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1st 15 Women's Mass Start Quotas: Austria: 1 (Hauser) Belarus: 2 (Alimbekava, Sola) Czech Republic: 1 (Davidova) France: 4 (Bescond, Braisaz-Bouchet, Chevalier-Bouchet, Simon) Italy: 1 (Wierer) Norway: 2 (Roeiseland, Tandrevold) ROC: 1 (Reztsova) Sweden: 3 (Brorsson, E. Oeberg, H. Oeberg)

1st 15 Men's Mass Start Quotas: Belarus: 1 (Smolski) Finland: 1 (Seppala) France: 4 (Claude, Desthieux, Fillon Maillet, Jacquelin) Germany: 2 (Doll, Kuehn) Norway: 4 (J. Boe, T. Boe, Christiansen, Laegreid) ROC: 2 (Latypov, Loginov) Sweden: 1 (Samuelsson)

Kazakhstan: 34 Alpine Skiing: 2 Biathlon: 3 Cross-Country Skiing: 7 Freestyle Skiing: 9 Nordic Combined: 1 Short Track: 5 Ski Jumping: 2 Speed Skating: 5 This is assuming they'll accept all their biathlon quotas.

Switzerland: 166 Alpine Skiing: 22 Biathlon: 8 Bobsleigh: 12 Cross-Country Skiing: 14 Curling: 12 Figure Skating: 2 Freestyle Skiing: 22 Ice Hockey: 48 Luge: 1 Ski Jumping: 4 Snowboarding: 19 Speed Skating: 2 They rejected both their nordic combined and skeleton quota. I would think they would keep all of their skiing quotas. and were both posted earlier. Croatia should be at 11 and Germany should be at 144.

https://www.olympicsil.co.il/המשחקים-האולימפים/המשחקים-האולימפיים-בייגנג-2022/ Not an official announcement but their bobsledders are listed under the athletes section. Not sure how reliable it is.

So it actually looks like Sweden is leaving women's alpine skiing quotas and one men's ski cross quota unused. If that's the case, then their team size is 114 instead of 117. Their rivals team size also seems to be final. Norway: 81 Alpine Skiing: 12 Biathlon: 12 Cross-Country Skiing: 16 Curling: 6 Freestyle Skiing: 6 Nordic Combined: 5 Ski Jumping: 8 Snowboarding: 4 Speed Skating: 12 Again, two unused alpine skiing quotas. Israel: 8 Alpine Skiing: 2 Bobsleigh: 2 Figure Skating: 3 Short Track: 1 The Israeli NOC site says they qualified a two-man bobsleigh team so it would seem that someone rejected but not sure who. I'll update if there's any changes to any of these teams sizes.

Belgium: 19 Alpine Skiing: 4 Biathlon: 5 Bobsleigh: 2 Cross-Country Skiing: 1 Figure Skating: 1 Short Track: 2 Skeleton: 1 Snowboarding: 1 Speed Skating: 3 Spain: 14 Alpine Skiing: 3 Cross-Country Skiing: 2 Figure Skating: 4 Freestyle Skiing: 2 Skeleton: 1 Snowboarding: 2 also +1 for Andorra in snowboarding since they got a reallocation. That brings them to 5 athletes.

I like my fellow Canadians on the forum and probably 99.9% of the country who watches the Olympics will also say Vancouver 2010. One of the best times of my life and one of the most magical times in Canadian history. So many memorable moments from Alex Bilodeau winning our first gold on Canadian soil to Sidney Crosby scoring the "Golden Goal" to win men's hockey gold for Canada. 80% of the country tuned in to watch the gold medal hockey game between Canada and the USA. Will never get tired of watching the video below.

Looks like Germany will have a team of 144 athletes. Interestingly, it only has 10 alpine skiiers even though they accepted 12 quotas and they also are only sending one man in snowboard halfpipe even though they accepted 3 quotas. Maybe one of the German's here has more info? Germany: 144 Alpine Skiing: 10 Biathlon: 11 Bobsleigh: 18 Cross-Country Skiing: 14 Freestyle Skiing: 9 Figure Skating: 6 Ice Hockey: 25 Luge: 10 Nordic Combined: 5 Short Track: 1 Skeleton: 6 Ski Jumping: 9 Snowboarding: 15 Speed Skating: 5

Quota for Andorra in women's snowboard cross!

