How Many Medals do You Expect from Your Nation at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026？ Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[copravolley 551]

7 minutes ago, phelps said:

I think you start from the wrong viewpoint: look at the history of the Winter Games; we never won more than 19 medals/7golds (and it happened once in 1994, when we all know that we were in the "Conconi & Ferrari age")

 

we just can't pretend to become a powerhouse in something we always kept aside as a marginal interest (being at home or not, it doesn't make any difference, given that nobody spent money nor energy to promote the Winter Sports in this Country -and nobody will never do it)

We have much better conditions for winter sports than, for example, in France. Look how many kilometers of mountain range they have at home? Maybe a 1/3 as much as we do... The same goes for cross-country skiing trails, biathlon, etc. The entire TDS for many years are held only in Italy... In 1994, there were over a 1/3 fewer events on the Olympic program than now, so those 20 medals would probably became into 30+ now with all these new events in the program.

Edited 2 hours ago by copravolley

[Bailer 100]

8 minutes ago, phelps said:

I think you start from the wrong viewpoint: look at the history of the Winter Games; we never won more than 19 medals/7golds (and it happened once in 1994, when we all know that we were in the "Conconi & Ferrari age")

 

we just can't pretend to become a powerhouse in something we always kept aside as a marginal interest (being at home or not, it doesn't make any difference, given that nobody spent money nor energy to promote the Winter Sports in this Country -and nobody will never do it)

In all seriousness, I'm pretty sure you can be considered a powerhouse. There aren't many countries that regularly win multiple medals at the Winter Olympics while also sending more than a hundred athletes each time.

[phelps 8,367]

5 minutes ago, Bailer said:

Can we borrow a medal or two from you? 

sure!

for me, all the medals we won in "artistic activities" (Summer and Winter, it doesn't matter) are up for grabs 

to me, it's like we never won them 

[phelps 8,367]

4 minutes ago, copravolley said:

We have much better conditions for winter sports than, for example, in France. Look how many kilometers of mountain range they have at home? Maybe a 1/3 as much as we do... The same goes for cross-country skiing trails, biathlon, etc. The entire TDS for many years are held only in Italy... In 1994, there were over a 1/3 fewer events on the Olympic program than now, so those 20 medals would probably became into 30+ now with all these new events in the program.

no, we don't, because we lack the most important thing of them all: the interest 

 

our people living in the mountain territories are only interested in making money with tourism and our politicians and 90% of the Country don't give a damn to Winter Sports because they all come from places where they don't even have a true Winter

 

Winter Sports here are marginals, especially the competitive side

 

until you realize that, you will never be able to understand why Italy has the history they have and why we will never put those sports under the spotlight

[Monzanator 4,816]

20 minutes ago, Bailer said:

Yeah, we don't really pay much attention to it.  We have one athlete who managed to qualify, but the sport overall is pretty much nonexistent here. The two sports you mentioned are probably our best chances this year. Hockey is the most popular sport, almost like a second religion in the country, and has been for decades. Biathlon and Alpine skiing are also closely followed due to recent years of success.

 

I know about Ski Jumping (and Volleyball when it comes to summer sports), but are there any other sports with a strong and successful history in Poland? There must be more disciplines that have brought consistent international success or have a particularly big following.

 

I went to Krakow a few years ago, it's a beautiful place with a great atmosphere. The city has a unique charm that really stays with you. It's not surprising that everyone who visits ends up praising its stunning architecture and historic character.

It doesnt's take a genius to figure out ice hockey is popular in Slovakia hehe (for someone living in Poland where 95% of ice hockey clubs are based in southern Poland  (Tatra region) with the exception of the now defunct Stoczniowiec Gdansk or TKP (Towimor) Toruń. And it does help Jaromir Jagr was the ultimate star when I left my adolescent days (Jari Kurri was before my time but an active veteran) and probably Robert Svehla and Petrovicky were the first two I realized were Slovakian than Czech). Then again I remember Drahomir Kadlec and Bedrich Scerban and Lubomir Sekeras more than anything. Only the last one was Slovakian.

 

Overall from our 7 neighbors Czechia, Slovakia, Belarus get the positive vibes. Ukraine a solid 4th. Lithuania also a positive median. Germany and Russia are down the order to say the very least for historical purposes 

[copravolley 551]

6 minutes ago, phelps said:

no, we don't, because we lack the most important thing of them all: the interest 

 

our people living in the mountain territories are only interested in making money with tourism and our politicians and 90% of the Country don't give a damn to Winter Sports because they all come from places where they don't even have a true Winter

 

Winter Sports here are marginals, especially the competitive side

 

until you realize that, you will never be able to understand why Italy has the history they have and why we will never put those sports under the spotlight

I keep writing about it – about the wasted opportunity in 2006 and now. The government should have started doing this in 2019, when we were awarded the Olympics. And it should have been a bipartisan program, because we've had probably 3 prime ministers since then? Did you see what it looked like? The bobsleigh track was built literally at the last minute. Of course, they had a brilliant excuse: it was Covid, but I'm not convinced of that. 5 years have passed since 2021. Work could have started then and you're right that there's simply a miss of political plan and interest. But why apply to host these Olympics if you don't want doing anything?

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[Monzanator 4,816]

40 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Thanks and good luck to our northern neighbors as well 

 

You killed me with that Hip Hap Hop 

I'm on the wrong side of 40 (Ben Stiller vibes) so yes, I remember Hip Hap Hop haha. I don't remember the presenter's name but I recall his blonde mullet  I live basically 90-120 minutes car drive to the Czech border (and yes, I've been to to old CSRS where I ordered a beer in German to say the very least alas I've also ordered  a beer speaking German in Hungary so we're all in the same sphere anyway  )

[hckošice 15,760]

3 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

I'm on the wrong side of 40 (Ben Stiller vibes) so yes, I remember Hip Hap Hop haha. I don't remember the presenter's name but I recall his blonde mullet  I live basically 90-120 minutes car drive to the Czech border (and yes, I've been to to old CSRS where I ordered a beer in German to say the very least alas I've also ordered  a beer speaking German in Hungary so we're all in the same sphere anyway  )

 

Eva Brettschneiderová, that was the czech one. we had our own TV show for young adolescents in the post comunism-era called crn-crn 

 

oh boy ! That was something else