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

[intoronto 6,559]

We will know at least 2 new names tomorrow (in the 500 m/w) we will get one more name each.

[Topicmaster1010 5,511]

Carolina Hiller-Donnelly and Brooklyn McDougall are the top two finishers in the women's 500m and are provisionally on the Olympic Team.

[Topicmaster1010 5,511]

Anders Johnson and Cedrik Brunet are provisionally qualified in the men's 500m. Dubreuil won the race but is already pre-qualified.

[intoronto 6,559]

Just now, Topicmaster1010 said:

Anders Johnson and Cedrik Brunet are provisionally qualified in the men's 500m. Dubreuil won the race but is already pre-qualified.

Johnson is more or less guaranteed but Brunet will need to wait 

[Josh 11,622]

2 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Johnson is more or less guaranteed but Brunet will need to wait 

There's 7 quotas, and the 3rd spot in the men's 500m is 8th priority. Jan-Bloemen will be in the men's 5000m/10000m so I think he's qualified. 

[NearPup 3,558]

Updated matrix:

 

 

Men

 

Rank	Event	Athlete
1	10000m (1)	Ted-Jan Bloemen	Q
2	5000m (1)	Ted-Jan Bloemen	Q
3	Mass Start (1)	Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu	Q
4	Mass Start (2)		Q
5	500m (1)	Laurent Dubreuil	Q
6	500m (2)	Anders Johnson	Q
7	1500m (1)		Q
8	500m (3)	Cédrick Brunet	Q
9	1000m (1)
10	1500m (2)
11	1000m (2)

Women

 

Rank	Event	Athlete
1	3000m (1)	Isabelle Weidemann	Q
2	5000m (1)	Isabelle Weidemann	Q
3	3000m (2)	Valérie Maltais	Q
4	5000m (2)		Q
5	Mass Start (1)	Ivanie Blondin	Q
6	Mass Start (2)	Valérie Maltais	Q
7	1000m (1)	Béatrice Lamarche	Q
8	1500m (1)	Ivanie Blondin	Q
9	3000m (3)		Q
10	500m (1)	Béatrice Lamarche	Q
11	1000m (2)		Q
12	1500m (2)		Q
13	500m (2)	Carolina Hiller-Donnelly
14	500m (3)	Brooklyn McDougall
15	1500m (3)
16	1000m (3)

[JockCartier 260]

11 hours ago, NearPup said:

We have a matrix too, we’re a big boy speed skating country just like the Netherlands :D

Yeah, the Dutch trials are must see viewing with huge crowds and top notch production values... and ours is on a stream with 26 people watching and appears to be shot on oversaturated security cameras! 

[NearPup 3,558]

1 minute ago, JockCartier said:

Yeah, the Dutch trials are must see viewing with huge crowds and top notch production values... and ours is on a stream with 26 people watching and appears to be shot on oversaturated security cameras! 

Honestly I think I like watching the Dutch speed skating trials more than watching Olympic speed skating. A bit similar to how I like the Canadian curling trials (for men’s and women’s, less so for mixed doubles) more than the Olympics.

[intoronto 6,559]

Laura Hall won the 3000! wow

[JockCartier 260]

11 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Honestly I think I like watching the Dutch speed skating trials more than watching Olympic speed skating. A bit similar to how I like the Canadian curling trials (for men’s and women’s, less so for mixed doubles) more than the Olympics.

Can definitely see that. Typically have big lively crowds and a ton of urgency for those respective trials... and Olympic curling doesn't have much urgency until the playoffs, and the crowds tend to be smaller and disengaged. 
 

Hopefully being back in Europe at least the speed skating crowds should be a bit more lively and get more travelling fans, it's been awhile since we've had that.