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So here it is, was a hard work, so please appreciate it 
 
Anyway  is still for some reason missing. One day when they will realize the OC is tomorrow, perhaps they will announce their flag bearers as well
 
until then here is the 2026 class
 
 
Albania - Lara Colturi (Alpine Skiing) / Denni Xhepa (Alpine Skiing) Andorra - Cande Moreno (Alpine Skiing) / Irineu Altiniras Esteve (Cross-Country Skiing) / Joan Verdu (Alpine Skiing) Argentina - Francesca Baruzzi Farriol (Alpine Skiing) / Franco Dal Farra (Cross-Country Skiing) Armenia - Karina Akopova (Figure Skating)/ Nikita Rakhmanin (Figure Skating) Australia - Jakara Anthony (Freestyle Skiing) / Matt Graham (Freestyle Skiing) Austria - Anna Gasser (Snowboarding) / Benjamin Karl (Snowboarding) Azerbaijan - Anastasia Alina Papathoma Paraskevaidou (Alpine Skiing) / Vladimir Litvintsev (Figure Skating) Belgium - Hanne Desmet (Short Track Speed Skating) / Maximilien Drion (Ski Mountaineering) Benin - Nathan Tchibozo (Alpine Skiing) Bolivia - Timo Juhani Gronlund (Cross-Country Skiing) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Elvedina Muzaferija (Alpine Skiing) / Marko Sljivic (Alpine Skiing) Brazil - Nicole Rocha Silveira (Skeleton) / Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Alpine Skiing) Bulgaria - Alexandra Feigin (Figure Skating) / Vladimir Iliev (Biathlon) Canada - Marielle Thompson (Freestyle Skiing) / Mikael Kingsbury (Freestyle Skiing) Chile - Matilde Schwencke (Alpine Skiing) / Sebastian Endrestad (Cross-Country Skiing) China - Zhang Chutong (Short Track Speed Skating) / Ning Zhongyan (Speed Skating) Chinese Taipei - Lin Sin-Rong (Bobsleigh) / Li Yu-Hsiang (Figure Skating) Colombia - Fredrik Fodstad (Cross-Country Skiing) Croatia - Valentina Ascic (Short Track Speed Skating) / Matija Legovic (Biathlon) Cyprus - Andrea Loizidou (Alpine Skiing) / Yianno Kouyoumdjian (Alpine Skiing) Czechia - Lucie Charvátová (Biathlon) / David Pastrňák (Ice Hockey) Denmark - Denise Dupont (Curling) / Jesper Jensen Aebo (Ice Hockey) Ecuador - Klaus Jungbluth Rodriguez (Cross-Country Skiing)  Eritrea - Shannon Abeda (Alpine Skiing) Estonia - Johanna Talihaerm (Biathlon) / Marten Liiv (Speed Skating) Finland - Krista Parmakoski (Cross-Country Skiing) / Mikko Lehtonen (Ice Hockey) France - Chloe Trespeuch (Snowboarding) / Clement Noel (Alpine Skiing) Georgia - Nino Tsiklauri (Alpine Skiing, Cortina) / Luka Buchukuri (Alpine Skiing, Cortina) / Diana Davis (Figure Skating, Milano) / Luka Berulava (Figure Skating, Milano) Germany - Katharina Schmid (Ski Jumping) / Leon Draisaitl (Ice Hockey) Great Britain - Lilah Fear (Figure Skating) / Brad Hall (Bobsleigh) Greece - Nefeli Tita (Cross-Country Skiing) / AJ Ginnis (Alpine Skiing) Guinea-Bissau - Winston Tang (Alpine Skiing)  Haiti - Stevenson Savart (Cross-Country Skiing) Hong Kong - Eloise Yung Shih King (Alpine Skiing) / Kwok Tsz Fung (Short Track Speed Skating) Hungary - Maja Somodi (Short Track Speed Skating) / Bence Nogradi (Short Track Speed Skating) Iceland - Elin van Pelt (Alpine Skiing) / Jon Erik Sigurdsson (Alpine Skiing) India - Arif Mohd Khan (Alpine Skiing)  Individual Neutral Athletes - Volunteer Iran - Samaneh Beyrami Baher (Cross-Country Skiing) / Danyal Saveh Shemshaki (Cross-Country Skiing) Ireland - Anabelle Zurbay (Alpine Skiing) / Thomas Maloney Westgard (Cross-Country Skiing) Israel - Mariia Seniuk (Figure Skating) / Jared Firestone (Skeleton) Italy - Federica Brignone (Alpine Skiing, Cortina) / Amos Mosaner (Curling, Cortina) / Arianna Fontana (Short Track Speed