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National teams in WC?
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Amongst the many things about Nick Fellows that bugs me is the way he makes frequent reference to national teams; "Here's Lara Gut from the Swiss ski team", "Another strong performance from team USA today" etc.

Is there really any such thing as national teams in WC racing? I always had the impression that (like any professional sportsmen) the skiers are racing for their own benefit, not as part of a formal team. I mean, there's no "Team cup", is there? I realise this is less applicable in the Olympics where you have to be selected to get into your country's team, and effecively race under that flag.

Just wondering...
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There actually is "Team cup", and officially it's called Nations cup. They add all WC points from all races and on end, Austria wins it pretty much every single year Smile
Also for WC races it's same as for Olympics. You need to get selected to team, and only then you can start WC race. It depends on team strength, skiers results etc. to determine number of starting places for each country. And this number can be anywhere between 8 (or 9?) and 1. So, no you can't just appear on start, otherwise there would be 150 Austrians on start, 120 Swiss..., and 3000 Snowheads Very Happy
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Ah, thanks primoz, interesting. You learn something new every day. Toofy Grin
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Fortunately for GB we get places allocated in Olympics, but according to Fellows nobody bothered to go to have a look at Sochi. I am not sure we have any skiers with the Olympic start qualification these days who have a hope of top 10 finish now CA has changed sport?
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I am not sure we have any skiers with the Olympic start qualification these days who have a hope of top 10 finish now CA has changed sport?

We have but its in cross country and freestyle not alpine.
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