Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Early Qualification Predictions

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With the World Cup season in most of the winter sports about to begin and qualification in some sports already underway, I think it's about time for this thread. 

 

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Team Size Prediction for Winter Olympic Games 2026 Milano Cortina

 

Ski Sports

 

Alpine Skiing  () -

Cross Country Skiing  () -

Ski Jumping  () -

Nordic Combined  () -

Freestyle Skiing  () -

Snowboarding  () -

Biathlon  () -

Ski Mountaineering  () -

 

 

Skating Sports

 

Speed Skating  () -

Short Track Speed Skating  () -

Figure Skating  () -

 

 

Sleigh Sports

 

Luge  () -

Skeleton  () -

Bobsleigh  () -

 

 

Team Sports

 

Curling  () -

Ice Hockey  () -

 

 

 

Total Optimistic Prediction  -  ()

Total Pessimistic Prediction  - ()

 

Total Realistic Prediction  -  ()

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Team Size Prediction for Winter Olympic Games 2026 Milano Cortina

 

Ski Sports

 

Alpine Skiing  (13) - That's been the team size the last couple of Olympics so it's a safe bet again.

Cross Country Skiing  (10) - Not too familiar with the qualification system. Probably around 6 men and 4 women.

Ski Jumping  (5) - Loutitt, Strate and Maurer for sure on the women's side. Possibly a 4th will qualify. On the men's side, if Bowd-Clowes returns, then he should also qualify.

Nordic Combined  (0) - Been a nonexistent sport for a while. No athletes competing in the World Cup or Continental Cup.

Freestyle Skiing  (32) - Should qualify a team in mixed aerials which means a maximum team size of 32 athletes. Which athletes in which disciplines to be determined.

Snowboarding  (24) - Full teams in slopestyle and big air. Then somewhere between 1-4 athletes in the other disciplines.

Biathlon  (6) - Based on the Nations Cup last year, the men finished outside the top 20 and wouldn't qualify a relay team (and that's without Russia and Belarus). With Christian Gow's retirement, that makes things even more difficult. Women's relay should still qualify though.

Ski Mountaineering  (1) - Gonna be optimistic here and say that one athlete will qualify either through the World Rankings or continental quota.

 

 

Skating Sports

 

Speed Skating  (16) - 7 to 8 men, 8 to 9 women. For now, I'll say 8 of each gender.

Short Track Speed Skating  (10) - Full team size. With the current skill level of the team, anything else would be a tragedy.

Figure Skating  (12) - Most likely 1 man (I hope) and 1 woman, then 2-3 pairs and 2-3 ice dance couples. For now, let's say 2 in pairs and 3 in ice dance.

 

 

Sleigh Sports

 

Luge  (7) - 2 women + 1 entry in each of the other disciplines

Skeleton  (4) - 1 or 2 men + 2 or 3 women

Bobsleigh  (14) - 2 men's crews (in both events) and 3 women's crews (in both events)

 

 

Team Sports

 

Curling  (12) - Full team or else you might as well burn the federation to the ground.

Ice Hockey  (48) - Both men's and women's teams already qualified

 

 

 

Total Optimistic Prediction  -  (229)

Total Pessimistic Prediction  - (184)

 

Total Realistic Prediction  -  (214)

Edited 5 hours ago by Topicmaster1010