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2754-OWG-2026-qualified-Teams-for-Team-event-1765354454-3134.pdf
 
ISU confirmed the countries for the Olympic quotas for the team event. It confirms that Korea and Poland will field entries in 3/4 of the disciplines.
 
Really stupid imo. Either just have the team event with 8 teams or give them the necessary quotas. Imagine running a 4x100m relay but you have to stop after the 3rd runner finishes.

Current Olympic Qualification Quotas after 4/7 World Cup Stops:
 
Two-Man/Four-Man:
 
3 Sleds:
2 Sleds:
1 Sled:
 
Two-Woman:
 
3 Sleds:
2 Sleds:
1 Sled:
 
Women's Monobob:
 
3 Sleds:
2 Sleds:
1 Sled:

It was always going to be hard to hang on to the 3rd men's sled but not qualifying 3 women's sleds would definitely be disappointing.

It was always going to be hard to hang on to the 3rd men's sled but not qualifying 3 women's sleds would definitely be disappointing.

Here’s my guess at the team size in each event. 
 
Women
Ski Cross (4), depending on Marielle Thompson and Courtney Hoffos, if one of them will be missing out on the Olympics then maybe -1
Halfpipe (4), Amy Fraser, Dillian Glennie, Cassie Sharpe, and Rachael Karker (depending on injury) 
Big Air/Slopestyle (3), Naomi Urness, Olivia Asselin, Megan Oldham/Elena Gaskell (we’ll see if Oldham is healthy and ready in time)
Moguls (3), Maia Schwinghammer, Berkley Brown, and one of Jessica Linton/Ashley Koehler
Aerials (2), Marion Thenault (injury depending), and Charlie Fontaine/Alexandra Montminy
 
Men
Slopestyle/Big Air (3), Dylan Deschamps, Alexander Henderson, Max Moffatt
Ski Cross (4), Reece Howden, Jared Schmidt, Kris Mahler, Kevin Drury
Halfpipe (3), Brendan MacKay, Andrew Longino, Dylan Marineau
Aerials (3), Lewis Irving, Alexandre Duchaine, Miha Fontaine
Moguls (3), Mikael Kingsbury, Julien Viel, Eliot Vailancourt

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings - Barenaked Ladies (feat. Sarah McLachlan)
 
 

Festival of Music

 
For this year’s Festival of Music I thought I would change it up a bit. Since we are approaching the festive holiday season, I want you all to post some festive songs from your country. If you don’t celebrate Christmas then perhaps some other song that has a special place in your heart during an important celebration.
 
 
I’m going to start with a Christmas song from Ireland’s TISC Annual 2023 representatives Picture This.

 
 
Picture This - This Christmas
 

Covers are fine! This is just a celebration of music so no rules in this festival  

Can these be covers or do they also have to be originals?

With the cancellation of the Alleghe World Cup stop in January, the ski cross period for Olympic qualification has concluded.
 
Here are the quotas:
 
Men:
 
4 Quotas:
3 Quotas:
2 Quotas:
1 Quota:
 
First 3 reserves are
 
Women:
 
4 Quotas:
3 Quotas:
2 Quotas:
1 Quota:
 
First 3 reserves are 

May I introduce you to this gem?
 
Totally instrumental, but it's a huge part of my Christmas festivities. Despite the name, Trans-Siberian Orchestra is from Tampa, FL
 
 
 

With the cancellation of the Alleghe World Cup stop in January, the ski cross period for Olympic qualification has concluded.
 
Here are the quotas:
 
Men:
 
4 Quotas:
3 Quotas:
2 Quotas:
1 Quota:
 
First 3 reserves are
 
Women:
 
4 Quotas:
3 Quotas:
2 Quotas:
1 Quota:
 
First 3 reserves are 

Back to back golds for Reece Howden at the Innichen WC! 

Another gold for Reece Howden! 4th place also for Jared Schmidt.

Current Skeleton Olympic Quotas (after 4/7 World Cup Stages):
 
Men:
 
3 Quotas:
2 Quotas:
1 Quota:
 
Women:
 
3 Quotas:
2 Quotas:
1 Quota:

Current Skeleton Olympic Quotas (after 4/7 World Cup Stages):
 
Men:
 
3 Quotas:
2 Quotas:
1 Quota:
 
Women:
 
3 Quotas:
2 Quotas:
1 Quota:

Current Skeleton Olympic Quotas (after 4/7 World Cup Stages):
 
Men:
 
3 Quotas:
2 Quotas:
1 Quota:
 
Women:
 
3 Quotas:
2 Quotas:
1 Quota:

5th for Luke Hulshof in the junior men’s 10km sprint at the Val Martello Junior IBU World Cup!

Bronze for Andrew Longino at the Copper Mountain Halfpipe WC! 

Another gold for Reece Howden! 4th place also for Jared Schmidt.

So the voting draw has been completed. Here is the provisional voting order. Once a voting schedule for the Grand Final has been created we will look to see if there is any nation eligible to request a swap.
 
Denmark will be opening the voting followed by their Scandinavian neighbour Sweden.
will close the voting on the Grand Final day
 
 
 
TISC Annual 2025 - Provisional Voting Order
 
1 Denmark 18 Israel 2 Sweden 19 Serbia 3 Slovakia 20 Romania 4 Indonesia 21 Brazil 5 Great Britain 22 Poland 6 Italy 23 Mexico 7 Spain 24 Netherlands 8 Kazakhstan 25 China 9 Ukraine 26 Slovenia 10 Bulgaria 27 Turkey 11 Germany 28 Albania 12 United States 29 Malta 13 France 30 Ireland 14 India 31 Argentina 15 Tunisia 32 Lithuania 16 Portugal 33 Guatemala 17 Greece 34 Canada  

Another gold for Reece Howden! 4th place also for Jared Schmidt.

Another gold for Reece Howden! 4th place also for Jared Schmidt.

I have scheduled the voting order draw for later today. I will be using a random generator to auto-generate the results. If anyone is interested, I have posted a ticket of the scheduled draw. There is no result available yet but will appear once the draw has passed the scheduled time.
 
https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=4047191GXV9CAS4M2

Dolidovich is competing as Refugee athlete, not as AIN