Jeroen Heijmans:

> The IOC has imposed a limit on the number of speed skating competitors, so the
ISU needs some way to select them.
>

The ISU started its limitation policy long before the IOC came to think of it,
and they apply them to their own ISU championships and World Cup as wel as the
Olympics.

And, as pointed out by others: The Olympic Qualification times seems to be
strickter than
the IOC demands.


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TBH