Skating, Milano) / Federico Pellegrino (Cross Country Skiing, Milano) Jamaica - Mica Moore (Bobsleigh)/ Henri Rivers (Alpine Skiing) Japan - Sena Tomita (Snowboarding) / Wataru Morishige (Speed Skating) Kazakhstan - Ayaulum Amrenova (Freestyle Skiing) / Denis Nikisha (Short Track Speed Skating) Kenya - Sabrina Simader (Alpine Skiing) / Issa Gachingiri Labordet dit Pierre (Alpine Skiing) Kosovo - Kiana Kryeziu (Alpine Skiing) / Drin Kokaj (Alpine Skiing) Kyrgyzstan - Artur Saparbekov (Cross-Country Skiing) Latvia - Dzenefera Germane (Alpine Skiing) / Kaspars Daugavins (Ice Hockey) Lebanon - Andrea Elie Antoine El-Hayek (Alpine Skiing) Liechtenstein - Martin Kranz (Bobsleigh) Lithuania - Allison Reed (Figure Skiing) / Saulius Ambrilevičius (Figure Skating) Luxembourg - Matthieu Osch (Alpine Skiing) Madagascar - Mialitiana Clerc (Alpine Skiing) / Mathieu Gravier (Alpine Skiing) Malaysia - Aruwin Salehhuddin (Alpine Skiing) Malta - Jenny Axisa Eriksen (Cross-Country Skiing) Mexico - Sarah Schlepper (Alpine Skiing) / Donovan Carrillo (Figure Skating) Moldova - Elizaveta Hlusovici (Cross-Country Skiing) / Iulian Luchin (Cross-Country Skiing) Monaco - Arnaud Alessandria (Alpine Skiing) Mongolia - Ariuntungalag Enkhbayar (Cross-Country Skiing) / Ariunbat Altanzul (Alpine Skiing) Montenegro - Branislav Pekovic (Alpine Skiing) Morocco - Pietro Tranchina (Alpine Skiing) Netherlands - Kimberley Bos (Skeleton) / Jens van´t Wout (Short Track Speed Skating) New Zealand - Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Snowboarding) / Ben Barclay (Freestyle Skiing) Nigeria - Samuel Uduigowme Ikpefan (Cross-Country Skiing) North Macedonia - Jana Atanasovska (Alpine Skiing) / Stavre Jada (Cross-Country Skiing) Norway - Kajsa Vickhoff Lie (Alpine Skiing) / Peder Kongshaug (Speed Skating) Pakistan - Muhammad Karim (Alpine Skiing) Philippines - Tallulah Proulx (Alpine Skiing) / Francis Ceccarelli (Cross-Country Skiing) Poland - Natalia Czerwonka (Speed Skating) / Kamil Stoch (Ski Jumping) Portugal - Vanina Guerillot (Alpine Skiing) / Jose Cabeca (Cross-Country Skiing) Puerto Rico - Kellie Delka (Skeleton) Romania - Julia Sauter (Figure Skating) / Mihai Cristian Tentea (Bobsleigh) San Marino - Rafael Mini (Alpine Skiing) Saudi Arabia - Rakan Alireza (Cross-Country Skiing) Serbia - Anja Ilic (Cross-Country Skiing) / Milos MIlosavljevic (Cross-Country Skiing) Singapore - Faiz Basha Munwar (Alpine Skiing) Slovakia - Viktória Čerňanská (Bobsleigh) / Tomáš Tatar (Ice Hockey) Slovenia - Nika Prevc (Ski Jumping) / Domen Prevc (Ski Jumping) South Africa - Nicole Burger (Skeleton) / Matthew Smith (Cross-Country Skiing) South Korea - Park Ji-Woo (Speed Skating) / Cha Jun-Hwan (Figure Skating) Spain - Olivia Smart (Figure Skating) / Joaquim Salarich (Alpine Skiing) Sweden - Sara Hector (Alpine Skiing) / Walter Wallberg (Freestyle Skiing) Switzerland - Fanny Smith (Freestyle Skiing) / Nino Niederreiter (Ice Hockey) Thailand -  Karen Chanloung (Cross-Country Skiing) / Mark Chanloung (Cross-Country Skiing) Trinidad and Tobago - Emma Gatcliffe (Alpine Skiing) / Nikhil Alleyne (Alpine Skiing) Türkiye - Irem Dursun (Cross-Country Skiing) / Furkan Akar (Short Track Speed Skating) Ukraine - Yelizaveta Sidorko (Short Track Speed Skating) / Vladyslav Heraskevych (Skeleton) United Arab Emirates - Piera Hudson (Alpine Skiing) / Alexander Astridge (Alpine Skiing) United States - Erin Jackson (Speed Skating) / Frank Del Duca (Bobsleigh) Uruguay - Nicolas Pirozzi Mayer (Alpine Skiing) Uzbekistan - Daniil Eybog (Short Track Speed Skating) Venezuela - Nicolas Claveau-Laviolette (Cross-Country Skiing)

