Benolympique

Ecuador and Venezuela have qualified one male athlete each. Both with their first quotas

and the flame is oficially on 
 
Now, it is closer and closer
 

Silver medal for  France in the men's team pursuit

will also return for the first time since 1998

Any idea how many countries have athletes in qualification position for the Olympics?
 
 @Topicmaster1010 @NearPup

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/LA28/Official-Programme-of-the-Olympic-Games-Los-Angeles-2028-FR.pdf
 
 
update 13 November

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/LA28/Official-Programme-of-the-Olympic-Games-Los-Angeles-2028-FR.pdf
 
 
update 13 November

Results from Week 1:
 
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Foil World Cup #1 in Palma de Mallorca  (6-9 November 2025)
 
Men's Individual:
1. Alexander Choupenitch
2. Gergo Szemes
3. Guillaume Bianchi
3. Tommaso Martini
5. Chen Chih-Chieh
5. Edoardo Luperi
5. Marcello Olivares
5. Anton Borodachev  (Russia)
9. Alessio Foconi  
9. Daniel Dosa  
9. Maxime Pauty  
9. Kazuki Iimura  
9. Ho Shing Him Harris  
9. Gerek Meinhardt  
9. Kyota Kawamura  
9. Damiano Rosatelli  
 
Men's Team:
1. Individual Neutral Athletes  (Russia) (Barannikov - Borodachev A. - Borodachev K. - Mylnikov)
2. Italy  (Bianchi - Foconi - Macchi - Marini)
3. Hungary  (Balint - Dosa - Szemes - Toth)
4. Germany  (Barby - Faul - Kahl - Kappus)
5. Hong Kong  (Choi Chun - Ho Shing - Lam Ho - Leung Chin)
6. United States  (Itkin - Louie - Massialas - Olivares)
7. Japan  (Iimura - Kawamura - Matsuyama - Nagano)
8. Belgium  (De Greef - Geudvert - Nijs - van Campenhout)
 
Women's Individual:
1. Martina Favaretto  
2. Yuka Ueno
3. Eleanor Harvey
3. Komaki Kikuchi
5. Pauline Ranvier  
5. Anne Kleibrink  
5. Marta Martyanova  (Russia)
5. Martina Sinigalia
9. Arianna Errigo  
9. Eva Lacheray  
9. Carolina Stutchbury  
9. Emmie Nayl  
9. Carlotta Ferrari  
9. Francesca Palumbo  
9. Josephina Conway  
9. Ariadna Castro  
 
Women's Team:
1. Italy  (Batini - Cristino - Errigo - Favaretto)
2. United States  (Jing - Kiefer - Liu - Scruggs)
3. France  (Blaze - Lacheray - Patru - Ranvier)
4. Japan  (Azuma - Kikuchi - Tsuji - Ueno)
5. Ukraine  (Budenko - Myroniuk - Poloziuk - Sopit)
6. Canada  (Gu - Harvey - Hayes - Song)
7. South Korea  (Se-joo - By-eoli - Ji-hee - So-eun)
8. China  (Haoxuan - Zhihe - Xinyi)
 
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Sabre World Cup #1 in Alger  (6-9 November 2025)
 
Men's Individual:
1. Colin Heathcock
2. Fares Ferjani  
3. Oh Sang-uk  
3. Sebastien Patrice
5. Do Gyeong-dong  
5. Maxime Pianfetti  
5. Vlad Covaliu  
5. Musa Aymuratov  
9. Ahmed Hesham  
9. Adham Moataz  
9. Pavel Graudyn  (Russia)
9. Dario Cavaliere  
9. Mao Kokubo  
9. Leon Schlaffer  
9. Yuto Rikitake  
9. Ha Han-sol
 
Men's Team:
1. France  (Pianfetti - Patrice J.P. - Patrice S. - Garrigue)
2. Romania  (Dragomir - Covaliu - Ursachi - Nitu)
3. Japan  (Kokubo - Streets - Tsubo - Tsumori)
4. Individual Neutral Athletes  (Russia) (Ibragimov - Graudyn - Nasonov - Tiuliukov)
5. Uzbekistan  (Aymuratov - Kodirov - Abdukarimbekov - Abdazov)
6. South Korea  (Han-sol - Gyeong-dong - Sang-uk - Sang-won)
7. Germany  (Methner - Schenkel - Schlaffer - Seefeld)
8. United States  (Homer - Heathcock - Lukashenko - Morrill)
 
Women's Individual:
1. Jeon Ha-young
2. Sugar Katinka Battai
3. Yoana Ilieva
3. Alina Mikhailova  (Russia)
5. Despina Georgiadou  
5. Lucia Martin-Portugues  
5. Nisanur Erbil  
5. Olga Nikitina  (Russia)
9. Kim Jeong-mi  
9. Renata Katona  
9. Sara Balzer  
9. Zhang Xinyi  
9. Chiara Mormile  
9. Anna Spiesz  
9. Seo Ji-yeon  
9. Kira Keszei   
 
Women's Team:
1. South Korea  (Ha-young - Jeong-mi - Ji-yeon - So-yeon)
2. Hungary  (Battai - Katona - Szucs - Pusztai)
3. France  (Apithy - Balzer - Berder - Vongsavady)
4. China  (Jiarong - Qimiao - Jiayi - Xinyi)
5. Ukraine  (Gontsova - Bondar - Komashchuk - Korotchenko)
6. Japan  (Kaneko - Ozaki - Sano - Wakita)
7. Spain  (Martin-Portugues - Navarro - Perez Cuenca - Ventura)
8. Germany  (Eifler - Funke - Gette - Herbon)
 