Shouldn't it be more like 37-43?

And for my ethnic nation of Taiwan, 0 medals as always in the winter games but it would be a great result if Huang Yu-Ting could get a top 10 finish in speed skating.

Canada Alpine Skiing: On paper, we definitely should win 0 medals here but we did win one medal during the World Cup season this year. Our skiers are definitely capable of winning a surprise medal. 0-1 medals Biathlon: Perhaps if one of our biathletes shoots clean, a medal in the individual could be possible in the most unpredictable sport (as shown by a 4th place finish from Scott Gow earlier this year). 0-1 medals Bobsleigh: Between Justin Kripps, Christine de Bruin, and Cynthia Appiah, I would expect at least one medal. If everything goes according to plan, then a medal in all 4 disciplines. 1-4 medals Cross-Country Skiing: With Alex Harvey's retirement, we've gone in a full rebuild mode. There's a couple of promising skiers on the men's side but it's safe to say that we won't contend at these Olympics. 0 medals Curling: 4 years ago, I would have easily said 3 medals but the results over the last 4 years has shown that the rest of the world has caught up. I'll say that at least one team should medal but hopefully all 3 can make the podium. 1-3 medals Figure Skating: What a difference 4 years makes. All but one member of the team that won gold in the team event in 2018 are retired. Maybe we win a medal in ice dance. Maybe we can beat out Japan for the bronze medal in the team event. Otherwise, no chance in the other disciplines. 0-2 medals Freestyle Skiing: We have medal contenders in every discipline besides women's moguls and probably men's aerials. We should at least get one medal in ski cross, one in halfpipe and one between moguls and slopestyle/big air. 3-11 medals Ice Hockey: Women's hockey should be our safest medal. Without NHL players, the men's team is no longer gold medal favourites but should still be contenders. 1-2 medals Luge: Like figure skating, our luge program has gone into a rebuild except we don't have any medal contenders. 0 medals Nordic Combined: No athletes. 0 medals Short Track: Started out the World Cup season poorly but ended strongly. We at least won 2 medals at every world cup stop and the most we won is 7 so I'll put that as the range. Pascal Dion, Kim Boutin and Courtney Sarault will be the biggest medal hopefuls here. 2-7 medals Skeleton: Definitely capable of a surprise in the women's event. 0 chance of a medal in the men's. 0-1 medals Ski Jumping: Nope. 0 medals Snowboarding: Biggest medal chances here are in the men's/women's slopestyle/big air events and men's snowboard cross. Let's go with 2-5 medals. Speed Skating: The sport that's made the most progress for us since the last Olympics. Possibility for medals in the men's 500m, 1500m, as well as the long distance, team pursuits and mass starts for both genders. 3-9 medals Pessimistic Total: 13 medals Optimistic Total: 46 medals If we take the median, that would be 29.5. I'll say 26 would be more realistic.

With two weeks to go until the opening ceremony and with countries finalizing their rosters, it's time for the big question!

+ 1 for in alpine skiing from reallocation to bring them to 6 athletes. some more teams whose sizes should be set. Australia: 44 Alpine Skiing: 4 Bobsleigh: 2 Cross-Country Skiing: 6 Curling: 2 Figure Skating: 2 Freestyle Skiing: 13 Luge: 1 Short Track: 1 Skeleton: 2 Snowboarding: 11 Great Britain: 49 Alpine Skiing: 4 Bobsleigh: 6 Cross-Country Skiing: 3 Curling: 10 Figure Skating: 3 Freestyle Skiing: 11 Luge: 1 Short Track: 3 Skeleton: 4 Snowboarding: 3 Speed Skating: 1 New Zealand: 16 Alpine Skiing: 2 Biathlon: 1 Freestyle Skiing: 9 Snowboarding: 3 Speed Skating: 1 Puerto Rico: 2 Alpine Skiing: 1 Skeleton: 1 ROC: 211 Alpine Skiing: 7 Biathlon: 10 Bobsleigh: 12 Cross-Country Skiing: 16 Curling: 10 Figure Skating: 18 Freestyle Skiing: 23 Ice Hockey: 48 Luge: 10 Nordic Combined: 3 Short Track: 9 Skeleton: 6 Ski Jumping: 9 Snowboarding: 14 Speed Skating: 16 Sweden: 117 Alpine Skiing: 9 Biathlon: 11 Cross-Country Skiing: 16 Curling: 11 Figure Skating: 2 Freestyle Skiing: 14 Ice Hockey: 48 Luge: 2 Ski Jumping: 1 Snowboarding: 2 Speed Skating: 1 Trinidad and Tobago: 2 Bobsleigh: 2

