Vojthas

@Sergio Vez and his team defeated my clubmates last weekend in Łódź.

We've got the first Qualification System - it's curling I could simply post the pdf here, but I want you to enter the Federation website to download it

https://pfkc.pl/znamy-zasady-kwalifikacji-na-zio-2026/

I understand France is representative as Europe in team and duet and reallocation of host country goes to Worlds.

What a f*cking mess.

Guys, I'm heading to Baborówko for Group C qualifiers. Anyone interested in something I could ask the athletes/coaches who will be there?

It's been almost five months since the post above and I'm looking for this answer as well.

Typical curling

And the win in Puerto Rico was powerful for Echavarria - he is now within the Olympic 60: 

We've got some updates on qualification system documents (some of them probably just dates updated): All FINA (Artistic Swimming, Diving, Swimming, Open Water, Water Polo), BMX racing, BMX freestyle, Athletics, Basketball 3x3, Rugby 7s (change in North America dates with host given), Triathlon and Track Cycling.

If you find other changes/differences with what we've known so far, please, write.

Hi - greetings from my night route from Copernicus Cup to Golf Channel Poland studio for Singapore Classic live and International Series Oman relive for the next four days.

And I've heard there will be LPGA soon in our TV, so finally a motivation to take interest in women's golf after women's volleyball and football (and ice hockey, but just until this season openend with a collapse of my home city team).

37 minutes ago, Vektor said:

Night Train >>> FlixBus

 

I have done both when I traveled between Budapest and Warsaw. Nothing against FlixBus, but traveling in a bus for many hours or during the night isn't "my thing". It was impossible for me to sleep. I did the night train with the cheapest sitting tickets and it was much better for me than the bus. But obviously the couchette is preferable if you don't want to sit during the night. 

Sure, it depends on the priorities. I was going the day FlixBus, so not even planning to sleep. And as you say - sitting is cheaper than couchette. I have no problems with sleeping in a sit position and in fact not always willing to sleep in the travel. Even in the night.

I plan to go - staying at my friend's home and with media accreditation probably, so my only "worry" is the transport - from Poland it's either flight, but I prefer something less restricted (I mean luggage and all the boarding procedures). So I'll take either the night train (as I don't need any comfort I might even not take the couchette, but sitting place, as the last time) or the FlixBus.

For the food - my favorite one is Retró Lángos at Bajcsy-Zsillinszky u.

I'm sure Poland is really eager to host the women's tournament.

Figure skating and ski-mo added up there.

TEAM POLAND

*(updated after the NOC confirmation)

Alpine skiing

♀ Magdalena Bańdo, Hanna Zięba, Maja Woźniczka, Nikola Komorowska

♂ Stanisław Sarzyński, Jan Łodziński, Mateusz Szczap, Igor Kaczmarek

Biathlon

♀ Majka Germata, Aleksandra Szajnowska, Amelia Liszka, Zuzanna Sadownik

♂ Jakub Potoniec, Dawid Filip, Michał Szatkowski, Dawid Miller

Cross country skiing

♀ Laura Wantulok, Julia Rucka, Zuzanna Pabin, Karolina Kuć

♂ Paweł Bryja, Hubert Tomaszek, Dawid Pilch, Przemysław Legierski

Figure skating

♀ Noëlle Streuli

♂ Pavlo Klimin

Freestyle skiing

♂ Antoni Cukier

Nordic combined

♀ Pola Bełtowska, Natalia Słowik

♂ Szymon Dubiel, Jakub Cieślar, Kacper Jarząbek, Andrzej Waliczek

Ski jumping

♀ Sara Tajner, Pola Bełtowska, Natalia Słowik, Zuzanna Rapacz

♂ Wiktor Szozda, Klemens Joniak, Tymoteusz Amilkiewicz, Klemens Staszel

Ski-mountaineering

♀ Paulina Gomola

♂ Wojciech Kłoda, Mateusz Kośny, Kacper Mrowiński

Snowboard - Alpine

♀ Weronika Dawidek, Sonia Zapała

♂ Anatol Kulpiński, Bartłomiej Kaciczak

Snowboard - Freestyle

♀ Hanna Borowiak

♂ Igor Truszkowski, Wiktor Kozarski

1 hour ago, dcro said:

Looks like for this Olympic cycle they do not count any of the indoor events. Interesting.

