Well, Russia just has way more chances to win than anyone else and didn't even have to earn anything. Like, I don't see why Russia would ever want to go back to being limited to 3 spots. If the best countries who didn't break any rules are limited to 3 spots, how can a country that's enemy #1 have effectively unlimited spots? They couldn't send infinite skaters to Olympic qualification because everyone knew that each country only gets 1 entry, and the AIN was clearly linked to the country from which it was applied. Maybe I'm stupid but I'm just not seeing the catch here for Russia. How are they not just in the best position possible aside from losing national statistics which realistically isn't a big deal.