Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 News

[heywoodu 16,465]

17 hours ago, hckošice said:

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

7 is just really curious indeed  

 

The women are like 90% sure of having 4. It is highly unrealistic for them to drop down, and very unrealistic as well to go up. And even so, if they drop down one 'step', the weird qualifying system in biathlon means they'd go from 4 to, at best, 2.

 

The men still have a tiny chance to go to 4, but not likely. Meaning they'll stay with maximum 2 athletes (good chance it will be 2, but it might become 1 if things go bad).

 

I don't even see how any of these combinations can end up with 7 athletes  

 

Most likely: 4 women, 2 men = 6

Somewhat unlikely, but not impossible: 4 women, 1 man = 5

Very unlikely: 4 women, 0 men = 4

Even more unlikely: 2 women, 0-2 men = 2-4

 

I don't get how to get to 7  

[hckošice 16,632]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

7 is just really curious indeed  

 

The women are like 90% sure of having 4. It is highly unrealistic for them to drop down, and very unrealistic as well to go up. And even so, if they drop down one 'step', the weird qualifying system in biathlon means they'd go from 4 to, at best, 2.

 

The men still have a tiny chance to go to 4, but not likely. Meaning they'll stay with maximum 2 athletes (good chance it will be 2, but it might become 1 if things go bad).

 

I don't even see how any of these combinations can end up with 7 athletes  

 

Most likely: 4 women, 2 men = 6

Somewhat unlikely, but not impossible: 4 women, 1 man = 5

Very unlikely: 4 women, 0 men = 4

Even more unlikely: 2 women, 0-2 men = 2-4

 

I don't get how to get to 7  

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[intoronto 6,915]

Looks like after the World's in Trondheim, the simulation of countries competing in Milan-Cortina is going to be less than Beijing (barring any surprises). A second straight games with a decrease.

[Orangehair43 316]

10 hours ago, intoronto said:

Looks like after the World's in Trondheim, the simulation of countries competing in Milan-Cortina is going to be less than Beijing (barring any surprises). A second straight games with a decrease.

Not great for Winter Olympics long term future 

[evil betty 89]

Not sure what you mean; there are more countries qualified for 2026 than at the same stage for 2022. 

[orangeman 2,877]

On 2/26/2025 at 6:19 PM, intoronto said:

Looks like after the World's in Trondheim, the simulation of countries competing in Milan-Cortina is going to be less than Beijing (barring any surprises). A second straight games with a decrease.

Looks like Vietnam will make its WOG debut! 

 

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1152047/vietnam-set-to-make-winter-olympic-debut#:~:text=The Southeast Asian nation is,no prior winter sports tradition.

[evil betty 89]

55 minutes ago, orangeman said:

Looks like Vietnam will make its WOG debut! 

 

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1152047/vietnam-set-to-make-winter-olympic-debut#:~:text=The Southeast Asian nation is,no prior winter sports tradition.

what sport? don't they need an athlete first?

[JockCartier 311]

1 hour ago, evil betty said:

what sport? don't they need an athlete first?

The invite probably comes with cross country skis and a couple poles… let them figure it out

[evil betty 89]

8 hours ago, JockCartier said:

The invite probably comes with cross country skis and a couple poles… let them figure it out

The point is that the invite does not come with a guarantee of participation, they have to qualify someone first, so the headline is a non-sensical misunderstanding. They had one stspeedskater in the Asian Winter games, and one competitor ranked in the 60s in skeleton. With no alpine skiiers or x country skiiers it is hard to understand where the qualifier will come from.

[intoronto 6,915]

10 hours ago, evil betty said:

what sport? don't they need an athlete first?

So many errors in that article. Cringe. EVERY NOC is invited to every Olympics (except those who are suspended). So this is pretty standard.