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

[rybak 3,325]

6 hours ago, Agger said:

Aaaand he's out again  

Apparently ISU has to cut some athletes due to too the quota limits

Is there any official list?

[Agger 1,709]

1 hour ago, rybak said:

Is there any official list?

Haven't seen one. Just got the news from Danish sports news

[Topicmaster1010 5,688]

19 hours ago, rybak said:

Is there any official list?

It's out

 

2764-OWG-2026-Final-Allocation-Quota-Places-Speed-Skating---Short-Track-1769423830-695.pdf

 

•  Canada lost a quota in the men's 1000m
•  China lost a quota in the men's 1500m
• Denmark lost their 2nd men's quota and their women's quota (as was expected)
•  Norway lost a quota in the men's 500m
•  Korea lost a quota in the women's 500m
• We've lost  Portugal 

 

So overall, it looks like the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and Mass Start events all had to be cut down by 1 or 2 quotas to get the quota number to 164.

 

[heywoodu 16,131]

On 1/25/2026 at 9:48 AM, Agger said:

Aaaand he's out again  

Apparently ISU has to cut some athletes due to too the quota limits

Due to countries registering skaters for distances they aren't going to skate, but that give them a reserve spot. Like registering a sprinter for the mass start, and then later exchanging them for a distance rider - but because the sprinter is there anyway, they can then do the 500m where they originally didn't have a quota spot for.

 

Something like that, there's a story about him being - in his words - fucked due to countries circumventing the rules like that. Tragic story.

 

[hckošice 15,749]

47 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

We've lost  Portugal 

[phelps 8,358]

 Francesca Lollobrigida revealed in an interview why she's struggling so bad this season 

 

she's got a virus (she didn't specify which one, mononucleosis might be an educated guess), debilitating her since the beginning of the season and making her think even about possible retirement before the Home Olympics

 

luckily, she didn't, but of course she's not competitive for the medals (and this hurts a lot our speedskating and our Olympics in general)

 

an extract of the interview (in Italian):

 

https://www.oasport.it/2026/01/francesca-lollobrigida-uninfezione-virale-mi-ha-messo-ko-nei-mesi-piu-importanti-ho-pensato-anche-di-smettere/

[Josh 11,710]

3 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

It's out

 

2764-OWG-2026-Final-Allocation-Quota-Places-Speed-Skating---Short-Track-1769423830-695.pdf

 

•  Canada lost a quota in the men's 1000m
•  China lost a quota in the men's 1500m
• Denmark lost their 2nd men's quota and their women's quota (as was expected)
•  Norway lost a quota in the men's 500m
•  Korea lost a quota in the women's 500m
• We've lost  Portugal 

 

So overall, it looks like the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and Mass Start events all had to be cut down by 1 or 2 quotas to get the quota number to 164.