And if you want to consider the bright side of the situation, it's that the men had more skaters who qualified for 4CC in the first place. The reason the other fields don't have to make cuts is because not enough skaters received the technical scores to qualify.
Let's look at the countries who have skaters here:
Men:
Argentina
Australia (2)
Canada (3)
China (3)
Chinese Taipei (aka Taiwan) (2)
Hong Kong (2)
Japan (3)
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Philippines (I know he WD, but technically he qualified)
Republic of Korea (i.e. South Korea ) (3)
USA (3)
Uzbekistan
Total athletes: 27 Total countries: 13. Continents represented 3 (Americas, Australia, Asia)
Compare that to the ladies field
Australia (2)
Brazil
Canada (3)
China
Mexico
Japan (3)
Philippines (2)
Republic of Korea (3)
USA (3)
Total athletes: 19 Total countries: 9 Continents represented 3 (Americas, Australia, Asia)
Pairs
Canada (3)
China (3)
Japan
USA (3)
Total pairs: 10 Total countries 4 Continents represented 2 (Americas, Asia)
Dance
Canada (3)
China (3)
Japan (2) (Reeds WD but qualified)
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Republic of Korea
USA
Total dance pairs: 14 Total countries 7 Continents represented 2 (Americas, Asia)
So yes it's a bummer that there's a cutoff, but I think it's so cool there's a lot more men who qualified in the first place!
Let's look at the countries who have skaters here:
Men:
Argentina
Australia (2)
Canada (3)
China (3)
Chinese Taipei (aka Taiwan) (2)
Hong Kong (2)
Japan (3)
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Philippines (I know he WD, but technically he qualified)
Republic of Korea (i.e. South Korea ) (3)
USA (3)
Uzbekistan
Total athletes: 27 Total countries: 13. Continents represented 3 (Americas, Australia, Asia)
Compare that to the ladies field
Australia (2)
Brazil
Canada (3)
China
Mexico
Japan (3)
Philippines (2)
Republic of Korea (3)
USA (3)
Total athletes: 19 Total countries: 9 Continents represented 3 (Americas, Australia, Asia)
Pairs
Canada (3)
China (3)
Japan
USA (3)
Total pairs: 10 Total countries 4 Continents represented 2 (Americas, Asia)
Dance
Canada (3)
China (3)
Japan (2) (Reeds WD but qualified)
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Republic of Korea
USA
Total dance pairs: 14 Total countries 7 Continents represented 2 (Americas, Asia)
So yes it's a bummer that there's a cutoff, but I think it's so cool there's a lot more men who qualified in the first place!
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