2018 Pyeongchang Team Event- Points Table
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A refresher of the scenarios that could occur for the team event.
In the next few hours after this post is written, the IOC will deliver its decision as to whether or not The Russian Federation will be banned from competing at the upcoming Winter Olympics. Further questions of whether Russian Athletes will be able to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics will be answered (and if so, under which flag? Russia or Olympic Flag).
Though something like the Figure Skating Team event is a very small discussion point in the entire issue, if the nation 'The Russian Federation' were to be banned from these Games, the dynamics of the figure skating event will be very different, as they were seen as the gold medal contender. I would love to see these Russian Skaters competing at these games, as they have contribted so much to the fabric of elite figure skating these last four years. However, Russia's situation and allegations of doping is bigger and beyond the sport of figure skating. I hope that the best decision will be made (as to what i think is best, I am yet to make my mind).
Below are three possible scenarios of what could happen regarding the Olympic Figure Skating Team Event Qualification if the Russian Federation were to be banned.
1- If both the 'Russian Federation' and 'Russian athletes' are to be given a total ban, with no possibility of participation, Russia will have all their quota spots reallocated, and they will be unable to particiapte in the team event. If this is case, after the ISU redistibutes its quota spots, Spain will find an Olympic berth in the Pairs event, and thus a team event qualification berth too.
2 and 3- The second and third scenarios stem from the question, "what happens if the 'Russian Federation' are banned, but an opportunity for athletes to compete under an independant flag is given?" If this is the case, we will see Russian skaters participating in the four disciplines with no reallocation of quota spots (this is not an 100% certain statement but what seems most logical). Then it becomes the question if an independant team, that is neither an NOC or an ISU, is able to compete in the figure skating team event. The likely answer is no, as an independant team under the Olympic flag is neither an NOC or an ISU member. However, I think that this scenario was not in the ISU's mind when creating the Olympic Qualification procedure, and the ISU will definitely have to reconvene to discuss these matters.
So in the hypothetical situation of Russia Federation being banned, yet Russian athletes can still participate as an independant group- what would likely happen is that Russia's quota spots will not be redistributed. This will then create the remaining two possible scenarios.
(Scenario 2) If an Independant body that is neither an NOC or an ISU member can participate as a team, the Russian athletes will compete in the team event, representing that Inderpendant body.
(Scenario 3) If an Independant body that is neither an NOC or an ISU member cannot participate in the team event, Australia, the first altenate nation, will participate in the team event.
Please share your thoughts below.
The issue will be can individual skaters from Russia, who can compete individually in their respected disciplines, compete as a figure skating team, despite OAR not being an NOC nor an ISU member. Figure skating team is not quite the same as hockey or curling teams, so there is some confusion here.
To me, its a easy fix, send a communication to allow this to happen, however, they will need to ammend the qualification system for this to happen. The language in these sorts of documents are sort of important-and they need to adhere to procedure,
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When will an annoucement be made regarding this?
Not too sure. We will see.
At the moment, the ISU will go along as they have scheduled. Russia have qualified for the team event.
However, we will have to wait until early Feb to have everything officially confirmed.
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Ok, thanks!
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@ Chemistry66 - Spain is confirmed to be the 2nd alternate. You're correct; they would be eligible for the team event in this way. http://www.isu.org/docman-documents...-owg-2018-qualified-teams-for-team-event/file
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Yeah but it seems highly unlikely that they will get the last spot.
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Spain is the second alternate in pairs, not for the team event. Australia remains first alternate for the team event.
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Oops; my bad. Sorry!
