Canada's 2026 Olympics Qualification Discussion Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[Topicmaster1010 5,404]

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

It sucks the men's division in alpine and cross-country is more competitive, leading to less quotas for the top 10 nations.

To give an idea of how competitive it is on the men's side, Norway (yes, NORWAY) doesn't even have the max quota.

[Topicmaster1010 5,404]

Sonjaa Schmidt and Tom Stephen won the 10km classic races today at the Canadian Olympic Trials and have booked their tickets for the Olympics.

[Josh 11,552]

22 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Sonjaa Schmidt and Tom Stephen won the 10km classic races today at the Canadian Olympic Trials and have booked their tickets for the Olympics.

I'm sorry, who the fuck? 

[Josh 11,552]

Is there any way of watching the races by the way?

[intoronto 6,461]

Of note Liliane Gagnon DNS the women's race

[intoronto 6,461]

Top 10 in the 10km men's freestyle

1    Maximillian Hollmann    24:50.8
2    Remi Drolet    25:04.0
3    Tom Stephen    25:16.7
4    Antoine Cyr    25:17.1
5    Xavier McKeever    25:29.7
6    Graham Ritchie    25:32.3
7    Luke Allan    25:52.6
8    Olivier Léveillé    26:03.8
9    Sasha Masson    26:13.8
10    Kendyn Mashinter    26:22.4

[Topicmaster1010 5,404]

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

Top 10 in the 10km men's freestyle

1    Maximillian Hollmann    24:50.8
2    Remi Drolet    25:04.0
3    Tom Stephen    25:16.7
4    Antoine Cyr    25:17.1
5    Xavier McKeever    25:29.7
6    Graham Ritchie    25:32.3
7    Luke Allan    25:52.6
8    Olivier Léveillé    26:03.8
9    Sasha Masson    26:13.8
10    Kendyn Mashinter    26:22.4

So Hollmann is auto qualified as the winner. Based on my quick calculations, Antoine Cyr and Remi Drolet are also qualified as the next highest placed athletes on the combined results point list. Assuming no one is granted exceptional status, the winner of the sprint tomorrow will get the. 5th and final quota. But if one of the above four athletes wins, then Graham Ritchie will get the quota as the next highest athlete ok the points list. This means that McKeever and Leveille are most likely out.

[Topicmaster1010 5,404]

Meanwhile on the women's side, Sonjaa Schmidt won again. This means that Amelia Wells, Alison Mackie, and Jasmine Drolet all qualify based on combined points. Katherine Stewart-Jones is already on the team. Liliane Gagnon was a DNS again so she may be given exceptional status. Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt would likely qualify otherwise.

[Josh 11,552]

@Topicmaster1010 @intoronto are you somewhat familiar with Amelia Wells, Maximillian Hollmann, and Tom Stephen? Were they good as juniors? Do they have previous WCs/WCHs? First time I'm hearing their names. 

[Surlympics 1,219]

17 hours ago, Josh said:

@Topicmaster1010 @intoronto are you somewhat familiar with Amelia Wells, Maximillian Hollmann, and Tom Stephen? Were they good as juniors? Do they have previous WCs/WCHs? First time I'm hearing their names. 

Thomas Stephen won bronze in the 30km mass start at the 2021 world junior championships and was part of the junior relay team that won silver in 2020 (with Drolet, Leveille, and Mckeever) and bronze in 2022 (with Mckeever, Masson and Moreau).

 

Hollmann was on our team that placed fifth at this years world championships along with (Cyr, Mckeever and Leveille), Gold in the Mixed relay at the under 23 world in 2023 (with Dueling, Jasmine Drolet and Liliane Gagnon)

 

And Amelia Wells has no notable results but is the "training buddy" of Schmidt for the past six years so that says a lot based off how she has been doing here.