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

[ahjfcshfghb 287]

10 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

 

of course , but i doubt it  . well at least if it doesn't work for the next WOG , IT CAN WORK IN 2022 WOG , it'll motivate many Egyptians living in USA , Canada or Britain and participating winter sports to represent Egypt in the near future 

Yeah for sure. He said 2022 is his main ambition anyway but would very much like to try these ones. 

I guess send his message to the Sports Ministry as much as you can and hope for the best.

Edited September 21, 2017 by ahjfcshfghb

[thepharoah 2,405]

14 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

Yeah for sure. He said 2022 is his main ambition anyway but would very much like to try these ones. 

I guess send his message to the Sports Ministry as much as you can and hope for the best.

 

yeah , thanks very much for your efforts 

[ahjfcshfghb 287]

15 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

 

yeah , thanks very much for your efforts 

You, too. Great contact. Who knows, might make a difference. Lol

[uk12points 434]

Interesting news here about North Korea:

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/winter-sports/ioc-ready-to-provide-north-korean-athletes-with-gear-for-games_sto6342285/story.shtml

 

Looks like the IOC will be funding 5-10 North Korean winter sports athletes with the FIS and ISU to participate in qualification events and training camps. They should be able to qualify in Figure Skating, Short Track Speed Skating and Cross Country Skiing, so hopefully the support is going to these athletes.

[ahjfcshfghb 287]

Thought I'd confirm it: Steveanus Wihardja  says he will be entered in Short Track World Cups 3 and 4. His brother Johannes might be entered as well but that's unconfirmed. He has also asked his federation to enter him in Olympic accreditation.

Chances of him qualifying for the Olympics are slim, his best time is around 45 seconds, 5 seconds behind the world's best. There is also no ice rink in Indonesia so he does all of his training on bikes and inline skates. If he gets lucky in one race, though, he can. The points system works so that one 20th place result gives more points than 3 25th places combined. Maybe in the heats if there was a collision in front... 

It's great that we'll actually see' Indonesia at the World Cup, though. For some reason the federation didn't tell him of the possibility  So when I told him he was basically like "what oh that sounds good sign me up". 

[heywoodu 15,145]

2 hours ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

Thought I'd confirm it: Steveanus Wihardja  says he will be entered in Short Track World Cups 3 and 4. His brother Johannes might be entered as well but that's unconfirmed. He has also asked his federation to enter him in Olympic accreditation.

Chances of him qualifying for the Olympics are slim, his best time is around 45 seconds, 5 seconds behind the world's best. There is also no ice rink in Indonesia so he does all of his training on bikes and inline skates. If he gets lucky in one race, though, he can. The points system works so that one 20th place result gives more points than 3 25th places combined. Maybe in the heats if there was a collision in front... 

It's great that we'll actually see' Indonesia at the World Cup, though. For some reason the federation didn't tell him of the possibility  So when I told him he was basically like "what oh that sounds good sign me up". 

Federations of 'exotic' nations 

[thepharoah 2,405]

This's my article about Helmy El Saeed the Egyptian cross country skier , hopefully it'll make some noise and he can participate under Egyptian flag  

[dcro 10,210]

Just imagine if Totallympics makes this work!

[ahjfcshfghb 287]

Looks great!  I would suggest also sharing it on the website if you are able to, not just the Facebook page! egyptsportsnetwork.net

Also what y'all can do is share the link to the Egyptian Sports Ministry page on Facebook: @EGMoYouth. 'Share' and then 'To page'. If we can put it on the website we can also get a link we can email it with.

[intoronto 5,644]

84 nations have qualified for PyeongChang 2018. I have not included the Cayman Islands as they won't compete and included Ecuador who will make their debut. 

 

The following should qualify (all have athletes meeting part of the standard/good enough to qualify):

India (cross-country skiing)

Philippines (alpine skiing)

Hong Kong (alpine skiing)

Moldova (cross-country skiing)

Venezuela (alpine skiing)

Chinese Taipei (speed skating).

 

= 90 Nations

 

The following have athletes just outside qualification, I rate their chances as good.

Nigeria (women's bobsled)

Jamaica (bobsled)

 

=92 nations

 

The following have athletes just outside qualification, I rate their chances as not that great

Algeria (alpine skiing/snowboard)

Barbados (freestyle skiing)

Costa Rica (freestyle skiing)

 Nepal (cross country skiing, their athlete needs really good results to have any chance).

Paraguay (freestyle skiing)

Senegal (alpine skiing)

Trinidad and Tobago (cross country skiing, their athlete needs really good results to have any chance).

 

=99 nations

 

Almost no chance to qualify, but have athlete(s) competing to qualify:

Afghanistan

Dominican Republic (hard to comment, as this athlete has yet to compete). 

Egypt

Indonesia

Jordan

Sri Lanka

Vietnam

Tonga

Ghana

Uganda

Tajikistan

 

=110 nations

 

Almost no chance to qualify, but have athlete(s) competing to qualify, but have a small glimmer of hope through reallocation in figure skating:

Singapore (their female skater is two spots out of reallocation, and if this were 2010 she would qualify as there were 2 reallocations back then).

 

=111 nations

Edited October 15, 2017 by intoronto