NearPup 2,164 Posted January 10, 2022 #331 Share Posted January 10, 2022 18 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: They could also just cut out the gendered team events in short track and ski jumping to save a few quotas. Could bring max athletes down to 4 per gender for country. Removing the best event in the winter Olympics (the men’s and women’s relays in short track) should not even be discussed :P Ski jumping and nordic combined can probably be cut to four by country, but that’s a bit of a cut on paper only since big countries will still bring an alternate anyway. Edit: we can fix all the gender equality issues (including doing things like adding four women in bobsleigh and having 12 women hockey teams w/ 25 players) while slightly increasing the athlete quota in sports like speed skating and figure skating while keeping the athlete quota under 3200. The IOC's insistence on keeping it to 2900 is sort of an issue at this point. Dennis and intoronto 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,242 Posted January 10, 2022 #332 Share Posted January 10, 2022 25 minutes ago, NearPup said: Removing the best event in the winter Olympics (the men’s and women’s relays in short track) should not even be discussed :P Ski jumping and nordic combined can probably be cut to four by country, but that’s a bit of a cut on paper only since big countries will still bring an alternate anyway. Edit: we can fix all the gender equality issues (including doing things like adding four women in bobsleigh and having 12 women hockey teams w/ 25 players) while slightly increasing the athlete quota in sports like speed skating and figure skating while keeping the athlete quota under 3200. The IOC's insistence on keeping it to 2900 is sort of an issue at this point. Or finally agree to a wave system with the scheduling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,211 Posted January 10, 2022 #333 Share Posted January 10, 2022 43 minutes ago, NearPup said: At some point I want to sit down and figure out how many athletes I think are needed for the winger Olympics, but it’a absolutely higher than 2900. Most likely, using speed skating as an example, 192 athletes competed at the 2019 World Championships (the one before COVID) while only 166 are allowed to compete here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,242 Posted January 13, 2022 #334 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Canada's team of 16 athletes will be named on Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,242 Posted January 17, 2022 #335 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Team Canada :CA MEN: Jordan Belchos (Scarborough, ON) – Mass Start, Team Pursuit Ted-Jan Bloemen (Calgary, AB) – 5000m, 10,000m, Team Pursuit Laurent Dubreuil (Lévis, QC) – 500m, 1000m Graeme Fish (Moose Jaw, SK) – 10,000m Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu (Sherbrooke, QC) – 1000m, Mass Start Connor Howe (Canmore, AB) – 1000m, 1500m, Team Pursuit Gilmore Junio (Calgary, AB) – 500m Tyson Langelaar (Winnipeg, MB) – 1500m, Team Pursuit WOMEN: Ivanie Blondin (Ottawa, ON) – 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, Mass Start, Team Pursuit Marsha Hudey (White City, SK) – 500m Valérie Maltais (Saguenay, QC) – 3000m, Mass Start, Team Pursuit Brooklyn McDougall (Calgary, AB) – 500m Heather McLean (Winnipeg, MB) – 500m Maddison Pearman (Ponoka, AB) – 1000m, 1500m Alexa Scott (Clandenoye, MB) – 1000m, Team Pursuit Isabelle Weidemann (Ottawa, ON) – 3000m, 5000m, Team Pursuit Topicmaster1010, Dennis, Belle and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,164 Posted January 17, 2022 #336 Share Posted January 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, intoronto said: Team Canada :CA WOMEN: Ivanie Blondin (Ottawa, ON) – 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, Mass Start, Team Pursuit Marsha Hudey (White City, SK) – 500m Valérie Maltais (Saguenay, QC) – 3000m, Mass Start, Team Pursuit Brooklyn McDougall (Calgary, AB) – 500m Heather McLean (Winnipeg, MB) – 500m Maddison Pearman (Ponoka, AB) – 1000m, 1500m Alexa Scott (Clandenoye, MB) – 1000m, Team Pursuit Isabelle Weidemann (Ottawa, ON) – 3000m, 5000m, Team Pursuit MEN: Jordan Belchos (Scarborough, ON) – Mass Start, Team Pursuit Ted-Jan Bloemen (Calgary, AB) – 5000m, 10,000m, Team Pursuit Laurent Dubreuil (Lévis, QC) – 500m, 1000m Graeme Fish (Moose Jaw, SK) – 10,000m Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu (Sherbrooke, QC) – 1000m, Mass Start Connor Howe (Canmore, AB) – 1000m, 1500m, Team Pursuit Gilmore Junio (Calgary, AB) – 500m Tyson Langelaar (Winnipeg, MB) – 1500m, Team Pursuit Two big omissions on the men's side: Alex Boisvert-Lacroix and Vincent De Haître (though I really don't think there was anywhere to put De Haître on the team based on how the rest of Canada's middle distance skaters performed this season). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,211 Posted January 17, 2022 #337 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Hoping for a few medals with this team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james89 442 Posted January 17, 2022 #338 Share Posted January 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said: Hoping for a few medals with this team... They certainly have the potential as the last World Cup season has shown. I was pulling for De Haitre but it makes sense, I guess he didn't have enough time between Tokyo and now to prepare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,164 Posted January 17, 2022 #339 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Dai Dai N’tab, Beau Snellink, Melissa Wijfje and Merel Conijn will be on-site alternates for the team in Beijing. They can be substituted until the day of the first race for their respective gender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman 1,323 Posted January 18, 2022 #340 Share Posted January 18, 2022 6 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said: Hoping for a few medals with this team... Hoping for more than a few, haha. One of, if not the, best speed skating teams all around Canada has put together. Very excited to see what they can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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