NearPup

Don't let facts get in the way of talking about something related to the Olympics being surely cancelled!

I mean, they have pretty much the exact same status as (constituent country within an independent country that does compete in the Olympics) so I would say no.

and will get a bye into the second round of the playoff, will have to compete in the first round.

qualifying is absolutely insane. Smallest populated nation to qualify *by far*.

They really deserved each other tonight

Qualify for the World Cup. to the playoffs

Finally updates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_skating_at_the_2026_Winter_Olympics_–_Qualification (I'm traveling and had to port my script to work on Mac xD )

Which is incidentally also why rugby was so early in 2024 (well, athletics but same difference)

The top 6 by point and the two teams with the fastest time not qualified by points get a quota. The reserve list is based on points (and Italy also gets the last time spot as long as they are one of the six fastest time not qualified by points). The time ranking only takes the four world cups into qualification, but it takes both A and B races into account. Every event except for the mass start has some time qualifiers and use the time ranking for the reserve list.

It will basically come down to getting a time qualification time next week-end.

We might never know why he did it, but given how quiet he's been I wouldn't be surprised if he changed his name *because* Svenson is such an anonymous name in Sweden. And sadly he was quite clearly completly burned out on speed skating by the end of his career.

I don’t do it manually, I use a script that pulls the data from the ISU website, so same amount of work on my end regardless of how many skaters it is. I would like to hide the lower half of the list, I know that’s possible on Wikipedia, but I haven’t figured out how to do it yet.

Well the Dutch women are on track to do what they need to send a full team so far - as it stands they have a full contingent of points qualifiers in the 1000m, 3000m and 5000m

I mean ya, but it doesn't affect everybody the same. Could be something else, but in his case there is a clear difference in form pre and post pandemic.

Added summary of current qualification standings here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_skating_at_the_2026_Winter_Olympics_–_Qualification Will keep the Wikipedia page updated as best I can. If I'm feeling really ambitious I'll update my script to output in a Totallympics format too, sadly the speed skating qualification system is somewhat complicated so I'm not gonna do this by hand xD If anyone finds any issues with the list please let me know, I haven't thoroughly tested my script with the new qualification system. Fun fact: as it stands is already not at the maximum quota on the men's side (since Marcel Bosker is only a time qualifier in the men's 5000m)

He had COVID before Beijing and he’s never looked the same after…

Something something ice is slippery. Sven Kramer was a sure thing to win gold in the 10k in Vancouver, after all.

Well this has really scrambled up how I think the Olympics are gonna go. Probably the biggest surprise of the winter sports season so far.

Oh ya, van der Poel changed his name to Svensson

This also means Nils Svensson no longer holds any world records. Crazy they didn't even survive a single quad given how unbeatable those felt at the time.

Someone must have read "How to skate a 10k… and also half a 10k" over the summer. More seriously, these inline speed skating transfers do sometime seem to have huge drops in time. He probably massively improved his technique since last season.

What the hell just happened? O.o 5000m world record by Timothy Loubineaud, 6:00.2

Inside the Games is really a joke now :<

No, it's up to two men.

Just in time for it to be removed from the Olympics? xD