Josh

Sets a hill record in round two, she’s always strong in those closing rounds. 

yeah
but in field hockey you almost don't even need qualifiers...there are always the same teams 😈😬🤦

according to the Olympic website, both the winners of 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 seasons will earn direct berths to the Olympic Games in LA 

According to this article, this 2025-2026 season will be a LA28 qualifier  https://www.olympics.com/en/news/fih-hockey-pro-league-2025-26-dates-venues
 
Does someone know something more about this?

Abigail Strate wins silver in women’s large hill in Poland!

5th for Abigail Strate in women’s large hill at the Lillehammer WC!

Sarah Douglas retires.

Just a reminder, on December 7 at 9:45am PST is the mixed relay at the Skimo WC in Solitude, we need to finish ahead of US to make our Olympic debut in the sport. 

It will be livestreamed on the CBC Sports Youtube channel

Just a reminder, on December 7 at 9:45am PST is the mixed relay at the Skimo WC in Solitude, we need to finish ahead of US to make our Olympic debut in the sport. 

Just a reminder, on December 7 at 9:45am PST is the mixed relay at the Skimo WC in Solitude, we need to finish ahead of US to make our Olympic debut in the sport. 

Just a reminder, on December 7 at 9:45am PST is the mixed relay at the Skimo WC in Solitude, we need to finish ahead of US to make our Olympic debut in the sport. 

the pools of the preliminary stage of the 2026/2027 World Cup have been determined by WBSC
 
the Pool A will be played in  Prague between June 16th through 20th, 2026 and will feature  
 
the pool B will be played in  Lima from July 14th through July 18th, 2026 and will feature  
 
the Pool C will be staged in  Oklahoma City from September 12th through 16th, 2026 featuring  
 
the Top 2 in each pool and 2 wild card teams (1 necesarily being  if they don't qualify on the field) will advance to the World Cup Finals (Talobilla Park in  Redcliffe, Brisbane, April 5th through April 11th, 2027)

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/canadas-deboer-olympic-ice-expected-to-be-smaller-than-nhl-standard/
 

Now that you mention it, it does feel pretty likely.
 
This means that Italy and Canada would lose their 5th male quota and China would lose their 5th female quota. Poland, Croatia and Hong Kong would get to keep their 1500m quotas.
 
I'll edit the table with these changes.

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 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.

2026 OLYMPIC QUOTAS
 
 
  Men Women Mixed Quotas Nation 500m 1000m 1500m Relay 500m 1000m 1500m Relay Relay M Quotas W Quotas Total Australia 1 1 1     1       1 1 2 Austria 1   1             1 0 1 Belgium 1 1 1 x 1 1 2   x 4 2 6 Canada 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 4 5 9  China 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 4 9 Croatia         1 1 2     0 2 2 Czechia             1     0 1 1 France   2 2   1 2 2 x x 2 4 6 Great Britain 1 1 2   1         2 1 3 Hong Kong   1 1       1     1 1 2 Hungary 1 2 2 x 1 2 2   x 4 2 6 Italy 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 4 5 9 Japan 2 2 3 x 2 3 3 x x 4 5 9 Kazakhstan 2 1     2 1 2   x 2 2 4 Korea 2 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Latvia 1 2 1             2 0 2 Netherlands 3 2 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Neutrals   1 1   1 1       1 1 2 Poland 2 2 2   2 2 2   x 2 3 5 Slovakia         1         0 1 1 Turkiye 2                 2 0 2 Ukraine 1   1   1         1 1 2 United States 2 2 3   3 3 3 x x 3 5 8 Uzbekistan 1                 1 0 1 Total 32 32 36 8 32 32 33 8 12 56 56 112  
Before I continue, I just want to say that this may not actually be complete accurate. You might notice that there's only 33 quotas assigned in the women's 1500m. That's because after the initial assignment of quotas, there were 115 quotas which is 3 over the limit. According to the qualification system, the 1500m distances are the last events to assign quotas since they have a max quota of 36 instead of 32. For the men's event, France, Hungary, and Ukraine have the last spots and removing them wouldn't affect the quota totals. Therefore unfortunately, I had to remove one quota from Croatia, Hong Kong and Poland to get the total to 112. We'll see what the NOC does about all this. If anyone actually knows the correct procedures, please comment below.
 
Changes in Quotas from the last update:
 
Men's 500m: 
No changes
 
Men's 1000m:
In: Hong Kong 1
Out: Ukraine 1
 
Men's 1500m:
In: Poland 2
Out: Great Britain 3
 
Men's 5000m Relay:
In: Hungary
Out: United States
 
Women's 500m:
In: Korea 3
Out: France 2
 
Women's 1000m:
In: Neutral Athletes 1, China 3
Out: Poland 3, Great Britain 1
 
Women's 1500m:
In: Kazakhstan 2, Belgium 2
Out: Great Britain 1, Latvia 1, Slovakia 1, Ukraine 1, Hong Kong 1
 
Full SOQC's Below:
 
Men's 500m
 
 
Men's 1000m
 
 
Men's 1500m
 
 
Men's 5000m Relay
 
 
Women's 500m
 
 
Women's 1000m
 
 
Women's 1500m
 
 
Women's 3000m Relay
 
 
Mixed 2000m Relay
*Only for teams with at least 2 men + 2 women
 
 

I now realize that there's a chance we may only get 4 men's quotas. Altogether, the sum of all short track quotas is 115 which is 3 athletes over the quota limit and some quotes will need to be cut. If the IOC decides to have an equal split per gender, then we would lose a quota since Canada is the lowest ranked men's relay that has 5 athletes qualified.

Limiting to 8 teams....is certainly a choice. Bizarre.

10 quotas have officially been secured in short track with 3 quotas per individual event and all the relays.

Not a good start to the season, the women finish 6th in Dubai 

Milano men's relay is:

Semi final 1:
 
 
 
Semi final 2:

 
 
They classify the countries according the World Tour Standings. Not according the SOQC-list. Otherwise  and  would switch.
 
Good relay final from the Dutch, even without Jens van 't Wout. Looks like he has a pretty annoying injury. Not te be underestimated in any case. Hopefully he will recorver in time for European Champs and Olympic Games.

Mixed relay in Milano:
 
Heat 1:

 
 
Heat 2:
 
 
 
Heat 3:
 
 

Oh no!!! Groin injury for Jens van 't Wout. DNS on the 1.000 and probably not on the relay (this afternoon).