- , it's the other arena 

Many other names can be found using the filter "flagbearer" on the website:
 
https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/hubs/individuals/athletes

I wouldn't be surprised if football was the most viewed sport during the Olympics in a good chunk of Africa and Latin America.
 

IOC leader Coventry warns of ‘uncomfortable’ change coming to Olympics programs
 
I fear they're really going to cut sports from the Summer and put them in the Winter Olympics... I miss Bach
 

Sembrava tutto troppo tranquillo, anche Il Fatto Quotidiano e simili non riuscivano a montare grosse polemiche. Ora con questa ci campano fino alla cerimonia d'apertura.

https://swimswam.com/report-germany-has-withheld-names-of-76-athletes-found-to-be-doping/ 

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/documents/olympic-games/los-angeles-2028-olympic-games
 
Lots and lots more qualification systems uploaded 

Please disqualify Cochran-Siegle for ruining the pattern.

Comunque scrivere che 4 ori sarebbe un risultato "più che dignitoso" anche no. Sarebbe proprio negativo. OAsport si para il culo per poi fare i soliti articoli: TRIONFO ITALIA CHE DOMINA SUL MONDO appena si vince qualcosa.

No, they had several selection races before the season, the top 4 made the World Cup Team.

Welcome to the 2026 Milano Cortina Podium Guessing Game!
 
For this competition, you will guess which NOCs will land on the podium for each event.
 
Instructions:
1) Copy and paste the table below in its entirety into your post.
2) Write the 3-letter IOC code for the NOC you believe will occupy that spot on the podium.  (Please do not add additional text, and please do not use the emojis.  You can write any commentary below your table.)
3) Post your results before the first events of the Games (Wednesday, February 4)!  Any edits need to also be made before the first events.
 
 
All right...time is up!  However, there is still a chance to enter the competition.  If you get your guesses in by the Opening Ceremony, you will still receive credit for any event that hasn't started yet.  That is, you won't get credit for your guesses for, for instance, Team Figure Skating or Mixed Doubles Curling.  But anything else is still fair game.
 
I will try to provide daily updates.  Best of luck!
 
