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yes SOK (swedish olympic comitee) is known for being stupid and not sending athletes who qualify. But lets hope they send him!
The requirement is you must show top 8 form in CS or GP (wheter it means get top 8 in one comp or get a score that would place you 8th in the olympics is rather unclear)
When SOK denies athletes going they have been known to change treir mind if the outcry is loud enough
There is. Majorov needs to score 260 so that Swedish fed lets him go to the Olympics. If they don't, Michael gets the spot.
Just to clarify, I want to see MCM at the Olympics but if Swedish fed doesn't let Alexander in it's heartbreaking.
EDIT: It's apparently the Swedish Olympic Committee that is dumb.
Well, he does have a pretty :sad21: backstory with the situation with his father and the bone marrow thing... But let's hope there will be no need for dragging that up to make the SOK see the light...yes SOK (swedish olympic comitee) is known for being stupid and not sending athletes who qualify. But lets hope they send him!
The requirement is you must show top 8 form in CS or GP (wheter it means get top 8 in one comp or get a score that would place you 8th in the olympics is rather unclear)
When SOK denies athletes going they have been known to change treir mind if the outcry is loud enough
Just to be clear, it's not the Swedish Fed, they are supporting him. It's the Swedish Olympic Committee that is being stupid. Hopefully the Fed will pull all the strings it has but we have to wait and see.
It was Denmark in 1994 (Anisette Torp-Lind)Ok, thanks for clarifying. Doesn't change the fact it freaking stupid. (I want to use the f-word so much for this situation.)
Also, isn't Norwegian OC similarly stupid? They didn't send female skaters to OG 1994 even though they were eligible right?
I wonder how the Swedish Olympic Committee decided that 260 was the magic number. It seems the Committee only wants to send athletes that place in the top 8 or higher to go to the Olympics. I wonder if they're like that with EVERY sport or if only some sports have a harder time of it than others.
So maybe the American dude isn't so happy after allThese 2nd and 3rd place trophies should be handed out with a magnifying glass, they're so small! that's kinda embarrassing... :
I mean, what if Matilda also qualifies a spot, will SOC let her (or another lady) go and not Majorov? Will they not let any Swedish athlete go and give up their spots?
I can understand countries having requirements and benchmarks for skaters to meet.
But if a skater outright earns a spot for their country (and isn't just given it based on a continental representation rule, like gymnastics has) they should be able to use that spot, barring injury. Setting ridiculous score requirements is stupid.
Do we know until when Alexander Majorov has to score these 260 points? Does he at least have a chance to do this until Europeans?
Majorov needs to score 260 so that Swedish fed lets him go to the Olympics.
Where did you find that 260 was the required score? link?