Cross-Country Skiing FIS World Cup 2025 - 2026

[heywoodu 15,997]

1 hour ago, avlar said:

This descision means that we may see russian flag and anthem at the Paralympics.

So right now it means Ukraine will miss Paralympic Games completely (as well as Latvia, I suppose).

Since AIN is in reality no different than RUS, surely countries who boycott with RUS competing would also boycott if AIN competes?

[avlar 453]

34 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Since AIN is in reality no different than RUS, surely countries who boycott with RUS competing would also boycott if AIN competes?

I really do not know.

But for Ukrainians it is totally inappropriate - to stand for the anthem which is the symbol of death of our people.

[copravolley 498]

10 hours ago, avlar said:

According to FIS right now one more female quota is closer than male one.

 

It's unfortunate that, as we that host, we can't even choose one quota if we need 1; we have to qualify as usual. In 2006, we had about 17 people in the cross- country and now they won't even let us choose up to 12. The miss of a 6th quota will be a real problem for us, because there will basically be no reserve for the relay- Mocellini is only a sprinter. Unless we're looking to use a reserve for the relay instead of the classic sprinter Mocellini, but as the host country, we shouldn't have such dilemmas... We should be able to choose our quota in each discipline, because we have to qualify normally and don't take places from the host country's pool.

[Orangehair43 285]

Will any countries refuse to let AIN athletes into events. Do any still ban Russian passport holders in? 

[copravolley 498]

But what quotas will they use to take places? From relocation, from additional quotas? The worst thing will be when they take from others to give to those from AIN. In Paris 2024, the AIN team was very small and without for their top stars. It will probably be similar here. It's important that they don't take away the allocated quotas, for example, in biathlon or cross-country skiing. I still don't understand why Italy can't use its host quotas, for example, in the men's, to select an additional 6th skier? We have our 5 places from last season's World Cup ranking, but where is the host quota?

Edited Wednesday at 12:55 AM by copravolley