Scoring:
There are going to be two awards.
 
1) Most accurate medal placements - This will be awarded to the user that correctly guesses the most medals exactly correct.  That is, you will receive credit if you think Switzerland will win the gold for an event, and they did in fact win the gold for that event.  I will simply tally up the number of correct guesses across all medal events.
 
2) Most accurate podium makeup - This award will go to the user with the most accurate podium make-up, also receiving a bonus if the guess is exactly correct.
 
For this award, you will receive 2 points if you correctly guess the NOC in the correct medal spot.  (You thought Switzerland would win gold, and they did win gold.)
 
You will receive 1 point if you correctly guessed that an NOC will be on the podium, but you guessed the incorrect medal.  (You thought Switzerland would win gold, but they won silver.)
 
Users will receive an additional bonus point if you correctly guessed the entire podium for an event.

Even worse, the US Olympic Committee is also asking for an additional spot for her. The same one that was responsible to select her or another athlete.

Whinelaender involving JD Vance now? They will insist this is a political case of mistreatment of Americans, who are the bestest of the best and so feared by everyone. I guess for LA28 the IOC will need to give them 16 host quota places per event to avoid such cases

Even worse, the US Olympic Committee is also asking for an additional spot for her. The same one that was responsible to select her or another athlete.

Even worse, the US Olympic Committee is also asking for an additional spot for her. The same one that was responsible to select her or another athlete.

Even worse, the US Olympic Committee is also asking for an additional spot for her. The same one that was responsible to select her or another athlete.

Yes, they also wrote about It months ago on the olympics website: https://www.olympics.com/en/news/ester-ledecka-chooses-snowboard-over-alpine-downhill-milano-cortina-2026

Italy with 5 spots... It's simply unfair that we scored 22 points less than the USA last year in Nations Cup, yet we have 5 spots, and they have 8. On top of that, we have 7 spots in the women's team that we don't need—7 is completely unnecessary, and we can't trade 6th place in the men's team, which we have at a much higher level. Twenty years ago, we had 10 men in Turin, and now we have 5... Because of this, I think we're losing our chance at a medal in the relay because the IOC is making a joke. The system is unfair and promotes the top 5 too much, at the expense of others - for me it's funny that Norway (1st last year Nations Cup) and USA (5th) have 8 spots each, and Italy (6th) only 5. But one can only feel sorry that the IOC discriminates against the host country

La Grecia ci schiaccia noi ancora una volta... Ora abbiamo una altra sconfitta contro la Croazia e torniamo a casa. Un altro anno sprecato Purtroppo, dopo il 2024, la squadra maschile e quella femminile sono allo stesso livello: di livello mediocre. Ad oggi, la Georgia è più vicina all'Italia di quanto l'Italia lo sia alla Grecia. È un peccato che non possiamo imitare questa Grecia, sia nelle donne che negli uomini. Il sesto posto contro questi rivali è ciò che farebbe qualsiasi allenatore, anche senza alcun esperienza.

Per quello servono i neoborbonici al potere.

Here's the location of a few other team houses:

https://www.houseparty.blog/milano-cortina-2026

If anyone will be in Milano and will have nothing to do :D 
 
The official Slovakia house will be open daily from 6th to 22nd February from 10:00 to 22:00 (Fri-Sun 10:00-00:00)
 
The entry is free but under registration requirement, you can register whenever you want on this site https://casaslovacca.sk/
 
Slovak drinks, gastronomy, sweets, interesting daily program with traditional live music, WOG live broadcasts and pretty good chance to met our athletes
 
 
the adress Via Gaetano Negri 6, 20123 Milano

Per quello servono i neoborbonici al potere.

Giacomel is getting weaker and weaker, and his running is poor. Nothing will come of it. Without Boe, he was supposed to be the fastest skier, but he's losing out to the Norwegians and Swedes. The rest of the squad, apart from Hofer, is essentially colapse.