heywoodu 13,562 Posted May 27, 2021 #331 Share Posted May 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, rajiv said: I also sorta remember Greece investigating whether to field ( field ) hockey teams in Athens by checking out the Greek diaspora in hockey playing nations . They didn't participate so I guess they couldn't find enough Greek passport qualified hockey players This is more similar to China in ice hockey than the British basketball teams for example. They at least were a tiny bit competitive sometimes (not greatly, but they were not destroyed in every match), which is just not at all the case for China in ice hockey, apparently. Nobody wins if the host nation doesn't need to qualify and then is completely annihilated game after game...I hope they won't be. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted May 27, 2021 #332 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Is this the first time that fans want to punish a team for not naturalizing enough foreign players? I don't think the IOC will or should intervene here, that would set a dangerous precedent, only China can choose to give up its quota. IIHF could have included a performance requirement in their qualification system, but once it's approved it's too late - private discussions with Chinese officials don't really matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,251 Posted June 3, 2021 #333 Share Posted June 3, 2021 FIS has released quota simulations for all disciplines. Have fun! https://www.fis-ski.com/en/inside-fis/document-library/winter-olympic-games From what I see, Aerials has only 11 nations and 7 team event entries, yikes. Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,483 Posted June 3, 2021 #334 Share Posted June 3, 2021 53 minutes ago, intoronto said: From what I see, Aerials has only 11 nations and 7 team event entries, yikes. China is missing from that list due to not competing last year, so it’s likely closer to 12 nations and 8 teams assuming you didn’t count China. intoronto 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted June 3, 2021 #335 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: China is missing from that list due to not competing last year, so it’s likely closer to 12 nations and 8 teams assuming you didn’t count China. It doesn't include China. I think 7-9 teams is realistically what we could have expected anyway. Teams who are currently in position to qualify for team aerials are . The big missing piece other than China is Australia since they currently have no elite male jumper. Canada currently has four athletes in qualifying position in all freestyle events, so as usual internal qualification will be brutal. Luckily the max number of athletes per country is 32 (up from 30 in 2018) so we are only looking at giving up eight quotas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james89 447 Posted June 3, 2021 #336 Share Posted June 3, 2021 28 minutes ago, NearPup said: It doesn't include China. I think 7-9 teams is realistically what we could have expected anyway. Teams who are currently in position to qualify for team aerials are . The big missing piece other than China is Australia since they currently have no elite male jumper. Canada currently has four athletes in qualifying position in all freestyle events, so as usual internal qualification will be brutal. Luckily the max number of athletes per country is 32 (up from 30 in 2018) so we are only looking at giving up eight quotas. I’m assuming some of the Slopestyle athletes can also compete in Big Air too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted June 3, 2021 #337 Share Posted June 3, 2021 36 minutes ago, james89 said: I’m assuming some of the Slopestyle athletes can also compete in Big Air too. Slopestyle athletes and big air athletes qualify from a combined ranking list - you either qualify for both events or neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted June 3, 2021 #338 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Nice to see our lady listed for the snowboard slopestyle/big air. She better enjoy it while it lasts, because I am 99% sure it will not. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,562 Posted June 3, 2021 #339 Share Posted June 3, 2021 7 hours ago, intoronto said: FIS has released quota simulations for all disciplines. Have fun! https://www.fis-ski.com/en/inside-fis/document-library/winter-olympic-games From what I see, Aerials has only 11 nations and 7 team event entries, yikes. Ah yeah, that was last week or so but I forgot to mention it, I was only focused on cross-country Curious if here we'll also see which nations rejects which quota. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,251 Posted June 28, 2021 #340 Share Posted June 28, 2021 If this moron prevents the best hockey players from competing at the Olympics ... https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/bettman-casts-doubts-nhl-beijing-olympics-1.6083698 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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