Olympic Games 2018, published the qualification criteria. Farewell technical choices and problems to solve [male Salto]

The FIS has published the qualification criteria for the Olympic Games in Pyeong Chang 2018. In men's jump, there are a couple of novelties & agrave; compared to Sochi 2014. As in Nordic combined, the main change & egrave; It was managed in amateur way. Not by the international federation, in this case innocent, bens & igrave; by the IOC.

Sunday 3 April 2016 11 minutes reading time

SYSTEM QUALIFICAZIONEIl qualification system & egrave; unchanged all''ultima edition. The basis for determining how many athletes may be entered by each country & egrave; l & rsquo; Olympic Quota Allocation List (hereinafter OQAL). It is a ranking that takes into account first of the points obtained in each competition from beginning of the 2016 season - held World Cup '' 17 until January 21, 2018, then the points marked in the Continental Cup in the same time period. To better understand the concept, think of the points of the World Cup as the gold in a medal, with the Continental Cup points to have the value of silver. About & nbsp; has a gold (point of the World Cup) is ranked ahead of those who do not, regardless of the number of silvers obtained (Continental Cup points). The IOC granted the Nordic combined 55 seats (as many as Sochi 2014), with the possibility & agrave; for every nation to enter the Olympic Games a maximum of 4 athletes (here is the change demented, we will return to more & ugrave; below). Each nordic combined in the first 50 positions dell''OQAL assigns a quota to their nation. Nell & rsquo; eventualit & agrave; that a country has more & ugrave; four men in the top-50 of OQAL, any more than the best four athletes will be ignored for the purpose of individual Olympic qualification. You & egrave; said top-50 because & eacute; the system & egrave; conceived with the structure of "50 + 5". In fact, the relay of Pyeong Chang & egrave; reserved for only 10 nations, set taking into account the top 50 of OQAL. Countries with four men in the top-50 are automatically entitled to take the start in the team events. Nell & rsquo; in cases where there are less than ten leagues with four athletes in the top 50 of OQAL, then the share of the nations will come with 3 men & agrave; automatically raised to 4, using the ultieriori five seats available, as long as the field of relay starters will not have & agrave; reached the 10 unit & agrave ;. Obviously one of the ten qualified must also be present as South Korea, as hostess. Once determined the 10 participants of the relay race, any still places available will be awarded through OQAL until it reaches an altitude of 55. THE DEMENTED MODIFICADunque the 'only change compared to Sochi 2014 & egrave; represented by the reduction of the number of recordable athletes from each nation, lowered from 5 to 4. The IOC has decided to change this with a clear intention to increase the number of countries represented. The reasoning & egrave; simple: If the purpose of OQAL are considered a German, a Norwegian, an Austrian and a Japanese in less, can relinquish their place to the movements of the second and third band while maintaining the upstream-athletes in the field. Too bad that, as & egrave; was written the rules, the change decided by the IOC involving the suppression of any technical choice and the penalization of men belonging to the most & ugrave nations; strong, which will have to decide in closed box with two weeks' advance who to field in the Olympic individual events, no possibility & agrave; to make changes. To make the situation surreal & egrave; a note. Each national federation with 4 qualified has the 'opportunity & agrave ;, if it wishes, to aggregate a fifth extra-athlete contingent, considered the same way as the reserve. Him to memorize options potr & agrave; into action for the team event, in case of illness or injury of one of the four owners. No potr & agrave; then be used to the routine tests, because & eacute; The legislation provides for replacement only in the relay. In other words if one of the four selected a country were to get sick before a gundersen, his place will have & agrave; be & nbsp; left vacant, with no chance of rotation. Un''altra consequence of the decision of the IOC & egrave; the 'impossibility & agrave; to make changes in the quartets between an individual race and the 'other. Who participates in the competition of small trampoline jump, must also take part in the one with large trampoline jump. Let's see what it all means we memorize options all''atto practical, ie what are the devastating results of the change decided by the trombones of the IOC to have some nice flag in pi & ugrave ;. The DEVASTATING OUTCOMES OF CAMBIAMENTOA Sochi 2014 peak nations had to call five athletes, choosing a couple of weeks before the Games. All five could jump in training the first individual race, so that the technical staff could evaluate the competitiveness & agrave; everyone, by making the "cut" the worst based on the results of test jumps. After which & eacute ;, all five could participate in the training of the second individual competition. Once again the coaches had the opportunity & agrave; to evaluate the competitiveness & agrave; of each, in such a way as to perform a cutting and possibly change a man with respect to the first competition. The same dynamic is then a recurrence for the event team. In a nutshell, the most & ugrave countries; competitive had available a list of 5 Combiners to manage at will. A Pyeong Chang in 2018, however, things will go differently. A couple of weeks before the Games rush nations will always summon five athletes, leading to memorize options the four holders and the reserve. When training the first individual race will be fielded all five, but will not be permitted inside selections. The four selected compete, the reserve is going to look. If quest''ultima best jumps of the four owners, the coaching staff will stick to the tram, being compelled to compete the planned quartet. Point. Â Same goes for the second individual competition. The four deployed in round one, must be the same without opportunity & agrave; rotation systems. The reserve can memorize options come into play only for the relay and only if one of the four owners do not have enough water (at least come up with a convenient illness should not be a problem). HOPE YOU IN A ESCAMOTAGEL''unica hope & egrave; that the FIS can find a loophole, or accept elastic un''interpretazione and extensive of the Regulation, to allow the 'eventual replacement of a combined athlete even in gundersen. In this way it would run all''alzata remedy of 'ingenuity IOC, returning de facto in the same situation analogous Sochi 2014.

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