 

That would explain no Cavaliada events on the list as well. Thanks for that point!

@dcroWhy isn't this weekend's Leipzig counted for ranking? It's a CSI5*, the Grand Prix has 1,55 cm, so it fits the criteria.

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Group Stage 
January 11th - January 17th, 2023
32 Nations, The 1st, 2nd and 3rd-Placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round.

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 12th 2023, h. 18:00	Chile	-	-	Iran
January 12th 2023, h. 20:30	Spain	-	-	Montenegro
January 14th 2023, h. 18:00	Montenegro	5		Iran
January 14th 2023, h. 20:30	Spain	6		Chile
January 16th 2023, h. 18:00	Montenegro	4		Chile
January 16th 2023, h. 20:30	Iran		4	Spain

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 11th 2023, h. 21:00	France	-	-	Poland
January 12th 2023, h. 18:00	Saudi Arabia	-	-	Slovenia
January 14th 2023, h. 18:00	France	13		Saudi Arabia
January 14th 2023, h. 20:30	Poland	1		Slovenia
January 16th 2023, h. 18:00	Slovenia		3	France
January 16th 2023, h. 20:30	Poland	11		Saudi Arabia

Group C

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 12th 2023, h. 18:00	Cape Verde	-	-	Uruguay
January 12th 2023, h. 20:30	Sweden	-	-	Brazil
January 14th 2023, h. 18:00	Brazil	4		Uruguay
January 14th 2023, h. 20:30	Sweden	15		Cape Verde
January 16th 2023, h. 18:00	Brazil	7		Cape Verde
January 16th 2023, h. 20:30	Uruguay		20	Sweden

Group D

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 12th 2023, h. 18:00	Hungary	-	-	South Korea
January 12th 2023, h. 20:30	Iceland	-	-	Portugal
January 14th 2023, h. 18:00	Portugal	4		South Korea
January 14th 2023, h. 20:30	Iceland		2	Hungary
January 16th 2023, h. 18:00	South Korea		7	Iceland
January 16th 2023, h. 20:30	Portugal		5	Hungary

Group E

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 13th 2023, h. 18:00	Germany	10		Qatar
January 13th 2023, h. 20:30	Serbia	5		Algeria
January 15th 2023, h. 18:00	Germany	3		Serbia
January 15th 2023, h. 20:30	Qatar		3	Algeria
January 17th 2023, h. 18:00	Algeria		7	Germany
January 17th 2023, h. 20:30	Qatar		8	Serbia

Group F

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 13th 2023, h. 18:00	Argentina	2		Netherlands
January 13th 2023, h. 20:30	Norway	4		North Macedonia
January 15th 2023, h. 18:00	North Macedonia	3		Netherlands
January 15th 2023, h. 20:30	Norway	5		Argentina
January 17th 2023, h. 18:00	North Macedonia	1		Argentina
January 17th 2023, h. 20:30	Netherlands		6	Norway

Group G

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 13th 2023, h. 18:00	Morocco	2		United States
January 13th 2023, h. 20:30	Egypt		4	Croatia
January 15th 2023, h. 18:00	Egypt	3		Morocco
January 15th 2023, h. 20:30	Croatia	7		United States
January 17th 2023, h. 18:00	United States		9	Egypt
January 17th 2023, h. 20:30	Croatia	8		Morocco

Group H

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 13th 2023, h. 18:00	Bahrain		3	Tunisia
January 13th 2023, h. 20:30	Denmark	12		Belgium
January 15th 2023, h. 18:00	Belgium		6	Tunisia
January 15th 2023, h. 20:30	Denmark	8		Bahrain
January 17th 2023, h. 18:00	Belgium		4	Bahrain
January 17th 2023, h. 20:30	Tunisia		5	Denmark

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16 hours ago, George_D said:

so why North Korea hasn't been suspended for life?

Because there's no life in North Korea.

In Poland there's a law that no NF president can serve longer than two terms of 4 years. Isn't that a government interference?

BREAKING: Curling qualifying system accepted by the IOC.

Probably this is its first public release, here at Totallympics. Naturally, it was already sent to NOCs and NFs.

Curling.pdf