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

[Surlympics 1,269]

18 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

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.

We have five quotas for men now???

[intoronto 6,604]

2 hours ago, Surlympics said:

We have five quotas for men now???

Yes!

 

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Antoine Cyr was 21st in the sprint qualifications 

[intoronto 6,604]

Max Hollmann raced injured and won (yesterday)

[Topicmaster1010 5,720]

23 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

This means that McKeever and Leveille are most likely out.

So McKeever won the sprint today so it looks like he will take the final quota instead and Graham Ritchie will be out. So the men's team should be

• Antoine Cyr
• Remi Drolet
• Maximillian Hollmann
• Xavier McKeever
• Tom Stephen

 

Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt won the women's Sprint. Liliane Gagnon might be placed on the team with exceptional status, so she might not be on the Olympic team. The team would be:

• Jasmine Drolet
• Alison Mackie
• Katherine Stewart-Jones
• Sonjaa Schmidt
• Amelia Wells
• Liliane Gagnon/Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt

 

It's possible Canada gets reallocated a 7th quota so there could still be room for everybody.

[intoronto 6,604]

And the final results (the number in front of their name is their rank in qualification)

M

4 Xavier McKeever 2:08.26
10 1Graham Ritchie 2:08.39
12 Remi Drolet 2:08.95
23 Sasha Masson 2:09.01
21 Antoine Cyr 2:11.84
5 Finn Redman 2:14.69

W

2 Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt 2:25.49
1 Katie Weaver 2:25.83
3 Sonjaa Schmidt 2:27.21
5 Alison Mackie 2:29.43
4 Amelia Wells 2:29.62
6 Jasmine Drolet 2:32.44

[intoronto 6,604]

1 minute ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

So McKeever won the sprint today so it looks like he will take the final quota instead and Graham Ritchie will be out. So the men's team should be

• Antoine Cyr
• Remi Drolet
• Maximillian Hollmann
• Xavier McKeever
• Tom Stephen

 

Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt won the women's Sprint. Liliane Gagnon might be placed on the team with exceptional status, so she might not be on the Olympic team. The team would be:

• Jasmine Drolet
• Alison Mackie
• Katherine Stewart-Jones
• Sonjaa Schmidt
• Amelia Wells
• Liliane Gagnon/Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt

 

It's possible Canada gets reallocated a 7th quota so there could still be room for everybody.

Currently 3 quotas need to be returned, meaning we'd only need one decline of a quota spot to get a 7th women's quota.

 

Fingers crossed for a 6th men's spot (highly unlikely, we would need 8 declines)

[intoronto 6,604]

Gotta feel for Katie Weaver, I believe she was the alternate in Beijing and PyeongChang if im not mistaken.

[Surlympics 1,269]

And same with Graham Ritchie who just missed out on a medal in the team sprint at the last Olympics with Cyr in fifth. Thought for sure they would have teamed up again and won a medal in Italy.

[Surlympics 1,269]

Do you think we have a better pairing then them going in now since our program has improved a lot now ?

[intoronto 6,604]

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