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Assuming my interpretation of the qualification rules is correct / the ISU didn't change it on us, here are where we stand after round 3 of 4.
 
Men's qualification
23 NOCs, only achieves a maximum quota. Maximum number of skaters is 83, but the max skaters currently add up to 109. Lots of double starters in there, though.
 
  500m 1000m 1500m 5000m 10000m MS TP Max skaters           1   1   1 2 1 1 1   6 1 1       1   3 2 3 2 1 2 2 X 8 2 2 2       X 6           1   1           2   2 1 1           2 1 1 1         3 1 2 2 2 1     6 2 1 1 3 2 1 X 8 3 3 3 1 1 1   7 2 2 2     1   5 2 2 2     2 X 7 3 3 3 3 2 2 X 9 2 2 3 2   2 X 7     1 1       2 3 2 2     1   6 3 2 2 2 2 2 X 8       1   1   2       1 1     2           1   1 2 2 2 2   2 X 7

No time to hurry, there still 57 days
 

 

Point 1 and 2: that's completely academic. The US government, and it increasingly looks like some other Western governments, aren't doing a diplomatic boycott of the IOC. The US isn't snubbing the IOC as they are organizing the 2028 Summer games and are the front runner to be awarded either the 2030 or 2034 Winter games. Literally nobody cares if the formal invitation came from the IOC or the PRC's government, everybody knows this is a spat between a handful of Western countries and the PRC's government.
 
As for point 3... I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that "the International Olympic Committee who are politically neutral" is a joke. Like, I know that's what they claim about themselves, but nobody actually believes them right?

Don’t forget Canada, another country to watch closely.
 
I just can’t see any scenario where Canada doesn’t announce a full boycott by November 2021. Erin O’Toole will surely be prime minister by then.

No way will that happen.
 
Don’t get carried away.
 
There is no evidence of any country even considering a full boycott at this point in time.
 
No offence, but this is a fantasy that is in your mind only.
 
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will go ahead as planned and will be remembered as the Games when some countries applied a diplomatic boycott.

Women's qualification
21 NOCs qualified, just like on the men's side only achieved the maximum number of skaters. The max skaters currently add up to 110.
 
  500m 1000m 1500m 3000m 5000m MS TP Max skaters 1             1 1 1           2 1   1     1   3 1 2 2 1 1 1 X 8 3 2 2 3 2 2 X 8 2 3 2 2 1 2 X 8   1 1 1 1 1   5   1 1         2 1 1 2     2   5     1 1 1 1   4 3 2 3 2 2 2 X 8 1 1 2 1   1   6 2 2       2   5 3 3 3 3 2 2 X 9 2 2 2 2 1 1 X 8 2 2 2 1   1 X 7 3 3 2 2 1 2 X 8 1             1   1 1     1   3 1 1 1         3 2 2 2 1   2   6

Assuming my interpretation of the qualification rules is correct / the ISU didn't change it on us, here are where we stand after round 3 of 4.
 
Men's qualification
23 NOCs, only achieves a maximum quota. Maximum number of skaters is 83, but the max skaters currently add up to 109. Lots of double starters in there, though.
 
  500m 1000m 1500m 5000m 10000m MS TP Max skaters           1   1   1 2 1 1 1   6 1 1       1   3 2 3 2 1 2 2 X 8 2 2 2       X 6           1   1           2   2 1 1           2 1 1 1         3 1 2 2 2 1     6 2 1 1 3 2 1 X 8 3 3 3 1 1 1   7 2 2 2     1   5 2 2 2     2 X 7 3 3 3 3 2 2 X 9 2 2 3 2   2 X 7     1 1       2 3 2 2     1   6 3 2 2 2 2 2 X 8       1   1   2       1 1     2           1   1 2 2 2 2   2 X 7

World record for in the men's team pursuit :O

World record for in the men's team pursuit :O

Assuming my interpretation of the qualification rules is correct / the ISU didn't change it on us, here are where we stand after round 3 of 4.
 
