Snowboard Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[intoronto 6,387]

According to the IOC press conference today "Parallel slalom" will be evaluated post games to get data from the 2026 games for 2030 acceptance. But its not being held in 2026. So I wonder if they meant Parallel giant slalom, and if its spot on the program post 2026 is in danger?

[Federer91 3,020]

3 hours ago, intoronto said:

According to the IOC press conference today "Parallel slalom" will be evaluated post games to get data from the 2026 games for 2030 acceptance. But its not being held in 2026. So I wonder if they meant Parallel giant slalom, and if its spot on the program post 2026 is in danger?

Doubt it and frankly see no reason for it. FIS has the best calendar for Parallel in the World Cup and it has the most interest amongst European countries of all snowboard disciplines. They would rather get rid of one of the 3 redundant flip-flopity events before parallel. 

 

Plus the IOC is already taking huge swings at FIS with the potential exclusion of Nordic Combined, so them trying to remove more stuff is not logical. After all FIS is the backbone of WOG, so more or less they have leverage. 

 

 

 

[copravolley 498]

7 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Doubt it and frankly see no reason for it. FIS has the best calendar for Parallel in the World Cup and it has the most interest amongst European countries of all snowboard disciplines. They would rather get rid of one of the 3 redundant flip-flopity events before parallel. 

 

Plus the IOC is already taking huge swings at FIS with the potential exclusion of Nordic Combined, so them trying to remove more stuff is not logical. After all FIS is the backbone of WOG, so more or less they have leverage. 

 

 

 

Italy wanted to add a team event in alpine snowboarding, but we're so weak in the IOC that even as hosts, we can't do anything. In 2014, Russia pressured the IOC to add a slalom event to alpine snowboarding to have a chance at more medals and they did it.

Edited September 19 by copravolley

[intoronto 6,387]

While the decision on the discipline programme for French Alps 2030 is expected at the IOC EB meeting in December, the EB this week approved the postponement of the decision on two disciplines, snowboard parallel giant slalom and Nordic combined, to 2026, after the data from Milano Cortina 2026 has been evaluated. 

 

This is from the IOC. Being lumped with NC indicates to me PGS maybe at risk OR they are evaluating adding more alpine snowboard events based on if data says so.

Edited September 20 by intoronto

[intoronto 6,387]

This article confirms PGS is at risk of being dropped

 

https://snowbrains.com/these-2-winter-olympic-sports-could-be-on-their-way-out/

[heywoodu 15,997]

4 hours ago, intoronto said:

This article confirms PGS is at risk of being dropped

 

https://snowbrains.com/these-2-winter-olympic-sports-could-be-on-their-way-out/

Sure, remove one of only two remaining snowboard discipline that are actually measurable and easy to see in terms of who wins. I guess having clear and easy to understand winners isn't urban enough anymore.

 

Although anyway PGS should go back to the old two-run format, because the current one is inherently unfair, but yeah, we all know that's not gonna happen and fairness is almost never a reason for changes in sports.