Canada's 2026 Olympics Qualification Discussion

[Josh 13,470]

2 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Madeline Schizas had a great day at figure skating worlds and sits in sixth after the short program. She's officially earned one women's quota on figure skating but could give Canada the opportunity to send a skater to the final qualification event if she finishes in the top 10

I thought Canada qualifies two athletes if she finishes in top 10?

[NearPup 4,166]

3 minutes ago, Josh said:

I thought Canada qualifies two athletes if she finishes in top 10?

No, but it would give Canada the chance to earn a second quota at the final qualifying competition.

 

To get two or three quotas from Worlds you need two or three skaters / pairs to qualify for the free skate.

Edited March 26, 2025 by NearPup

[Topicmaster1010 6,574]

4 minutes ago, Josh said:

I thought Canada qualifies two athletes if she finishes in top 10?

Not quite. You can only earn two quotas if you have two or three skaters in the free program. Canada only has one so they'll get the chance to qualify another through the final qualifier.

Edited March 26, 2025 by Topicmaster1010

[JockCartier 311]

It’s just an extra step to make sure the countries with spots have that many capable entries. Sadovsky had to do that to go to Beijing 2022. 
 

They used to do it at Nebelhorn in conjunction with that, but now I guess they’re having a specific qualifier

 

As long as our nominee skates reasonably, I don’t think it will be an issue

[Surlympics 1,377]

But I thought if you only have one entry at worlds and they finish top ten you automatically get two at the Olympics ?

 

that’s what the cbc sports article is saying as well

Edited March 27, 2025 by Surlympics

[JockCartier 311]

40 minutes ago, Surlympics said:

But I thought if you only have one entry at worlds and they finish top ten you automatically get two at the Olympics ?

 

that’s what the cbc sports article is saying as well

Brenda Irving has also said if you don’t qualify a man, you can’t get a team

 

Sometimes they’re just wrong

Let’s just put it this way, if she’s not top ten we only get one

 

Edited March 27, 2025 by JockCartier

[JockCartier 311]

Gonna be tough to qualify three pairs teams the way this is going…

[Topicmaster1010 6,574]

53 minutes ago, Surlympics said:

But I thought if you only have one entry at worlds and they finish top ten you automatically get two at the Olympics ?

 

that’s what the cbc sports article is saying as well

 

In CBC's defense, the ISU has arguably the most poorly worded qualification systems of any sports federation

[Topicmaster1010 6,574]

The good news: All 3 pairs qualified for the free skate meaning that we would qualify 3 pairs outright if they met the performance requirements tomorrow in the free skate.

 

The bad news: Going to be tough to meet those requirements. To qualify 3 pairs, we would need our top two pairs teams to have a combined placement score of 13 or lower. Currently, our top two pairs have a combined placement score of 17.

[Surlympics 1,377]

Oh wow okay