Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Qualification Simulation Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[heywoodu 15,959]

33 minutes ago, Noorderling29 said:

I’ve never heard of read anything about a Dutch nordic combiner, let alone of a level that our Olympic committee would deem high enough to earn a nomination.

Sean Steenbakkers is definitely doing quite well and growing, but not at the World Cup level yet, let alone top-8

 

It is good that we actually have an active athlete though! It's been four years or so already since Max Teeling.

Edited April 7 by heywoodu

[JoshMartini007 2,741]

Yeah it doesn't look like the Netherlands has set a standard for nordic combined yet. Mostly because they weren't expecting anyone to qualify. See here.

 

Once they find out about him, I believe they will then set the standard.

[Noorderling29 186]

Obviously I haven’t been following the nordic combined (enough). 

[heywoodu 15,959]

1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Yeah it doesn't look like the Netherlands has set a standard for nordic combined yet. Mostly because they weren't expecting anyone to qualify. See here.

 

Once they find out about him, I believe they will then set the standard.

I'm sure they are aware of him, but he's just so far from qualifying right now that there is not really a reason for them to publish something.

[Topicmaster1010 5,225]

15 hours ago, heywoodu said:

alpine skiing is incredibly unlikely as well unfortunately.

Is Marcel Hirscher still planning on competing?

[Topicmaster1010 5,225]

Made a minor update already. FIS updated the qualification standings for the snowboard slopestyle/big air despite the fact that I already gathered the data after the last event. My guess is that they forgot to adjust the standings so that only the top 6 slopestyle and top 4 big air results for each athlete count. This has resulted in the following changes in snowboard:

 

 +1

 +1

 -1

 

There is only one subtraction because on the men's side, Jonas Hasler is the athlete who now misses qualification but he is already qualified in the halfpipe so an extra quota is gained overall.

[heywoodu 15,959]

1 hour ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Is Marcel Hirscher still planning on competing?

Oh, right, there is Hirscher  But I think that's unlikely as well, given his injury that kept him out of almost the entire season and his results before that which were nowhere near what he would need to qualify....I highly doubt it. It'd be cool, but I doubt it.

[intoronto 6,300]

We have 82+1 countries qualified atm.

 

These ones should be safe to joining them:

- Has an athlete in qualification position in Freestyle skiing (halfpipe), but needs to meet the minimum FIS points total

 - Should easily qualify in biathlon 

 - Appears they have an athlete in qualification position in alpine skiing, but not on the FIS' list. Perhaps a citizenship issue, which in theory should be fixed before the games

- Should qualify in alpine skiing 

 

These countries are just outside qualification position and need better results to qualify
 - Alpine skiing

- Alpine skiing ( and could qualify in Bobsleigh as well)

- Alpine skiing 

- Skeleton 

 - Skeleton 

- Women's monobob - with the field size at worlds really low, its possible one of their athletes sneaks in. 

- Figure skating Pairs

 

Unlikely to qualify but have athletes trying

 - Alpine skiing

- Alpine skiing (still with citizenship issues)

 - Alpine skiing 

 - Skeleton / alpine skiing 

- Figure skating

 - Alpine skiing

- Alpine skiing

 - Alpine skiing

- Alpine skiing 

- Alpine skiing 

 

 

Unknowns:

 unsure if their athlete from Beijing will attempt qualification again

 - their only athlete with potential to qualify came back and DNF's his only race at the AWG, no race before (from 2022) or since then. Should be able to qualify if he tries to 

 - Their monobob athlete from Beijing 2022 qualification cycle will try again.

 - 14 alpine skiing bios recently added to the FIS website for Guinea Bissau in alpine skiing, who knows their quality

- Have an alpine skier from Switzerland? trying to qualify but has 0 results so far

 

Countries which competed in Beijing but won't in Milan-Cortina

 - athlete has retired.

[NearPup 3,434]

 Jeanee Crane-Mauzy will be one of the funniest curiosity of the games if she qualifies. 

[intoronto 6,300]

An update I made in June to the list of countries that could still qualify

 

Now qualified (as per the IF)

 

 (Freestyle skiing)

 (Alpine skiing)

(Alpine skiing)

 

Should qualify:

 

Should easily qualify in biathlon  

 - Should qualify in alpine skiing 

 

These countries are just outside qualification position and need better results to qualify
 - Alpine skiing

 - Alpine skiing ( and could qualify in Bobsleigh as well)

 - Alpine skiing 

 - Skeleton 

 - Skeleton 

 - Women's monobob - with the field size at worlds really low, its possible one of their athletes sneaks in. 

 

 

Unlikely to qualify but have athletes trying

 - Alpine skiing

 - Alpine skiing, name is now switched to under Bhutan. 

 - Alpine skiing 

 - Skeleton / alpine skiing 

 - Figure skating

 - Alpine skiing

 - Alpine skiing

 - Alpine skiing

 - Alpine skiing 

 - Alpine skiing 

 unsure if their athlete from Beijing will attempt qualification again; they also now have a snowboarder in the women's halfpipe who isn't that far off.

 

 

Unknowns:

 

 - their only athlete with potential to qualify came back and DNF's his only race at the AWG, no race before (from 2022) or since then. Should be able to qualify if he tries to 

 - Their monobob athlete from Beijing 2022 qualification cycle will try again.

 - Have an alpine skier from Switzerland? trying to qualify but has 0 results so far

- lost their only athlete who has qualified; unsure if any others will try to qualify.

 - lost the only athlete who has qualified; unsure if any others will try to qualify.

 

Unlikely to qualify in any sport:

 - Figure skating Pairs failed to qualify

 

Countries which competed in Beijing but won't in Milan-Cortina

 - athlete has retired.