automatically refused due to Taiwan, Andorra and Armenia having 2 spots but only 1 eligible athlete. So 16 refusals besides those 3.

 

Somewhat annoying Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Bosnia and Macedonia sneaked in last minute (as a sports lover, I like it of course, but yeah), but even without some of those it would still have been a stretch I think.

 

We need boycotts  

I would say we have some chace that Nepyaeva will not be invited by the IOC.
But, FIS has time to issue AIN status to someone else.

 

Did Belarus get the quota? I do not see AIN`s at the FIS qualification table
 

[heywoodu 16,059]

1 hour ago, avlar said:

I would say we have some chace that Nepyaeva will not be invited by the IOC.
But, FIS has time to issue AIN status to someone else.

 

Did Belarus get the quota? I do not see AIN`s at the FIS qualification table
 

The FIS qualification table is quite slow to be updated, also after Israel's man qualified it took a little bit of time. She certainly got it without problems, so they should be added soon.

[rybak 3,314]

If those last 10 places wont be used then it will be reallocated somehow?

[evil betty 74]

Just now, rybak said:

If those last 10 places wont be used then it will be reallocated somehow?

FIS has already published what happens here: https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/cc/2026 They basically continued giving quotas from where they stopped back in March. So in Men's it was  then  then  , in women's it was  ,