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The Technical director of the Dutch Olympic Committee has, using his discretionary powers, decided to include them in the team. He cites “extra-ordinary circumstances”, but has not stated what they are. The use of these powers is quite rare. They were used in 2022 to nominate an alpine-skier.

pair Danilova/Tsiba hasn't fulfilled the national criteria to participate in the Games but their skating federation has sent a request to the national olympic committee for an exception and to include them to the TeamNL. https://www.schaatsen.nl/nieuws/knsb-dient-verzoek-in-voor-olympisch-startbewijs-danilova-tsiba/

pair Danilova/Tsiba hasn't fulfilled the national criteria to participate in the Games but their skating federation has sent a request to the national olympic committee for an exception and to include them to the TeamNL. https://www.schaatsen.nl/nieuws/knsb-dient-verzoek-in-voor-olympisch-startbewijs-danilova-tsiba/

Final SOQCs are here if anyone is still waiting and checking the ISU communications page. Compared to the lists on the wikipedia and the World Cup standings,  Yakubovskiy is missing 20 points from Hamar in the men's mass start. And the host quotas weren't moved up in the time rankings from the reserve lists to the last qualifying spots. 

Sochowicz has clearly underperformed so far this season. I hope he picks up the pace soon and we should join the team relay event.

Sochowicz has clearly underperformed so far this season. I hope he picks up the pace soon and we should join the team relay event.

No, it's not that. In speed skating alone we still have at least 3 medal contenders - Semirunniy at 10,000m M (our biggest hope), Żurek at 500m and 1000m M, Ziomek-Nogal at 500m W. Kania at 500m M and Wójcik at 500m W are also capable of being near the podium on their good days. Other than these, we count on the mixed relay in the short-track and snowboarders in Parallel Giant Slalom.

The last one was Emmanuel Chedal in Lillehammer 2009.

Olympic Quotas after World Cup 3/4
 
Men
 
Nation 500m 1000m 1500m 5000m 10000m MS TP Max. Quota Proj. Quota Austria   1 2 1   1   5 2 Belgium   1 1 1 1 2   6 3 Canada 3 2 2 1 1 2   7 7 China 3 2 3 1   2 x 8 8 Czechia     1 1 1 1   4 1 Denmark           1   1 1 Estonia 1 1           2 1 France     1 1 1 2 x 6 4 Germany   3 3 3   2 x 7 7  Hungary   1 1         2 1 Italy 1 1 1 3 2 2 x 8 6 Japan 3 3 3 1   1 x 7 7 Kazakhstan 1             1 1 Netherlands 3 3 3 3 2 2 x 9 9 Norway 3 1 3 3 2 1 x 8 7 Poland 3 3 1   1     6 4 South Korea 3 2       2   4 4  Spain 1 1           2 1 Switzerland           1   1 1 United States 3 3 3 1 1 2 x 8 7 20 Nations 28 28 28 20 12 24 8 102 82 Women
 
Nation 500m 1000m 1500m 3000m 5000m MS TP Max. Quota Proj. Quota  Austria 1 1 1 1   1   5 2 Belgium   1 1 1 1 2 x 7 3 Canada 3 3 3 3 2 2 x 8 8 China 3 3 3 1 1 2 x 8 8 Czechia   1 2 1 1     4 2 Denmark 1 1 1         3 1 France       1       1 1 Germany 1 1 1 1 1 2 x 8 6 Great Britain   1 1         2 1 Italy 1 1 1 1 1 1   6 3 Japan 3 3 3 1   2 x 7 7 Kazakhstan 2 2 2 2 1 1 x 8 4 Netherlands 3 3 3 3 2 2 x 9 9 Neutral Athletes       2 1 1   3 3  Norway 1   1 1 1 1   5 3 Poland 3 2 1         5 5 Portugal           1   1 1 South Korea 3 2 1     2   5 5 Switzerland   1 1 1   2   5 2 Taiwan 1             1 1 United States 2 2 2     2 x 6 5 21 Nations 28 28 28 20 12 24 8 107 80  

And the final sprints of the qualification period were held today.
The quotas among men go to:
2025 World Championships: 
Olympic Sprint Ranking List: 
And among women:
2025 World Championships: 
Olympic Sprint Ranking List: 

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
 
 

2026 Olympic Quotas After Stage 3/4
 
 
  Men Women Mixed Quotas Nation 500m 1000m 1500m Relay 500m 1000m 1500m Relay Relay Men Women Total Australia 1 1 1     1       1 1 2 Austria 1   1             1   1 Belgium 1 1 1 x 1 1 1     4 1 5 Canada 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 China 3 3 3 x 3 2 3 x x 5 5 10 Croatia         1 1 1       1 1 Czechia             1       1 1 France   2 2   2 2 2   x 2 2 4 Great Britain 1 1 3   1 1 1     3 1 4 Hong Kong     1             1   1 Hungary 1 2 2   1 2 2   x 2 2 4 Italy 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Japan 2 2 3 x 2 3 3 x x 4 5 9 Kazakhstan 2 1     2 1 1   x 2 2 4 Korea 2 3 3 x 2 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Latvia 1 2 1       1     2 1 3 Netherlands 3 2 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Neutral Athletes   1 1   1         1 1 2 Poland 2 2 1   2 3 3 x x 2 5 7 Slovakia         1   1       1 1  Turkiye 2                 2   2  Ukraine 1 1 1   1   1     1 1 2 United States 2 2 3 x 3 3 3 x x 4 5 9 Uzbekistan 1                 1   1 Total 32 32 36 8 32 32 36 8 11 58 55 113  
No new or dropped countries from this weekend. Unfortunately, Belgium lost their 2nd women's quotas so we only have 11 teams eligible to enter a team in the mixed relay now. Hong Kong also lost their only female quota while Australia and Latvia gained their first female athletes.
 
