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unusual facts about Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification



2014 United States Women's Curling Championship – Qualification

The teams qualified through the Order of Merit were those skipped by Courtney George and Nina Spatola.

Anton Dahlberg

Dahlberg made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he paired up with crew member Sebastian Östling in the men's 470 class.

Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

During the 2012/13 or 2013/14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum is 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes.

Countries are assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions at the 2012 in Ruhpolding, Germany and 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic.

Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The qualification event was open to any nations that earned qualification points at the 2012 or 2013 World Curling Championships (as listed above) or participated at the 2011 World Curling Championships (the South Korea men's team and the Norway women's team).

Nations may qualify teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2012 and 2013 World Curling Championships.

Douliu

Douliu Baseball Stadium occasionally holds regular CPBL games and was also the venue for 2007 Baseball World Cup and Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics' Final Qualifying Tournament.

Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Qualification

The majority of the country qualification occurred at the 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Lithuania at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Lithuania had qualified an entry in the ice dancing event when Deividas Stagniūnas and Katherine Copely placed 14th at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships.

Modern pentathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

There is a quota of 40 athletes (24 male, 16 female) (however one spot over quota for each gender was allowed); Mexico as the host country is guaranteed a full team of four athletes (two men and two women).

Nate Freiman

He played for the Israeli national baseball team in the September 2012 World Baseball Classic qualifier, batting .417 with four home runs among his five hits.

Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Current allocation as of January 22, 2014 (includes the 2012–13 season and the 2013-14 season up to January 19).

Palm Meadows

It has also been a training facility for the Australia national baseball team, Canada national baseball team, Queensland Rams and various Korean and Japanese teams as well as been the host of the 2008 Olympic Games Qualification, Senior and Junior Oceanic Championships, Australian Baseball Federation Diamond Awards and several goodwill series as part of the MLBAAP program.

Pim Nieuwenhuis

Nieuwenhuis as crew on the Dutch Tornado with Mitch Booth as helmsman took 5th place during the 2008 Olympics, in Qingdao.

Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado class

New Zealand did qualify for the Tornado class, but did not send the team.

Sebastian Östling

Ostling made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he paired up with skipper Anton Dahlberg in the men's 470 class.

Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Qualification

The top three athletes in the overall standings for both genders (3 different NOC's) at the 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships are permitted to send 2 athletes per gender.

Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

Qualification was done at the 2011 Pan American Championship in Rionegro, Colombia between May 6 and 8, 2011.


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