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

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3 hours ago, Nate River said:

I think it's a shame there aren't tripartite invitations available for cases like this. Alternatively, the America's quota in IBSF events should not include Canada or the US.

 

It's actually really hard to qualify for something like women's skeleton unless you can grab a continental quota.

Though in this case it might be possible if the Russian team gets banned. They've already suspended over half of their active athletes. 

[dcro 10,211]

I'd rather have exotic skiers that can't ski or exotic biathletes that get lost in woods, instead of all those "non-exotic" athletes that compete for exotic nations.

 

Most of the exotic nations that do compete are actually represented by such athletes, who only in the Olympic seasons supposedly start to care about their questionable origins or connections. For example that Bolivian cross-country skier that appeared last weekend is named Timo Juhani Gronlund... Goes without saying that he participated at races in Finland.

Edited November 30, 2017 by dcro

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1 minute ago, dcro said:

I'd rather have exotic skiers that can't ski or exotic biathletes that get lost in woods, instead of all those "non-exotic" athletes that compete for exotic nations.

 

Most of the exotic nations that do compete are actually represented by such athletes, who only in the Olympic seasons supposedly start to care about their questionable origins. For example that Bolivian cross-country skier that appeared last weekend is named Timo Juhani Gronlund... Goes without saying that he participated at races in Finland.

..Yeah I don't even want to talk about that one

[intoronto 6,918]

Suhail Azzam will start to compete in China in early December. I wish him the best of luck in qualifying for the Olympics!

[heywoodu 16,467]

Pita Taufatofua, you know, Tonga's greased up, flag-bearing taekwondoka turned cross-country skier, turned up at rollerski competitions in Bogota yesterday.....and got 298 FIS points  

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=31551

 

Two more races to go there.

[dcro 10,211]

8 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Pita Taufatofua, you know, Tonga's greased up, flag-bearing taekwondoka turned cross-country skier, turned up at rollerski competitions in Bogota yesterday.....and got 298 FIS points

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=31551

 

Two more races to go there.

 

Three races.

 

And check the XC skiing thread.

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Just now, dcro said:

 

Three races.

 

And check the XC skiing thread.

Oh two mass starts on one day, that's new  

 

And yeah, but I figured news about debuting or returning nations would fit in a thread about debuting or returning nations as well so this was the first place I looked 

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4 hours ago, intoronto said:

Suhail Azzam will start to compete in China in early December. I wish him the best of luck in qualifying for the Olympics!

Is it still possible for him? Jordan wasn’t on the accredited countries list?

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2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Pita Taufatofua, you know, Tonga's greased up, flag-bearing taekwondoka turned cross-country skier, turned up at rollerski competitions in Bogota yesterday.....and got 298 FIS points  

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=31551

 

Two more races to go there.

That has to be one of the weirdest races ever. I love it!

[dcro 10,211]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Oh two mass starts on one day, that's new

 

Welp, mass start is their best chance for qualification (as long as they stay in one group for 99% of the race).

 

And judging by the picture on Taufatofua's instagram, it looks like they all have one mission. Making sure that everyone qualifies.