Luge FIL World Cup 2025 - 2026

[copravolley 504]

Where can I see the current Olympic rankings? There's no link on Wikipedia. In my opinion, after the last World Cup, Italy should have had 3 people in the men's single, not the USA – the 3 athlete from the USA wasn't even in the top 20 recently, while here Gufler-Ita,  was 12th.

[clemsonbeav 213]

2 minutes ago, copravolley said:

Where can I see the current Olympic rankings? There's no link on Wikipedia. In my opinion, after the last World Cup, Italy should have had 3 people in the men's single, not the USA – the 3 athlete from the USA wasn't even in the top 20 recently, while here Gufler-Ita,  was 12th.

Here is World Cup Standings, but I don't know if that's what you want: https://www.fil-luge.org/en/overall-scores?event_season_id=33.

 

I also don't know how they determined who got to compete, but perhaps Host Country extra quota?

[copravolley 504]

I also wonder if China will accept its quota in the women's doubles? If so, Germany will only have one doubles, which will increase Italy's medal chances. I'm asking about China because their women's doubles is very weak and frequently suffers DNFs, and I suspect they'll send them to the Olympics. On the other hand, without it, they won't be able to compete on the team. Is anyone here from China here and know that`s country's policy in such cases? It means someone is qualified but very weak and has no chance of winning a medal. 

[Grassmarket 4,047]

2 minutes ago, copravolley said:

I also wonder if China will accept its quota in the women's doubles? If so, Germany will only have one doubles, which will increase Italy's medal chances. I'm asking about China because their women's doubles is very weak and frequently suffers DNFs, and I suspect they'll send them to the Olympics. On the other hand, without it, they won't be able to compete on the team. Is anyone here from China here and know that`s country's policy in such cases? It means someone is qualified but very weak and has no chance of winning a medal. 

One of their riders is from Xinjiang, so absolutely they will take them. 

[copravolley 504]

6 minutes ago, clemsonbeav said:

Here is World Cup Standings, but I don't know if that's what you want: https://www.fil-luge.org/en/overall-scores?event_season_id=33.

 

I also don't know how they determined who got to compete, but perhaps Host Country extra quota?

For me there's a World Cup in Winterberg- it doesn't count toward Olympic qualification, and there's no test event in Cortina- it does. The World Cup ranking isn't the same as the Olympic ranking and the latter isn't listed anywhere. Unfortunately, the Luge federation is performing poorly, unlike the FIS, which has up-to-date standings.

[copravolley 504]

5 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

One of their riders is from Xinjiang, so absolutely they will take them. 

They don't have a quota in men's singles either, but I guess they'll be able to added this Q? There are actually only 8 teams with Q in team relay from possibily 11. But I'm just surprised China isn't competing in team events this season... I think that apart from Germany, everyone is interested in China participating in women's doubles

Edited 16 hours ago by copravolley