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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Shouldn't there be some sort of standard for entry into the event though? Like being in the top x of the world ranking or something? I'm pretty sure I've seen young kids at Nakiska that were better than the skier from Pakistan.
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It's a country standard.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpi..._Qualification
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A maximum of 306 athletes are allowed to compete at the Olympic Games. A maximum of 22 athletes per nation will be allowed to compete with a maximum of 11 males or 11 females from a nation being permitted. A nation may not enter more than four athletes in any single event. Each nation may also enter a maximum of one team in the Mixed Team Parallel event.
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So if a country is a member of FIS. You can go compete for them!