One more competition to go. Remember the worst results get dropped so we could see a lot of changes next weekend.
 
Changes in Quotas from the last update:
 
Men's 500m: 
In: Australia 1, Hungary 1, Korea 2
Out: Poland 3, France 1, Latvia 2
 
Men's 1000m:
In: Ukraine 1, Poland 2
Out: United States 3, Netherlands 3
 
Men's 1500m:
In: Great Britain 3
Out: Turkiye 1
 
Women's 500m:
In: Great Britain 1, France 2
Out: Belgium 2, Korea 3
 
Women's 1000m:
In: Australia 1
Out: Neutral Athletes 1
 
Women's 1500m:
In: Poland 3, Latvia 1, Great Britain 1, Ukraine 1
Out: Croatia 2, Kazakhstan 2, Hong Kong 1, France 3
 
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 200m Relay
*Will only be used if there are extra quotas available
 
 

Full schedule:
 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/100yGpndypOTBi9m1lmB6w1CeHfaBW8uk/view

FIS points are up and he's through. Also in Dubai,  Rafael Mini is very close to secure the first qualification for his country for these Games. He needs <= 120.59 FIS points tomorrow.

FIS points are up and he's through. Also in Dubai,  Rafael Mini is very close to secure the first qualification for his country for these Games. He needs <= 120.59 FIS points tomorrow.

Henry Rivers of  had a good result today in Dubai. I think good enough to qualify for the olympics but have to wait for FIS points to be posted.

Because I was curious, I did some digging.
 
Winston Tang has always competed with the USA.  I found his Instagram here.  No references to Guinea-Bissau at all.  But then when I saw the article on FIS talking about snow sports coming to GBS, I caught (thanks to ChatGPT) that the organizer of the Winter Sports Federation of GBS was named Thomas Tang.  Come to find out, Thomas Tang was born in Taiwan and moved to America as a teenager.  Thomas competed in Calgary 1988 and Albertville 1992 as an alpine skiier, and works as a businessman.  Winston is his son.  
 
I then found a video on Facebook from Ministério da Cultura, Juventude e Desportos da Guiné-Bissau from April 2024 that seems to be Thomas (speaking English) talking with the people at the Ministry in GBS talking about the opportunity to form the winter sport federation. (It's primarily a presentation from someone else in Portuguese.)
 
Seems like Thomas saw an opportunity to develop something that aligns with his passions...and methinks GBS probably was keen on fast-tracking Tang and his family to be citizens, allowing Winston to compete under their flag.  I also found the dad's FB profile, which shows him in Guinea-Bissau.
 
(Whether it's dad actually wanting to build winter sports in GBS, or just dad wanting to see his son compete in the Olympics, we'll see where the future leads!)

very important information, thank you for catching that. I tried a simulation with World Tour points and you can't qualify enough athletes in each discipline anyway so it i guess you would have to use the ranking points.

Men's Quotas: 
 
 just missed by one spot.

Only Germany left with any real chance to make it to the Team Event. Finland and Australia way too far away from top 5.

Entries for the qualifier are out https://www.isu.org/events/owg-figure-skating-qualifying-competition-2025

They are not related and yes, Semeniuk is a surname with the Ukrainian origins. The south-eastern part of Poland, the Eastern Galicia with the city of Lviv where the Ukrainian Semeniuk was born, before WWII was mostly Ukrainian. After WWII many people from that area migrated or were moved to the western Poland.

They are not related and yes, Semeniuk is a surname with the Ukrainian origins. The south-eastern part of Poland, the Eastern Galicia with the city of Lviv where the Ukrainian Semeniuk was born, before WWII was mostly Ukrainian. After WWII many people from that area migrated or were moved to the western Poland.

By the way, by coincidence I have seen users with no avatar in most of the "Latest Replies" threads earlier today, so the default avatar is the first letter of your username, which is not so nice
 
 @clemsonbeav @Illya @Jose Luis @Faramir @Kerkun @copravolley if you wanna set an avatar that's very easy to do from your profile page. Of course if you like the default avatar it's totally fine, just a quick suggestion   You can just set your country's flag, an animal, an athlete, whatever you want...Or keep the big first letter of your username of course 

We had the first Grand Prix competitions this weekend in  Courchevel, including the new High Five format on Sunday. High Five is a competition where ski jumpers are divided into groups of five using the serpentine system based on the quali or previous competition results - two best of each group and 4 or 5 lucky losers (women and men respectively) move forward to the second round. For the final classification, only the score in the second round counts. It's quite rough around the edges, not easy to follow in the TV broadcast, and will be tested once again next week in  Wisła.   Nika Prevc won on Saturday while  Abigail Strate did so on Sunday, likewise  Marius Lindvik and  Niklas Bachlinger.
I think  Slovakia had one of the best weekends ever. Hektor Kapustik was P28 and P17 , while his younger sister Kira Maria P28 was and P27. And don't forget about Tamara Mesikova with P22 and P23. Slovakia is very close to having at least one ski jumper in each gender at the Olympics.  @hckošice
 Frida Westman had a solid proper return to scoring points with P15 and P16.
To finish the update, on the men's side  lost its sole provisional quota for now thanks to  Raimund claiming the yellow bib by coming second twice.