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Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 News Road to Milano Cortina 2026


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16 minutes ago, NearPup said:

At this point it would be hard to see them included, given there’s been no real progress in Russia being reintroduced in sports (and also no meaningful progress towards an end of the war).

I think that team sport will be unavailable to Russia, not only hockey but also curling, bobsleigh, relay in biathlon, short track, speed skating etc.

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Yeah, at this point it would be quite difficult for the IIHF to allow Russia to compete. Bach seems content to let the next IOC president decide how to handle Russia/Belarus so we might get an overall decision (full ban, AIN again or full return) for the 2026 Winter Olympics in the summer.

 

I don't think IIHF is going to delay the decision any more so unless they have some internal memos from the other winter sports organizations preparing to welcome Russia/Belarus back then I figure they will decline Russia's teams.

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Damn, we are now officially -365 days away!  Actually less if we count Mixed Curling on Day -2 as the beginning.  :thumbup:

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15 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Damn, we are now officially -365 days away!  Actually less if we count Mixed Curling on Day -2 as the beginning.  :thumbup:

Which also means that today the first groups of people have received the emails with their timeslots in which they can buy tickets. I haven't yet, my dad did and can buy from tomorrow on (for 48 hours). Still thinking exactly about what to buy, but I think we're going for the 10k freestyle, classic sprint and team sprint (women's cross-country, obviously). In an ideal situation that'd be tickets for both my parents, both Bruna's parents, my sister*, Bruna's employer and his wife and myself, I'm glad XC isn't as expensive as speed skating or ice hockey :d 

 

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ideally her boyfriend as well, but I fear that is going to be beyond difficult with his large wheelchair, in terms of travel and accomodation and everything as well

 

 

And of course we want tickets for biathlon, at least 1 women's event, to cheer for our/Bruna's friends :cheer: ( :LAT Baiba Bendika and :AUS Darcie Morton being far and away the biggest ones there)

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One of our television channels just published a predicted athlete count at the Olympics:

 

Ice Hockey: 25

Biathlon: 7

Alpine Skiing: 4

Luge: 2

Ski Mountaineering: 2

Figure Skating: 1

Bobsleigh: 1

Short Track Speed Skating: 1

 

This should add up to 43. However, for some reason, Cross Country Skiing and Ski Jumping were completely left out.

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On 1/25/2025 at 7:23 PM, Dragon said:

I asked the chatgpt AI to predict the medal table for 2026. It came back a little strange

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway 18 10 8 36
2 Germany 14 9 11 34
3 United States 12 11 9 32
4 Canada 11 9 12 32
5 Sweden 10 8 7 25
6 Switzerland 8 7 6 21
7 Netherlands 7 6 8 21
8 Italy 6 9 7 22
9 China 6 7 6 19
10 Austria 5 8 9 22
11 France 5 6 8 19
12 South Korea 4 5 6 15
13 Japan 4 4 7 15
14 Russia* 3 7 8 18
15 Finland 3 5 4 12
16 Czech Republic 2 4 4 10
17 Great Britain 2 3 2 7
18 Australia 2 2 3 7
19 Slovenia 2 2 2 6
20 Poland 1 3 2 6
21 Hungary 1 2 3 6
22 Slovakia 1 2 1 4
23 New Zealand 1 1 1 3
24 Belarus 1 1 1 3
25 Kazakhstan 1 1 0 2
26 Ukraine 0 1 2 3
27 Latvia 0 1 1 2
28 Estonia 0 1 0 1
29 Belgium 0 0 2 2
30 Spain 0 0 1 1

This is what I don't like about AI predicting sports events. When it comes to the countries, the table just looks too similar to the last Olympics.

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50 minutes ago, Bailer said:

One of our television channels just published a predicted athlete count at the Olympics:

 

Ice Hockey: 25

Biathlon: 7

Alpine Skiing: 4

Luge: 2

Ski Mountaineering: 2

Figure Skating: 1

Bobsleigh: 1

Short Track Speed Skating: 1

 

This should add up to 43. However, for some reason, Cross Country Skiing and Ski Jumping were completely left out.

which channel it was ? Markiza ? :d

 

-I doubt Biathlon will have 7. If we lucky we will have 6 (4W+2M) zero chance for more

-I do believe the amount of lugers will be higher around 4-5

-Short-track is quite utopic, there will be zero, but in other side we will have Speed Skating debut thanks to the czech guy I can not right now remember his name

-Ski Jumping we will have 2 I do believe, at least 1 for sure

-Cross.country 4 with both genders starting a team sprint

-Figure Skating is also questionable, I will  cheer for Hagara to make it, but I am afraid his lack of quad jumps will cost him the quota for now

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1 hour ago, hckošice said:

which channel it was ? Markiza ? :d

 

-I doubt Biathlon will have 7. If we lucky we will have 6 (4W+2M) zero chance for more

-I do believe the amount of lugers will be higher around 4-5

-Short-track is quite utopic, there will be zero, but in other side we will have Speed Skating debut thanks to the czech guy I can not right now remember his name

-Ski Jumping we will have 2 I do believe, at least 1 for sure

-Cross.country 4 with both genders starting a team sprint

-Figure Skating is also questionable, I will  cheer for Hagara to make it, but I am afraid his lack of quad jumps will cost him the quota for now

Yeah, Markíza :)

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