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I feel like cross country skiing is having a real identity crisis right now. Especially with the increased popularity of biathlon.

China is famously... flexible when it comes to dual citizenship (when they want to be).

Is it clear to anyone how the ISU interprets the qualification rules? I legitimately do not understand how they got the quota and reserve lists they got... I wish the Spanish federation had gotten the CAS involved just so we could get some clarity. And hey, ISU, hire me to write the qualification criteria next time.

US Speed Skating Olympic Team Men: Ethan Cepuran Casey Dawson Austin Kleba Emery Lehman Joey Mantia Jordan Stolz Ian Quinn Women: Giorgia Birkeland Brittany Bowe Kimi Goetz Erin Jackson Mia Manganello-Kilburg Breakdown by home state (for fun): 4 skaters: Florida 3 skaters: Illinois 1 skater: Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Utah, Wisconsin

If I were Malinin I'd start asking myself if I wouldn't rather skate for Uzbekistan tbh...

Team USA Men's Jason Brown Nathan Chen Vincent Zhou Women's Mariah Bell Karen Chen Alysa Liu Pairs Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Ice Dance Madison Chock / Evan Bates Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Kind of wild that the three Americans who have a real chance at winning an individual gold medal in Beijing (Jackson, Bowe and Mantia) all come from Ocala, Florida, population 60k.

Not surprised. A very similar thing happened in Canada after the 2014 Olympic trials. Denny Morrison fell in the 1000m, but Guilmore Junio gave up his spot in the event (he was also qualified in the 500m) so Morrison could compete. Morrison ended up winning a silver medal.

It actually got called as a 4A<, so this is technically the first landed quad Axel landed in competition.

Canadian National Championships, final results Men's Single (2 quotas available) Keegan Messing Roman Sadovsky Wesley Chiu Women's Single (1 quota available) Madeline Schizas Véronik Mallet Gabrielle Daleman Pairs (2 quotas available) Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps Ice Dance (3 quotas available) Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Laurence Fournier-Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha The Olympic team will be announced tomorrow, but with one exception it's almost certainly already decided. Keegan Messing and Roman Sadovsky will likely get the men's spots, Madeline Schizas will likely get the women's spot, Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro will likely get one of the pairs spots and Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, Laurence Fournier-Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen and Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha will likely get the ice dance spots. The only remaining question is the second pairs spot. Vanessa James and Eric Radford withdrew before the long program and are petitioning for a spot.

I would say that Carlijn Schoutens is in serious contention to be considered the luckiest medalist from the 2018 Olympics, from being born in New Jersey (her parents were there for school and moved back to the Netherlands before she was one), to the US getting a re-location spot in Team Pursuit, to being put in the semi-finals as the US wasn't trying to win the semi anyway and wanted to rest Bowe, to her teamates barely upsetting Canada (they almost had a fall on the last turn) in the bronze medal race.

As long as Mia Manganello-Kilburg qualifies for the Mass Start at the US Olympic trials tomorrow either Bowe or Goetz can give up their spot in the 500m (Both are also qualified for the 1000m and Bowe is also qualified for the 1500m) to Jackson without the US going over their five skater quota limit.

70th career win for Kingsbury. He is now only sixteen victories away from Ingemar Stenmark's record of most FIS world cup victories among male athletes. Very achievable if he goes for another quad.

She is aiming for the 2026 Olympics, where she would be... 42.

US Nationals, women's single Mariah Bell, at the ripe old age of 25, won her first senior nationals. She is the oldest women to win in 95 years, and in all likelihood she will be the oldest American women to compete in women's single at the Olympics since 1928. Again, at the ancient age of 25. Karen Chen finished second and is also virtually guaranteed a spot at the Olympics. Isabeau Levito finished third, but is not age eligible for the Olympics. Gabriella Izzo, in fourth, is the third highest ranked age-eligible competitor. The last spot on the Olympic team will likely come down to her or Alysa Liu.

Ya, triple citizen ( ). Could have gotten a US passport too, she held a Green Card when she was younger and she actually learned to skate while she was living in the US.

Canadian Nationals, day 1 (Short program / rhythm dance) Men's Single (2 quotas available) Keegan Messing (84.38) Wesley Chiu (81.47) Joseph Phan (78.14) Roman Sadovsky (77.17) Corey Circelli (76.64) Bennet Toman (72.83) Nam Nguyen (71.27) Women's Single (1 quota available) Madeline Schizas (72.05) Véronik Mallet (59.35) Gabrielle Daleman (58.48) Michelle Long (57.14) Emily Bausback (56.82) Alison Schumacher (56.38) Katherine Medland-Spence (55.74) Pairs (2 quotas available) Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro (73.02) Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud (66.88) Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps (63.54) (AFAIK Stellato-Dudek does not have Canadian citizenship) Vanessa James / Eric Radford (63.33) Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland (60.13) Patricia Andrew / Steven Adcock (56.37) Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier (49.93) Ice Dance (3 quotas available) Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (86.98) Laurence Fournier-Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen (81.04) Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha (76.67) Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus (72.55) Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac (71.29) Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker (70.00) Molly Lanaghan / Dmitre Razgulajevs (67.51) Very close battles for the second spots in the men's single and the pairs event (and Messing is far from certain from being in the top two). Biggest dissapointment of the day was Nguyen, who is retiring at the end of the season. He had a really bad fall on his 3A which completly ruined his program. Very happy that Fournier-Beaudry / Sørensen, formerly of , will very likely finally make their Olympic debut. Also worth noting that Lauriault / Le Gac competed for at the 2018 Olympics.

Official decision: there is no reskate, Erin Jackson, the world number 1, is out unless someone ranked ahead of her gives up their spot. ...they are definitively changing the selection procedures for 2026.

Drama - US Speed Skating officials considering letting Jackson re-skate.

World number 1 in the women's 500m Erin Jackson is OUT of the Olympics after finishing third at US Olympic trials! Same top two as in the 1000m, Brittany Bowe first and Kimi Goetz second.

…in hindsight, they were sadly right.

In an investigation about doping which lead to all her Olympic medals being stripped. The US government did all that legwork, not the IOC or WADA.

…Marion Jones literally went to prison.

Alysa Liu has tested positive for COVID-19 and has withdrawn from US championships. She was in third place after the short.

I love how much respect the team event gets :P