SalamAkhi

The two-woman quota is based upon the "combined" ranking. The 6 best monobob + 6 best 2-woman results are taken into account at the moment (7 once this week's WC race has been raced). Weiszewski competed in Europe Cup yesterday in the monobob, finishing 2nd, which gave her 110 points. This was her 7th monobob race, so this result replaced her worst (80 points), helping her leapfrog Cernanska by 8 points. At this point I guess she's in a better spot, as she's got the same room for improvement in the two-woman today, while Cernanska probably won't compete that well in the WC.

Overall yes, but a clear lack of golds. Good success nonetheless without over-focusing on some big ROI sports.

Protestant Ethic, that's all.

Erlacher missed the opportunity to secure a second Olympic quota for Austria (and for her), fading from 2nd to 15th in St-Moritz. She still gets closer to Channell with one race to go (28 points).

That would be harsh of them to deprive her of a right to start at home, even if her chances are slim (and she wouldn't be of much help for Lollobrigida). But yeah 9 or 10 skaters to expect.

Are you sure of that ? She could be fielded as starter for the mass-start and Lollobrigida would then receive an additional starting spot, as Italy/Rossi is in the reserve list. On the other hand maybe there's a chance Pergher will start both 500 and 1000 and Vigl wouldn't get a spot, though the latter has a slight edge this year over 1km. On the men's side 6 is indeed likely. I guess Rosanelli or Bosa (500), Di Stefano (1000, 1500, MS, TP), Ghiotto (5000, 10000, TP), Malfatti (5000, TP), Lorello (5000, 10000, TP), Giovannini (MS, TP).

This could have implications towards the "164 entered athletes" limit. If this standard is not reached then quotas will be de-allocated, starting with the 500m and upwards. Austria 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 (4-6) Belgium 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 X 13 6 Canada 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 X 15 15 China 3 2 3 1 2 X 3 3 3 1 1 2 X 15 (15) Czech Republic 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 8 (3) Denmark 2 1 1 1 5 (1-2) Estonia 1 1 2 (1) France 1 1 1 2 X 1 7 6 Germany 3 3 3 2 X 1 1 1 1 1 2 X 15 (12-15) Great Britain 1 1 2 (1) Hungary 1 1 2 (1) Individual Neutral Athletes 2 1 1 3 (3) Italy 1 1 1 3 2 1 X 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 (10-14) Japan 3 3 3 1 1 X 3 3 3 1 2 X 14 14 Kazakhstan 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 X 9 5 Netherlands 3 3 3 3 2 2 X 3 3 3 3 2 2 X 18 18 Norway 3 1 3 3 2 1 X 1 1 1 1 1 13 (8-11) Poland 3 3 1 1 3 2 1 11 9 Portugal 1 1 (0-1) South Korea 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 9 (9) Spain 1 1 2 (1) Switzerland 1 1 1 1 2 6 (4) Chinese Taipei 1 1 (1) United States 3 3 3 1 1 2 X 2 2 2 2 X 14 13 Second to last column is the maximum number of athletes NOC can enter, last column is the actual number they entered or (will enter) in my opinion. So if I'm correct in my assumptions and in the best case scenario 160 skaters will get a spot. No deallocation needed. This includes rejecting their wMS quota as Jessica Rodrigues doesn't meet the time criterion, same for Due Schmidt in the mMS. With Portugal out the last MS quota would be reallocated to opening the door for a second French women quota. In the "worst case" it would amount to 174, which would be problematic.

Yes that was my point. Deltrap could start both these races (while there's also a decent chance they don't even qualify for the A final) and not hurt Dutch chances at all. The Olympic program is much lighter than any World Cup so competing in the heats would even work as a good warmup towards the final. Then appoint Schulting for 1000/1500, she's definitely stronger than any other pretender.

Schulting could also be selected without relay duties if that really is an issue, but she's definitely more likely to perform individually than Van Oorschot who, let's be honest, is not needed to start either of the two relay races of the Olympics.

We'll see in the 1500 but it looks like she'll get a ticket and probably start the 1000/1500 or both (+ relay I guess).

Don't know how much she trained for it lately but the squad besides those prequalified is rather weak. She's got a fair chance of making the team. Now for the medals ...

I'm not really worried for the USA actually I know the Dutch men won't be favorite either way but they could at least play a role in there, which from my point of view is one too much. So let's just stay opponents and focus on individual events shall we

Just hoping for the worst possible TP selection with the least time of collective training

Epic outcome. Beune lost it with her suit mishap.

She's not facing a court case. The verdict has been pronounced, the case is closed.