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Complete Results Palma Mallorca & Complete Results Alger
 
Participating nations in Palma de Mallorca:       (Russia)                                                
 
Participating nations in Alger:         (Russia)                               
 
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Next:
- Epee World Cup #1 in Vancouver  (4-7 December 2025)
- Foil World Cup #2 in Fukuoka  (Men's) and Busan  (Women's) (5-7 December 2025)
- Sabre Grand Prix #1 in Orleans  (4-6 December 2025)

I m in 

Body weight for LA 28 announced:
 
MEN: 65kg, 75kg, 85kg, 95kg, 110kg, +110kg
WOMEN: 53kg, 61kg, 69kg, 77kg, 86kg, +86kg

November and December Schedule Announced for 2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers
 
https://www.concacaf.com/womens-championship/news/november-and-december-schedule-announced-for-202526-concacaf-w-qualifiers/

2026 Olympic Quotas After Stage 1/4
 
  Men Women Mixed Quotas Nation 500m 1000m 1500m Relay 500m 1000m 1500m Relay Mx Relay M Quotas W Quotas Total Australia   1 1             1 0 1 Austria 1   1             1 0 1 Belgium  2 1 1 x 2 1 1   x 4 2 6 Canada 3 3 3 x 3 3 2 x x 5 5 10 China 3 3 3 x 3 2 2 x x 5 4 9 Croatia         1 1 2     0 2 2 Czechia         1 1 1     0 1 1 France   2 2     2 3 x x 2 4 6 Germany     1             1 0 1 Great Britain   1 2     1       2 1 3 Hong Kong 1   1             1 0 1 Hungary   3 2   2 2 2 x x 3 4 7 Italy 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Japan 2 2 3 x 2 3 3   x 4 3 7 Kazakhstan 2 1   x 2 1 2   x 4 2 6 Korea 2 3 3 x 2 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Latvia 2 2 2             2 0 2 Netherlands 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Neutral Athletes   1 1   1         1 1 2 Poland 3 1 1   2 3 3 x x 3 5 8 Slovakia         1   1     0 1 1 Taiwan     1             1 0 1 Thailand             1     0 1 1 Turkiye 2 1               2 0 2 Ukraine 1       1   1     1 1 2 United States 2 1 2   3 3 3   x 2 3 5 Total 32 32 36 8 32 32 36 8 12 60 55 115  
The total of 60 men and 55 women puts us at 115 athletes which is three over the maximum quota limit. However, I would expect this number to go down by next weekend as skaters start to experience regression to the mean and skaters who put up an outlier performance fall out of qualification position. Lot's of surprising countries in qualifying position here It'll be interesting to see how long countries like Hong Kong, Slovakia, Taiwan and Thailand can hang on. You can find the Special Olympic Qualification Classifications (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
 
 

Zakia Khudadadi  will represent france 

We have 82+1 countries qualified atm.
 
These ones should be safe to joining them:

- Has an athlete in qualification position in Freestyle skiing (halfpipe), but needs to meet the minimum FIS points total
 - Should easily qualify in biathlon 
 - Appears they have an athlete in qualification position in alpine skiing, but not on the FIS' list. Perhaps a citizenship issue, which in theory should be fixed before the games
- Should qualify in alpine skiing 
 
These countries are just outside qualification position and need better results to qualify
 - Alpine skiing
- Alpine skiing ( and could qualify in Bobsleigh as well)
- Alpine skiing 
- Skeleton 
 - Skeleton 
- Women's monobob - with the field size at worlds really low, its possible one of their athletes sneaks in. 
- Figure skating Pairs
 
Unlikely to qualify but have athletes trying
 - Alpine skiing
- Alpine skiing (still with citizenship issues)
 - Alpine skiing 
 - Skeleton / alpine skiing 
- Figure skating
 - Alpine skiing
- Alpine skiing
 - Alpine skiing
- Alpine skiing 
- Alpine skiing 
 
 
Unknowns:
 unsure if their athlete from Beijing will attempt qualification again
 - their only athlete with potential to qualify came back and DNF's his only race at the AWG, no race before (from 2022) or since then. Should be able to qualify if he tries to 
 - Their monobob athlete from Beijing 2022 qualification cycle will try again.
 - 14 alpine skiing bios recently added to the FIS website for Guinea Bissau in alpine skiing, who knows their quality
- Have an alpine skier from Switzerland? trying to qualify but has 0 results so far
 

Countries which competed in Beijing but won't in Milan-Cortina
 - athlete has retired.

the top 4 after the rhythm dance

The ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 is the final gateway for athletes aiming to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina. Held from September 18–21, 2025 at Beijing’s National Indoor Stadium, this high-stakes event determines the last 17 Olympic quota spots across:
 
Men’s Singles (5 spots)
Women’s Singles (5 spots)
Pairs (3 spots)
Ice Dance (4 spots)
 
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Tickets news
 
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It is official - no russians in bobsleigh and skeleton at 2026 Olympics

beat  80-70! 

Poland in qf after beating Bosnia 80-72 

Round of 16 results #1
 
 -  88-79
 
 -  85-79
 
 -  85-58
 
 -  86-92!!

The pairs in Round of 16:
 
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2-1  

France's team has been on the rise for a few years now, but this year especially has shown, that they can challenge the teams around 5-10 in the world.
 
This reminds me a bit about their men's team, which 15 or so years ago had a slump and were pretty average for number of years. Granted i don't expect at all, that France's women's team will reach the hights of their men's team, but the work has been done for them to start challenging for 1/4's at big Championships, after being practically unknown in big women's volleyball on a National level.

3-1  
 
First big surprise of this world championship