It is by no means fact-checked for accuracy.
I welcome any corrections, c’mon submit them in the comment section.
A lot of questions have been asked about the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
There’s no doubt about itpark skiing has picked a controversial Olympic Games for its controversial Olympic debut.
These requirements have been met by more than enough riders to make things interesting.
A maximum of 108 freeskiers will be able to compete.
A country hungry for quotas, like the Czech Republic, Austria, South Korea, or the Netherlands.
Countries Come First
Quotas are distributed to National Olympic Committees, not to individual athletes.
By contrast, why isn’t Great Britain’s James Woods at the Grand Prix?
He doesn’t need to be.
More Rules
Want to get even more complex?
Let’s go there.
Those decisions will likely be based on the strength of its particular teams and individual athletes.
So just because a country gets a quota, doesn’t mean it can use it.
Any unused quota then becomes available to the next country on the list.
The NOCs will have until January 22 to decide how to use their quotas.
FIS then has until January 24 to re-allocate quotas depending on how the NOCs choose to use them.
Anyhow, that’s a basic breakdown of freeskiing Olympic qualification.
Confusing, isn’t it?
No wonder freeskiing’s founding fathers ditched the Olympics right?
