IIHF already allowed  to do that in 2006, then it was our idiotic National Federation's officials givin'up that possibility   I hope this time they are not so blind, since it's obvious that we don't have any local market and/or any local kid to protect and any movement to develop (no kids practicing, no infrastructure, no money)   it's the same with Baseball in the WBC, when we play with a team made mainly of pro players that have never played in Italy (some of them, they've not even been here once in their life)   p.s. I think the request to be "soft" with that rule came directly by the IOC in order so sell a few more tickets   got a passport? then, you're in    p.p.s however, what about those who already played for  /  in recent times? will they be able to choose? will they be "instigated" to play for ? will they be available only to their "original" team and a no-no for ?    I'm really curious to see how this thing develops in the next 14 months?

João Lucas Reis (Tennis) has become the first active male pro player to come out publicly.  

Lake Placid is officially the back-up venue if the Eugenio Monti track isn't finished in time.   https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/luge/olympics-milan-cortino-lake-placid-sliding-events-backup-dec12-1.7408565

and That is. History in a nutshell    

Womens Olympic Qualifiers   3rd Qualifying Round   Day 2 Schedule (Friday, 13.12.2024)   Group D in Piešťany, SVK   14:00  Slovenia vs Kazakhstan 18:00  Iceland vs Slovakia   ----------------------------   Group F in Bytom, POL   14:30  Chinese Taipei vs South Korea 18:30  Poland vs Mexico

Womens Olympic Qualifiers   3rd Qualifying Round   Day 1 Results (Thursday, 12.12.2024)   Group D in Piešťany, SVK   14:00  Slovenia  3 - 2  Iceland 18:00  Slovakia  8 - 1  Kazakhstan   Provisional Standing After Day 1:   1.    3 ----------------- 2.   3 3.   0 4.   0   ----------------------------   Group E in Sheffield, GBR   12:30  Netherlands  2 - 0  Spain 16:00  Great Britain  3 - 2  Latvia   Provisional Standing After Day 1:   1.    3 ----------------- 2.   3 3.   0 4.   0   ----------------------------   Group F in Bytom, POL   14:30  South Korea  6 - 0  Mexico 18:30  Poland  5 - 1  Chinese Taipei   Provisional Standing After Day 1:   1.    3 ----------------- 2.   3 3.   0 4.   0

Silver for  Hungary in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay 

did not see this coming... they said ! Yeah, and elephants can´t fly        

Not just another goal, she did the Michigan again