Short Track Speed Skating Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[evil betty 89]

1 hour ago, NearPup said:

Qualification is based on the individual world tour ranking per distance, so they wouldn’t.

I don't understand, "they wouldn't" what? Something is going to be added,  each NOCs total is not based on any specific individual's ranking, that is not how Olympic Qualification works.  Olympic Qualification is based on adding NOC ranking points from the four different races so one score could be from multiple athletes. So will AIN be treated like an NOC is what I am trying to figure out I guess. If two times one AIN athlete raced the 500m and then two times a different AIN athlete raced the 500m, would you take the best three scores like every other country?

 

[Kerkun 90]

Points of different skaters from the same country are not added. It looks like only one from Russia/Belarus will earn a starting place in a distance and the others will be skipped like the 4th athlete from any other country.

[evil betty 89]

1 hour ago, Kerkun said:

Points of different skaters from the same country are not added. It looks like only one from Russia/Belarus will earn a starting place in a distance and the others will be skipped like the 4th athlete from any other country.

the last four Olympics that is how it was done, did it change? 

[evil betty 89]

https://web.archive.org/web/20211223000052/https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links-2/2022-beijing/internal-documentation-1/26697-short-track-speed-skating-1/file/ 

for reference, this is how the qualifying is done.

[avlar 586]

14 hours ago, copravolley said:

Seregina it`s OK?

RIght now according to the ISU she is on the list but the decision may be reverted at any moment

Here is the full list

https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/Corporate-Site/Governance/Transparency/ISU-Communications/2708-Decisions-of-the-Council-May-13-25-1747147446-4356.pdf

[avlar 586]

14 hours ago, evil betty said:

According to this: https://isudam.blob.core.windows.net/isudamcontainer/AIN_Q&A_Final_20_12_2024_1734686416256.pdf they can only qualify one male and one female total. So they can only enter one in each race in the World Tour it would follow.

So for Olympic Qualification, how would they add the score do you think? 

I suppose, @Kerkun is right and russia/belarus will earn maximum one starting place at a distance

[copravolley 656]

4 hours ago, avlar said:

RIght now according to the ISU she is on the list but the decision may be reverted at any moment

Here is the full list

https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/Corporate-Site/Governance/Transparency/ISU-Communications/2708-Decisions-of-the-Council-May-13-25-1747147446-4356.pdf

I was on her Instagram and she looks OK - nothing materials related to war.

Edited October 6, 2025 by copravolley

[Kerkun 90]

On 10/5/2025 at 11:41 PM, evil betty said:

the last four Olympics that is how it was done, did it change? 

 

23 hours ago, evil betty said:

https://web.archive.org/web/20211223000052/https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links-2/2022-beijing/internal-documentation-1/26697-short-track-speed-skating-1/file/ 

for reference, this is how the qualifying is done.

No, it didn't change and it's pretty stupid system. Although reading the Q&A about the AIN skaters, while feeling less sick than yesterday, makes me think there will be only one skater in the short track per gender from a suspended country, doing all the distance even if they don't earn the quota themselves but they will be the highest in any SOQC.

[avlar 586]

On 10/6/2025 at 1:34 PM, copravolley said:

I was on her Instagram and she looks OK - nothing materials related to war.

They have erased a lot ) But I dp not know about her case - I did not follow it.

 

The only person who appealed to TAS/CAS against ISU decision on the neutral statuses - is Kachanova (no hearings were held as far as I know).


By the way - it was an interesting dicussion in russian press around figure skating - they say that some national federations must be greatful for allowing russian skaters to switch sport nationality without problems.
 

[copravolley 656]

37 minutes ago, avlar said:

They have erased a lot ) But I dp not know about her case - I did not follow it.

 

The only person who appealed to TAS/CAS against ISU decision on the neutral statuses - is Kachanova (no hearings were held as far as I know).


By the way - it was an interesting dicussion in russian press around figure skating - they say that some national federations must be greatful for allowing russian skaters to switch sport nationality without problems.
 

I didn't even remember she was 5th in Beijing in the 500 meters- a very high position, but for me she was an anonymous skater. I only knew Prosvirnova, who now competes for Denmark in speed skating.

Edited October 7, 2025 by copravolley