Alpine Skiing at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[NearPup 3,838]

2 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

If  banned dual nationality as a law I wonder if he would be skiing for .
 

. People here in  never truly accept anyone not born in , particularly if they don’t have a  accent. 

Yes, because  has a bit of a xenophobia problem :P

[NearPup 3,838]

1 hour ago, LDOG said:

No doubt we'll see some western european dude win a medal for Africa at some point. Probably sooner than we think.

I expect it too, since Braathen showed that it is possible and that there are upsides in terms of marketability.

[Federer91 3,252]

3 minutes ago, NearPup said:

I expect it too, since Braathen showed that it is possible and that there are upsides in terms of marketability.

Please no.. Snow sports are one of the last safe heavens, where country shopping and manipulations are barely happening. At least not at the top level. We don't need that door to be opened like 95% of summer sports.

 

Braathen is a semi-exception, since he has Brazilian roots, even though his whole sporting career is Norwegian made. 

[LDOG 2,473]

3 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Please no.. Snow sports are one of the last safe heavens, where country shopping and manipulations are barely happening. At least not at the top level. We don't need that door to be opened like 95% of summer sports.

 

Braathen is a semi-exception, since he has Brazilian roots, even though his whole sporting career is Norwegian made. 

Those european athletes I was thinking about, presumably, would've african ancestry. I believe the usual suspects of "shopping" aren't in Africa anyway.

[Quasit 901]

One wonders whatever happened to Adam Lamhamedi, who won a gold for Morocco at the Youth Olympics in 2012.

[NearPup 3,838]

54 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Please no.. Snow sports are one of the last safe heavens, where country shopping and manipulations are barely happening. At least not at the top level. We don't need that door to be opened like 95% of summer sports.

 

Braathen is a semi-exception, since he has Brazilian roots, even though his whole sporting career is Norwegian made. 

Specifically I mean people who have genuine ties to the country, not  Colturi situations.

[NearPup 3,838]

10 minutes ago, Quasit said:

One wonders whatever happened to Adam Lamhamedi, who won a gold for Morocco at the Youth Olympics in 2012.

He competed for  at the 2014 and 2018 Olympics then retired.

[phelps 8,533]

56 minutes ago, LDOG said:

Those european athletes I was thinking about, presumably, would've african ancestry. I believe the usual suspects of "shopping" aren't in Africa anyway.

well, it already happened

Boukpeti winning silver in slalom canoeing in Beijing or gymnastics star Kalya Nemour winning gold for in Paris are 100% Frenchmen not having spent a single day in the Countries they represent before winning those medals

 

Edited 1 hour ago by phelps