Canada's 2026 Olympics Qualification Discussion

[Surlympics 1,293]

11 hours ago, intoronto said:

Nordiq Canada says OBN is an alternate

So does that mean Liliane Gagnon is on the team? and when will they announce the team?

[intoronto 6,658]

15 minutes ago, Surlympics said:

So does that mean Liliane Gagnon is on the team? and when will they announce the team?

That would be the only explanation that would work. This Friday is the announcement.

[intoronto 6,658]

Does anyone want to take a stab at which quotas Canada will decline in freestyle skiing?

[JoshMartini007 2,813]

46 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Does anyone want to take a stab at which quotas Canada will decline in freestyle skiing?

For men I would decline HP, Moguls, SS/BA, Skicross and for the women it would be Aerial, Mogulsx2, SS/BA

[JockCartier 292]

4 hours ago, intoronto said:

Does anyone want to take a stab at which quotas Canada will decline in freestyle skiing?

For women, I think I'd allocate the quota:

Skicross - 4

Halfpipe - 4

BA/SS - 3

Moguls - 3*

Aerials - 2*

 

*Could swap either Moguls/Aerials to 2 really

 

 

For the men:

Skicross - 4

Halfpipe - 3

BA/SS - 3

Moguls - 3

Aerials - 3

 

* Could see adding a 4th halfpiper and dropping any of BA/SS, or Moguls down to 2. 

 

Of course injury status can change things. Once we're down to the last spot for a lot of these they're kinda interchangable 

 

 

 

 

 

[Josh 12,140]

4 hours ago, intoronto said:

Does anyone want to take a stab at which quotas Canada will decline in freestyle skiing?

Here’s my guess at the team size in each event. 

 

Women

Ski Cross (4), depending on Marielle Thompson and Courtney Hoffos, if one of them will be missing out on the Olympics then maybe -1

Halfpipe (4), Amy Fraser, Dillian Glennie, Cassie Sharpe, and Rachael Karker (depending on injury) 

Big Air/Slopestyle (3), Naomi Urness, Olivia Asselin, Megan Oldham/Elena Gaskell (we’ll see if Oldham is healthy and ready in time)

Moguls (3), Maia Schwinghammer, Berkley Brown, and one of Jessica Linton/Ashley Koehler

Aerials (2), Marion Thenault (injury depending), and Charlie Fontaine/Alexandra Montminy

 

Men

Slopestyle/Big Air (3), Dylan Deschamps, Alexander Henderson, Max Moffatt

Ski Cross (4), Reece Howden, Jared Schmidt, Kris Mahler, Kevin Drury

Halfpipe (3), Brendan MacKay, Andrew Longino, Dylan Marineau

Aerials (3), Lewis Irving, Alexandre Duchaine, Miha Fontaine

Moguls (3), Mikael Kingsbury, Julien Viel, Eliot Vailancourt

[intoronto 6,658]

We lost 6 quotas in the bobsleigh rankings this weekend. 

[Topicmaster1010 5,820]

2 hours ago, intoronto said:

We lost 6 quotas in the bobsleigh rankings this weekend. 

It was always going to be hard to hang on to the 3rd men's sled but not qualifying 3 women's sleds would definitely be disappointing.

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[JockCartier 292]

11 hours ago, intoronto said:

We lost 6 quotas in the bobsleigh rankings this weekend. 

The damn Swiss! 
 

To borrow from Cool Runnings

[Surlympics 1,293]

20 hours ago, Josh said:

Here’s my guess at the team size in each event. 

 

Women

Ski Cross (4), depending on Marielle Thompson and Courtney Hoffos, if one of them will be missing out on the Olympics then maybe -1

Halfpipe (4), Amy Fraser, Dillian Glennie, Cassie Sharpe, and Rachael Karker (depending on injury) 

Big Air/Slopestyle (3), Naomi Urness, Olivia Asselin, Megan Oldham/Elena Gaskell (we’ll see if Oldham is healthy and ready in time)

Moguls (3), Maia Schwinghammer, Berkley Brown, and one of Jessica Linton/Ashley Koehler

Aerials (2), Marion Thenault (injury depending), and Charlie Fontaine/Alexandra Montminy

 

Men

Slopestyle/Big Air (3), Dylan Deschamps, Alexander Henderson, Max Moffatt

Ski Cross (4), Reece Howden, Jared Schmidt, Kris Mahler, Kevin Drury

Halfpipe (3), Brendan MacKay, Andrew Longino, Dylan Marineau

Aerials (3), Lewis Irving, Alexandre Duchaine, Miha Fontaine

Moguls (3), Mikael Kingsbury, Julien Viel, Eliot Vailancourt

Courtney Hoffos just had surgery for her tibial plateau, mcl and meniscus so she said focusing on plan B although time is limited before the Olympics with that kind of surgery. She said she already locked in her Olympic quota after the first race, so she said she just should have taken it easy in races leading up to the Olympics but it’s not in her nature.