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China and Poland are missing one men's single, and Slovakia is missing one women's team, who isn't competing at all this season. I was hoping Poland and China would get a wild card to compete on the team relay at the Olympics.

I thought Slovakia didn't have any women in single? It's a bit ridiculous that two men's doubles teams will be competing for Svk, but no women. Would your girl have a realistic chance to Q?

La verità è questa: con Keita domineremo per molti anni nel volley maschile, soprattutto perché Leon è già vecchio e presto se ne andrà. Ci saranno sicuramente pressioni per impedire a Keita di giocare per l'Italia, perché ciò significherebbe che i nostri rivali giocheranno principalmente per 2 posto.

Tuttavia, se riceverà il passaporto entro febbraio 2026, continueranno ad applicarsi le vecchie regole: Rychlicki, Leon, Leal, ecc.

Mattarella non poteva intervenire e accorciare i tempi? Lo stesso caso di Antropova: un passaporto per i successi sportivi speciali?

There are only 2 months left, so it will be hard But Mattarella - the president of Italy is a big volleyball fan, so maybe somehow it will work very speed? https://www.oasport.it/2025/12/il-fenomeno-noumory-keita-giochera-per-litalia-richiesta-la-cittadinanza-ma-ce-lo-scoglio-del-nuovo-regolamento/

https://www.oasport.it/2025/12/il-fenomeno-noumory-keita-giochera-per-litalia-richiesta-la-cittadinanza-ma-ce-lo-scoglio-del-nuovo-regolamento/

Without Vlhova, Shiffrin has no rivals. Colturi is still too young to compete for a full season with her.

Almeno dovremmo essere migliori del Regno Unito, della Polonia, dell'Ungheria, ecc. Ma ora nessun progresso. Ci sono progressi tra le donne, ma è più facile ottenerli rapidamente lì, grazie alla naturalizzazione delle persone dal Nord America. La Cina ha fatto lo stesso prima del 2022.

The Cortina race will definitely be included in this ranking, as this information was recently announced. That's why everyone competed there, but not in Winterberg.

https://www.fondoitalia.it/ Where did you get this information? I use the portal above, and if this information isn't there, I'm surprised. The federation's website is more official, while fondo.it would definitely post if there was such information.

Non credo che ci saranno sconfitte per 10-0 +, ecc., perché il Canada o gli Stati Uniti non saranno non saranno motivati al 100% per vincere cosi alto (abbiamo giocato in Elite per molti anni e non credo che abbiamo mai perso 0-10 o più nel 21 secolo). Non è esattamente questo il problema. Il problema è che la squadra italiana non fa progressi da anni. Sulla carta, la Polonia ha una rosa peggiore della nostra: il 90% dei loro giocatori gioca nel campionato polacco, eppure giocano meglio di noi. Sono più coesi, hanno un piano di gioco e lo mettono in pratica. Per me dovevamo prima naturizzare un buon portiere, perché a parte Clara, le cose vanno male, e anache Clara non sta giocando molto bene in Nazionale.

In the summer- yes, there were such cases, but I wrote more about winter sports, saying that we have almost no one like that- except maybe for ice hockey, where we won't chance to win anything anyway, and I believe that as the organizing country, we should be motivated to win a lot of medals. Do you remember how many medals Russia won in Sochi in 2014 thanks to naturalizations: Viktor Ahn and Vic Wild. Of all the people you mentioned, only 1 won an Olympic medal in 2024, Andy Diaz (bronze), or maybe Antropova, but that was the all team, and we won 40 of them... Quite a low percentage, right?

Pinheiro has connections to Brazil, becouse his mather is a Brazilian, so there's no problem with that. The problem is more of a moral one, because Norway trained him and thanks to them, he became a great skier. If he lived in Brazil, he wouldn't have had that opportunity. Nevertheless, Norway probably doesn't have much of a problem, as it has many other excellent skiers in various disciplines. In Colturi's case, she had 0 connetions to that country- Alb, so praising it is a bit of a stretch, especially if you then accuse Italy of doing the same to others. Antropova has connetions with Italy in that she trained there, when her was about 13-14 years old, so we had some influence on her current form. Italy certainly did more for Antropova's career than Albania did for Colturi in the past.

