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Originally Posted by browna
Not able to watch but is there a reason the minnows are allowed to compete? Rules changed I thought which relied on World Cup or similar rankings for most sporting federations so another Eddie the Eagle couldn’t really happen.
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I only caught part of the explanation for the allowance of the skiers not in the World Cup rankings. Some countries were given special entries by the Olympic committee and part of the reason seemed to be for diplomacy after Kim Jong Un expresses interest in sending a united team.