Aha! I knew this was going to be one of the poll questions. I'm biased so I voted for Canada. Even though I think the US will win more gold, I still think Canada will win slightly more total medals. The freestyle skiing and snowboarding events will be a key factor to determining who gets more.

Interesting development in women's moguls as Germany has rejected both their women's moguls quotas suddenly. The reallocations went to Kazakhstan and ROC.

Looks like it worked! got a reallocated quota.

And officially accepted the final cross-country skiing quota.

Jeffrey Webb (Alpine Skiing) https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/others/2022/01/20/young-pair-out-to-shine-on-snow Ana Cvetanovska (Cross-Country Skiing) & Dardan Dehari (Alpine Skiing) https://mok.org.mk/site/newsdetails/зои-пекинг-2022

Czech Republic: 113 Alpine Skiing: 6 Biathlon: 10 Bobsleigh: 4 Cross-Country Skiing: 11 Curling: 2 Figure Skating: 6 Freestyle Skiing: 2 Ice Hockey: 48 Luge: 4 Nordic Combined: 4 Short Track: 1 Skeleton: 1 Ski Jumping: 7 Snowboarding: 5 Speed Skating: 2 France: 85 Alpine Skiing: 17 Biathlon: 12 Bobsleigh: 6 Cross-Country Skiing: 13 Figure Skating: 4 Freestyle Skiing: 13 Nordic Combined: 5 Short Track: 4 Ski Jumping: 2 Snowboarding: 9

I think we've rejected more quotas than the Netherlands this cycle . Does anyone know if we'll end up returning them or if they'll just become wasted quotas?

Team Canada Men: Jules Burnotte (Sherbrooke, QC) Christian Gow (Calgary, AB) Scott Gow (Calgary, AB) Adam Runnalls (Calgary, AB) Women: Megan Bankes (Calgary, AB) Sarah Beaudry (Prince George, BC) Emily Dickson (Burns Lake, BC) Emma Lunder (Vernon, BC)

Finland: 96 Alpine Skiing: 4 Biathlon: 8 Cross-Country Skiing: 13 Figure Skating: 3 Freestyle Skiing: 6 Ice Hockey: 48 Nordic Combined: 5 Ski Jumping: 5 Snowboarding: 4 Georgia: 9 Alpine Skiing: 2 Figure Skating: 6 Luge: 1 Japan: 124 Alpine Skiing: 3 Biathlon: 6 Cross-Country Skiing: 8 Curling: 5 Figure Skating: 10 Freestyle Skiing: 12 Ice Hockey: 23 Luge: 1 Nordic Combined: 5 Short Track: 7 Ski Jumping: 9 Snowboarding: 20 Speed Skating: 15 Moldova: 5 Biathlon: 4 Luge: 1

Now with the alpine skiing quotas reallocated, we should have a team of 216 211 athletes: 13 alpine skiiers, 8 biathletes, 18 bobsledders, 9 cross-country skiiers, 12 curlers, 13 figure skaters, 32 freestyle skiiers, 48 ice hockey players, 6 lugers, 10 short track speed skaters, 3 skeleton racers, 4 ski jumpers, 24 19 snowboarders and 16 long track speed skaters. Edit: Um, so we accepted 7 PGS quotas but we're only sending 2 athletes?