Estonia at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Estonia competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea from 9 to 25 February 2018.

Estonian 15-year old freestyle-skier Kelly Sildaru, the gold medal favorite for the women's ski slopestyle, missed the games due to an injury.

Video Estonia at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Maps Estonia at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing

Based on the quota allocation of International Ski Federation, Estonia qualified 2 athletes.

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Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016-17 Biathlon World Cup, Estonia has qualified 5 men and one woman on a quota for previously unqualified nations based on 2017-18 Biathlon World Cup standings. Johan Talihärm was selected as a reserve.

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Cross-country skiing

Estonia qualified 5 men and 2 women. Anette Veerpalu fell ill with a virus and was unable to compete.

Distance

Sprint

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Nordic combined

Based on the results of the 2016-17 and 2017-18 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup up to 21 January 2017, Estonia qualified two athletes.

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Ski jumping

Based on FIS Ski Jumping World Cup standings and Continental Cup Standings from seasons 2016/17 and 2017/18, Estonia qualified 3 male ski jumpers.

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Speed skating

Estonia earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cup's used for qualification. The Estonian team consists of one male and one female speed skater. This will be the first games where an Estonian female speed skater competes.

Individual

Mass start

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References

Source of article : Wikipedia