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Quota standings:

http://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/speed-skating-8/2017-18/world-cups-10/series-files-16/documents/15450-qualification-of-noc-event-quota-places/file

36 minutes ago, Prashanth said:

Shiva Keshavan qualifies for the 6th Olympics......Proud moment for the Indians a truly brand ambassador and the lone flag bearer in upholding Winter sports in India.. 

Not yet. He has not officially qualified.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/hockey/russia-bill-khl-olympics-ban-1.4410406

52 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

How can third or second be fourth?

They give all first ranked athletes a quota spot (to the country). When it came down to the 1500m some countries had 3 athletes already ranked higher and therefore cannot receive a quota.

Edit: My bad, I just read the document again and it says spots are given to NOCs not athletes... so it appears yours is correct.

52 minutes ago, dcro said:

How can they decide 10000m by time when B division has an advantage?

What advantage?

USA should host.

3 minutes ago, uk12points said:

I don't think that is right. I've had a look and I think they are ranked 37th and 38th (once 4th athletes from relay nations) have been taken away and only the top 36 qualify.

 

The mistake on the Wikipedia page is that Italy has qualified 3 athletes, not 2 and Kazakhstan has qualified 2 athletes, not 1.

They do not need to necessarily be in the top 36. The third Italian + Second Kazakh athlete would be the 4th qualified from each nation (and thus they cannot qualify, as the max is 3 per nation). Therefore the last two trickle down to  and  

Wikipedia has and qualifying and on a quick glance that looks to be right (in the men's 1500m).

11 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

This is all so sad. Especially the women's Nordic combined and the mixed events. And the team event in snowboard cross. And big air. 

Big air seems reasonable... everything else sounds bad. The parallel slalom was already on the program and then removed in favour of big air. 

The FIS has proposed the following for 2022 Winter Olympics inclusion

•  Ski Jumping Mixed Team Competition (3rd application)
• ·Ladies’ Nordic Combined Individual Competition (gender equity)
•  Freestyle Ski Big Air Men’s and Ladies’ (2nd application)

A further six events have been submitted to the 2018 FIS Congress for eventual proposal to the IOC:

·         Alpine Skiing Individual Parallel Event
·         Freestyle Ski Aerials Mixed Team Event
·         Snowboard Cross Team Event
·         Snowboard Mixed Team Parallel Event
·         Snowboard Parallel Slalom
·         Telemark Parallel Sprint and Team Parallel Sprint

Source

Surprised the FIS does not want to propose Dual Moguls!

@ahjfcshfghb Coincidentally enough the FIS approved Jordan for membership yesterday! 

Only 20 nations will likely qualify to compete in Short track speed skating.

New for 2018:

Out from 2014:

Congrats to Ireland pitty I didn't vote for it

Also Americas with 5 top 10 songs!! Not too bad

Is there an update on the Egypt/Jordan situations?

@ahjfcshfghb @thepharoah

Any idea why Colombia is not competing at the World Cup in Norway?  

Thank you to those who voted for Canada. It was hard for me to pick 12 songs.

11 people are ranked ahead of SGP in the women's 1500m standings... cutting it really close.

will not compete in PyeongChang unfortunately (unless they randomly get someone else to qualify). Patrick Brachner retired

38 minutes ago, NikolaB said:

It's never too late. Is it too late for Spain too keep Cataluña in their borders? I only know that majority of western countries was very unfair to Serbia, and Serbian people in general in last two decades. Does we made many bad things on that period? Yes we did. But does we made worst things than Germany in WWII? Or British Kingdom on their colonies? Or Franco's regime in Cataluña? Or Turks against Armenians? I don't think so. Americans killed millions of people in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, Libya.... in last 50 years and for many people they are still bastion of freedom and democracy. Nazis killed more than one million Serbs in last world war and nobody calls all that crimes as genocide, but majority western medias call Serbs as genocidal nation for eight tousand muslims killed in Srebrenica (don't get me wrong, Srebrenica was the biggest shame in all Serbian history and all responded for it pay price for.that awfull crimes).

 

So fight for Kosovo is not over abd it is not too late for changing reality. 

Let the people decide in a referendum

The same 8 qualified 5 athletes each in Sochi.

Women's Short track speed skating

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Yes a would be nice...but not necessary. If I miss it so be it.

GOD: Brazil, Spain, Iceland, Nigeria

GOL: Russia, Peru, Iran, Panama

(NO offence to anyone)

Cheyenne Goh did not advance out of the preliminaries in the women's 1500m.

Out of the athletes that advanced only 2 can pass her in points. This would put her into 36th position overall. The top 36 do qualify. Canada has 4 athletes ahead of her, so in fact she is ranked 35th. There is also an athlete from Italy who did not advance who might get more points in the standings, which would drop her to 36th.

So worst case scenario is she will be ranked 36th??? So that means she has unofficially qualified for PyeongChang 2018, and will be come the first Singaporean to compete in the Winter Olympics 

PS. I hope I am not wrong...

Andre Hamm in freestyle skiing (and their only shot at qualification) is injured. Its unlikely now the country qualifies