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finally did get its men's quota, and there should be at least two new quotas with the next update as well.

I think the points from the test event should be simple to figure out since WC points from 15th on (continuing through the nations cup races) just count down by 1. Why would it be any different? The only thing that would be uncertain is whether Li and Fischnaller get 1 or 0.

The IBU updated their time frame for which results count towards the wild card olympic spots, and it looks like Dolidovich has moved into a qualifying position. Looking more and more likely like there will be a refugee olympic team for the first time at the Winter games.

not far off, but still no. running out of time maybe. Still has Aspen and Calgary, possibly NAC event at Copper Mountain as a last resort.

I agree it is stupid, exactly what happened to Jozef Ninis last week.

If the second run is not finished it is ten points, equivalent to the top ranked finisher in the nations cup race who did not qualify for the world cup race.

Would that mean that France (women's 500m) and Uzbekistan (men's 1500m) pick up another distance to race since they are next in line and would not need another quota?

And there is no provision this time for getting a quota to compete in the relay, so it looks like time may be running out.

Tanguay Pechoux of competed in two races in April, good enough if he continues to compete, but who knows I guess?

what happened to team ? Did somebody get hurt?

Interesting to note that after all the information about not using flags or names, that is exactly what the FIS have done in their qualification table. It makes it understandable, but kind of strange still.

FIS has already published what happens here: https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/cc/2026 They basically continued giving quotas from where they stopped back in March. So in Men's it was then then , in women's it was ,

Dolidovich had her best result yet today, she may have a real shot at the olympics as a refugee entry.

the final ten quotas are specifically one per NOC

I think (probably) if the FIL lets them enter 3 lugers in a race they must intend that up to 3 can qualify. Be nice if they gave us some rules.

I am curious if (with five cleared competitors) will be eligible for the team event in FS aerials. I don't think so, but we saw relay teams in swimming so maybe?

So both made the standards, but we wait for the FIS to update because of just how strange Tchibozo's path to the Olympics has been. The FIS updates often, but never when there is something we really want to know I guess. Also Laborde dit Pere is very close in to getting a men's quota competing in Courmayeur.

So only one female and one male cross-country skiier cleared. We can conclude from the FIS documentation that they qualify under the final 10 quota provisions as long as they get to Davos. Media reports seem to be saying that Korostelev may still fail IOC screening but I guess we will see.

Nathan Tchibozo of is racing again, who knows what his status is but maybe a quota this week. Also Papathoma Paraskevaidou of raced today, could be an alpine quota for them.

Yeah, it lasted on there for about 3 or 4 days, they now are adding in the correct ones. Three more today I think. And no russians yet.

I noticed a new possibility for Olympic Qualification. Darya Dolidovich is competing in Biathlon as a refugee (from Belarus lives in Poland). Pretty sure that the Winter Olympics has never had that before. I really have no idea how realistic it is for her to get one of the wild cards but I thought it was an interesting find.

the other consideration is that both genders may use the maximum. Last Olympic cycle they both were at (or below) maximums before additions for relay teams, previous to that the maximum number was higher. So it is possible that they may have to reduce by two male and one female specifically.

I did a deep dive into FIS council meetings and found the following (forgive me if this has been brought up before): https://assets.fis-ski.com/f/252177/x/f4a7f510a1/2025_09_24_fis_council_summaryminutes.pdf Nathan Tchibozo's change to was approved, so he does not have to sit out. However, for some reason his OWG eligibility listing only has his races he competed for his new NOC (where he is basically one race short of qualifying), this is not true of Anastasia Papathomas and Piera Hudson, who were approved at the same time. Weird right? And for I don't know where the legalities are right now but the FIS voted no to any inclusion of Russian or Belorussian athletes in October: https://assets.fis-ski.com/f/252177/x/25cbbd615b/2025_10_21_fis_council_summaryminutes.pdf It is interesting that the member nations who host events could deny AIN participation at their discretion and the motion still failed.

I think the qualifying document says which are the last assigned quotas: D.2.2; the fifth assigned quota for teams who qualified in relay. That comes after the distance quotas. So according to your qualifications the lowest ranked (points) to receive the 5th quotas are: all from the women's side. Not 100% on this, but it follows the order that they give. Depending on whether you think distance allocation is completed in D.2.1. or D.2.3.

The comparison to tennis is a good point.