JoshMartini007

An ISU World Championships would be a lot easier to host than an FIS World Championships. The largest hurdle for host cities is whether or not they have a speed skating venue. The other disciplines can be held in generic large indoor arenas.

For men I would decline HP, Moguls, SS/BA, Skicross and for the women it would be Aerial, Mogulsx2, SS/BA

The strategy is paying off. The coaching staff calculated that it is a lot easier to finish in the top 4 at the North America Cup than the top 16 at the World Cup. We are about 80 points ahead of who along with and both riders would have to leap frog our second man. We may or may not hold on, but we are playing smart given our current weakness in the event.

Inflation is also a thing, especially in 2020 and 2021. 180 million in 2020 dollars is 216 million today so we are still down ~20% relative to 2020-21.

How did CONCACAF get 3 women's quotas, especially since the united states are qualified as hosts. Asia should get 3 full quotas. Europe should also get 5.

Not liking this compression score idea... You are basically punishing someone for being too good. Kite/windsurfing is okay...

Maybe by "evolve" they meant for them to prepare for a world without outdoor ice or snow.

Huge upsets to end the tournament.

Handball literally gave Australia a host quota back in 2000 so they'll give it to anyone. Field hockey in comparison has been more restrictive. They require the United States to have a world ranking of at least 25, which the women should easily meet and the men are likely to meet.

The rugby sevens qualifiers has a logic hole. In the past, in order to prevent a weak North American team from qualifying, they stipulate that should two North American nations qualifying through the World Series (basically Canada and the United States) then there won't be a direct qualifier. Here because they have the host quota at a lower priority the way it is written is if the United States finishes in the top 4 (and not Canada) then Canada would be unable to qualify through the continental qualifier. Of course, I doubt that is true (and this can be easily fixed by putting the host quota as the highest priority) and Canada will be allowed to qualify as normal.

The continental quotas have a max of 1 athlete per NOC. As only Egypt is competitive, it makes sense for them to only get 1 quota.

Yeah, it's quite an oversight. I can look past unlikely scenarios, for example what happens if the United States wins the 2026-27 Pro League, but Argentina qualifying through the Women's Pro League and winning gold at the Pan Am Games with the United States finishing second is a very likely scenario, possibly as high as a 50% chance.

From my experience it is better to go by what they intended rather than what was written. The point being is that should the United States be in a position to take the Pan American quota, the quota will be reallocated to the world qualifiers. It can be a bit frustrating, but these documents aren't exactly written to define what happens in every scenario, even though they should. If someone from the IOC/sport federations are here, I'd love to proof read your documents .

No, in both cases the United States will qualify and the Pan American quota will go to the world qualifiers

Sweden quite commonly rejects qualified quotas if they believe the athlete has no chance of reaching top 8.

Men's Rankings (after 2 games) 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 Women's Rankings (after 2 games) 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2

"Put your hands in the air" Hands are definitely not in the air

Mexico and Canada not trying to get too close in the selfie

I was thinking Carney got lucky

Asks question in English. Answers in their native language.

Looks like Trump got the peace prize he wanted.

CA-NA-DA

TSN has it online.

Draw ceremony starts now

Lusophone > Hispanophone