Men's qualification
23 NOCs, only achieves a maximum quota. Maximum number of skaters is 83, but the max skaters currently add up to 109. Lots of double starters in there, though.
 
  500m 1000m 1500m 5000m 10000m MS TP Max skaters           1   1   1 2 1 1 1   6 1 1       1   3 2 3 2 1 2 2 X 8 2 2 2       X 6           1   1           2   2 1 1           2 1 1 1         3 1 2 2 2 1     6 2 1 1 3 2 1 X 8 3 3 3 1 1 1   7 2 2 2     1   5 2 2 2     2 X 7 3 3 3 3 2 2 X 9 2 2 3 2   2 X 7     1 1       2 3 2 2     1   6 3 2 2 2 2 2 X 8       1   1   2       1 1     2           1   1 2 2 2 2   2 X 7

Women's qualification
21 NOCs qualified, just like on the men's side only achieved the maximum number of skaters. The max skaters currently add up to 110.
 
  500m 1000m 1500m 3000m 5000m MS TP Max skaters 1             1 1 1           2 1   1     1   3 1 2 2 1 1 1 X 8 3 2 2 3 2 2 X 8 2 3 2 2 1 2 X 8   1 1 1 1 1   5   1 1         2 1 1 2     2   5     1 1 1 1   4 3 2 3 2 2 2 X 8 1 1 2 1   1   6 2 2       2   5 3 3 3 3 2 2 X 9 2 2 2 2 1 1 X 8 2 2 2 1   1 X 7 3 3 2 2 1 2 X 8 1             1   1 1     1   3 1 1 1         3 2 2 2 1   2   6

Max number of skaters in a single event (3 in the team pursuit) + 1 skater for each additional event where China has qualified (500m, 1000m, 1500m).
 
The maximum number of skaters per gender is 7, with two exceptions. If you qualify at least one skater in every event the limit is raised to 8. And if you qualify the maximum number of skaters in all events the limit is raised to 9.

Max number of skaters in a single event (3 in the team pursuit) + 1 skater for each additional event where China has qualified (500m, 1000m, 1500m).
 
The maximum number of skaters per gender is 7, with two exceptions. If you qualify at least one skater in every event the limit is raised to 8. And if you qualify the maximum number of skaters in all events the limit is raised to 9.

World record for in the men's team pursuit :O

And here is your Dutch passport, good sir  
 
 

just won it's second women's team pursuit race in a row, though in this case entirely because of a fall from the Japanese team.
 
Japan, incidentally, almost beat the last place team despite falling with one lap to go (this American team is not going to qualify for the Olympics, despite being the defending bronze medalists).

My hatred for the mass start will just never dissipate.
 
If it was a point race? Great. If it was a scratch race? Also great. But a scratch race to decide positions 1-4 and a point race to decide the minor placings? That's just madness.
 
I don't say this lightly when I say this event probably has the worst format of any Olympic event.

Margaglio crashed out today.

A very rare occurrence in skeleton. Happens about once in four years.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/kaillie-humphries-us-citizen-olympics-235630912.html
 
I had no idea there was a workaround for the three year rule for citizenship application for spouses of US citizens.
 
I’d love to have a better grasp of her immigration history because this is just really interesting.

The whole Russian team seems unlikely to make it to the US due to their vaccination status (Sputnik V). That would be outright stupid by whichever Russian authorities decided to give international athletes a vaccine which is not as widely recognized as others...
 
Once again, it seems that Russian athletes are screwed by their own authorities  

Broderick Thompson just won his first ever world cup medal, starting 35th, by finishing third in the first Beaver Creek Super G. This is his first top-20 finish in a non-Alpine Combined event.

Broderick Thompson just won his first ever world cup medal, starting 35th, by finishing third in the first Beaver Creek Super G. This is his first top-20 finish in a non-Alpine Combined event.

Italy do it since 2018

Stealing a joke from Twitter: the fenestration of Prague.

China didn’t send him because they wanted to give experience to younger players.