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Ok, I'm a bit confused as to how the ISU determines how many slots a country gets. Can someone enlighten me? I know a team of 2 cannot exceed 13...but before and after that, I'm lost...
Mathman said:Gkelly, do you have any insight as to why countries sometimes choose not to send their champion to the Olympics, even though they qualify to send someone?
That's probably part of it. But here are 2 examples from 1998:gkelly said:My impression is that often the national skating federation would be happy to send qualified competitors to the Olympics, but the national Olympic committees, who would actually be paying most of the expenses and who have to balance the demands of many different sports, prefer to concentrate their resources in events where they have a better chance of placing well enough to bring glory to the country.
Mathman said:Gkelly, do you have any insight as to why countries sometimes choose not to send their champion to the Olympics, even though they qualify to send someone?
Is it because they don't want to embarass themselves by sending someone who might do an "Eddie the Eagle?"
I read somewhere that in 2004 the newly accredited Indian Skating Federation misread the rules and thought that they were required to send someone to Worlds. So they found a girl who was willing to make the trip to Germany. But when she got there she found, to her great relief, that she didn't have to skate after all. (She did get Michelle Kwan's autograph, however.)
If it were up to me, I would take the Bin Yau attitude. Here I am, deal with it! Do your best, learn what you can, get something to build on, and come back twenty years later as the coach of the World Champions.
Mathman