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The change in the rules on quotas at the Olympics will cause a political earthquake among the nations of Alpine skiing. The great powers of the sport have ever trained many athletes to the Winter Games, for example, the'' Austria has also deployed 22 may now be only 15.
Tuesday 1 October 2013 2 minutes reading time
'' From the other hand there are countries such as Croatia, Argentina (in the photo, Cristian Javier Simari Birkner) and Japan who will have 8 athletes, Poland 7, Belgium 6'' and the Netherlands 5. The situation is very confused with the creation of the trophies continental South America and Oceania'' of the nations that have less tradition in skiing, especially those of the southern hemisphere'', can earn you many points to their FIS athletes.
Significant statement kleinezeitung.at, taken up by skiweltcup.tv, the team's technical director Matthias male alpine skiing Berthold: "It'' absurd that the small nations to gain seats in this way when the Olympic champion or world is likely to remain at home, "says Berthold which is considered unlikely that the protests of the great powers of the ski to be heard at the next council autumn of FIS in Zurich.
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