Albania took away our best young alpine ski racer and everyone here is happy about it and congratulating them on the fact that they will win medals in the winter

The world is what it is, and if you don't do something, France and Poland will do it for you, taking your medals. If it weren't for Kiripiczkikova, Quadarella would have won the bronze medal in Paris, and now it's possible that Smeirunyy will take Ghiotto's medal in Cortina... btw., what connection does Colturi have with Albania? The same as Ustjugov or Antropova have with Italy: none If you do nothing, you risk losing medals to others who are smarter than you... Like: France, Albania, Poland, etc .And I have read many opinions here that it's great that Albania will now have medals in winter sports... So, for some, it's good, but we can't do it? In my opinion, either no one does it- which is impossible in these times- or everyone is fighting for yourself.

They don't have a quota in men's singles either, but I guess they'll be able to added this Q? There are actually only 8 teams with Q in team relay from possibily 11. But I'm just surprised China isn't competing in team events this season... I think that apart from Germany, everyone is interested in China participating in women's doubles

For me there's a World Cup in Winterberg- it doesn't count toward Olympic qualification, and there's no test event in Cortina- it does. The World Cup ranking isn't the same as the Olympic ranking and the latter isn't listed anywhere. Unfortunately, the Luge federation is performing poorly, unlike the FIS, which has up-to-date standings.

I also wonder if China will accept its quota in the women's doubles? If so, Germany will only have one doubles, which will increase Italy's medal chances. I'm asking about China because their women's doubles is very weak and frequently suffers DNFs, and I suspect they'll send them to the Olympics. On the other hand, without it, they won't be able to compete on the team. Is anyone here from China here and know that`s country's policy in such cases? It means someone is qualified but very weak and has no chance of winning a medal.

Where can I see the current Olympic rankings? There's no link on Wikipedia. In my opinion, after the last World Cup, Italy should have had 3 people in the men's single, not the USA – the 3 athlete from the USA wasn't even in the top 20 recently, while here Gufler-Ita, was 12th.

Poland, for example, has Semurunyyi in speed skating, France has Kirpichnikova in swimming, who won a medal in the 1500 meters in Paris and we have nothing. We could easily have signed someone in speed skating, cross-country skiing, etc. We could have even proposed this to Ustjugov, becouse he wanted to train with the Italian national team 2 years ago. We simply lack the intelligence and cynicism. Antropova shows that it is worth doing this, because without her we probably wouldn`t have won the gold at the Olympics and World Championships in the last 2 years.

It's a shame that Italy hasn't naturalized anyone from those regions for 4 years, including winter sports. Many countries do this, though the most of them are those from the former USSR, where Russia itself probably doesn't bother with too long waiting periods: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc, but not only they. We only have Antropova, which isn't even case involved in the war, as it was already discussed in 2021. https://www.oasport.it/2025/12/polina-kudermetova-non-rappresentera-piu-la-russia-la-tennista-giochera-sotto-la-bandiera-delluzbekistan/

Mi chiedo cosa sia realisticamente possibile ottenere dalla nostra attuale squadra di hockey, con questo roster, e che tipo di allenatore potrebbe riuscirci? È chiaro che questi allenatori eccezionali, tipo: Jalonen e l'ex canadese, non sono probabilmente inadatti ad allenare una squadra del nostro calibro. In ogni caso, non vedo alcun progresso da 2 anni in cui il finlandese è coach: siamo stati fortunati ad avanzare alla Divisione Elite, ma siamo ancora una squadra più debole di Regno Unito, Polonia, Ungheria, ecc. Su 5 partite con loro, potremmo vincerne forse 1. Stile di gioco pessimo: scarsa efficacia, errori da scolaretto da parte del portiere, ecc. Nessun progresso da anni.

Non grazie 1500? Quindi, dato che al massimo 30 possono competere nell mass start, lui sarà così quel 30 , ma probabilmente non lo sapremo ufficialmente fino a febbraio alle Olimpiadi. Tuttavia, oggi non ha ottenuto la quota, cosa impensabile un anno fa, quando combattere per il podio di Coppa del Mondo insieme a Giovannini. Malfatti ha gareggiare anche nella partenza in linea nel 2022 in Bejing, e Wikipedia non la considera una quota per Ita. Anche la disastro totale nella sector della distanze femminili, a parte Lollo, è sorprendente. La nostra squadra femminile non è riuscita a promozione, non è riuscita a ottenere nemmeno una seconda quota nella mass start, ecc. Peveri e Marletti sono scomparsi, e Rossi era troppo scarsa. Oltre a ciò, ci sono stati degli strani esperimenti con Fontana. Sembra tutto strano. Io sono sicuro che Peveri del 2023, o anche Marletti della scorsa stagione, si sarebbero qualificati con grande sicurezza oggi. Non so di chi sia la colpa se non stanno partecipando al World Cup in questo momento o se non sono in forma. Sono anche infortunati?