Winter Olympic Games 2018 Debuting, Coming Back, Returning and Missing Nations

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17 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Haiti will also try to qualify in alpine skiing (though extreme long shots)

I recall they had a guy at the 2013 and 2015 WCH, and was always over a minute off the pace in each race. 

Never say never??

It would be pretty awesome if they did make it

[Dragon 1,844]

http://www.snowboarder.com/videos/brolin-mawejje-snowboarding-2011-2016-beyond-bib/#oWZZI7tZhRGOwEZZ.97

An update on the Ugandan snowboarder...

[intoronto 5,639]

North Korea is competing at the Short track speed skating World Cup this weekend in Shanghai. Seems like their skaters have decent times.

[Jur 683]

What about the ice dancer from United Arab Emirates?? Does she have chances?

 

[intoronto 5,639]

On 12/7/2016 at 00:08, intoronto said:

Okay I am mistaken. Apparently Gambia are on the final list of competing nations. 

 

Quoting myself to correct a mistake lol.

Gambia is sending a delegation but no athletes.

[intoronto 5,639]

 had an athlete (the same male who competed in Sochi) meet the qualification standard in his first race back. So they are likely to qualify if he keeps up the pace.

[heywoodu 15,141]

4 hours ago, intoronto said:

 had an athlete (the same male who competed in Sochi) meet the qualification standard in his first race back. So they are likely to qualify if he keeps up the pace.

Will they lie and buy their way to the Olympics again or will he go alone this time?  

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A small report whit all the interessing time after the 3rd Stage of the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup 

 

 Malaysia

Anja Chong finished last in her heat of the 500m whit 52.774 (more than 10 seconds of gap ) and she improve her time in the repechage heat and she finished in 48.846  

Atilip Navarat finished 3rd and last in his heat of the 500m in 1:02.208  whit more than 20 seconds of gap.

Teerasak Boonkop finished his repechage heat of the 500m in 48.440

 

 North Korea 

Choe Un Song finished the Men's 1500m in 2:20.597 and Kim Pyol Song finished the same event in 2:25.745.

In the 9th heat of the Women's 500m Chol Gwang Kim finished in 4th place at 9 thents from qualifyng..

Kim Pyol Song finished the 4th heat of Men's 500m in 43.776, whit above 1 second of gap.

The North Korean men's relay finished last in 7:24.301, the wrost time of the day.

Un Song Choe finished the repechage's 4th heat in 2:21.957 whit only 4 cents from the qualification in the semifinals  

 

 Singapore

In the Men's 1500m Lukas NG finished his heat in 2:36.786 whit 2 seconds of gap.

[intoronto 5,639]

4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Will they lie and buy their way to the Olympics again or will he go alone this time?  

 

I think its unfair to characterize them as liars. They legitimately became citizens of Dominica (owing to the country's lax citizenship laws) and competed in five races each to qualify....

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6 minutes ago, intoronto said:

 

I think its unfair to characterize them as liars. They legitimately became citizens of Dominica (owing to the country's lax citizenship laws) and competed in five races each to qualify....

This is some nice reading on them.

http://deadspin.com/dominicas-fake-ski-team-scammed-the-olympics-and-the-p-1529973935

 

I'm a huge fan of exotic nations, but I hope these two won't be anywhere near the Olympics ever again to be honest