LIVE BLOG β© How is the Estonian women's team doing in the Olympic relay race?
The article discusses the Estonian women's relay team competing in the 4x7.5 km event at the Milan Cortina Olympics, providing live updates on their performance.
At the Milano Cortina Olympics, the Estonian women's team is set to compete in the womenβs 4x7.5 km relay, with 19 teams participating and Estonia starting in the 10th position. The race is scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM, and Postimees is providing live updates from the event. This yearβs Olympic format requires each team member to complete a distance of 7.5 km, a change from the previous 4x5 km format used until the last Olympics. Prior to this competition, the defending champions from the 2022 Beijing Olympics include the Russian team, which took home the gold, followed by Germany in silver and Sweden in bronze. The favorite in this year's competition is Sweden, whose athletes Frida Karlsson and Ebba Andersson have each won two golds and two silvers in different events at these Olympics. Team Sweden's opening leg will be run by Linn Svahn, the gold medalist in the classic sprint, with Jonna Sundling anchoring the team, a silver medalist in the sprint event. The Estonian team consists of Kaidy Kaasiku starting the first leg (classic technique), followed by Keidy Kaasiku (classic), Mariel Merlii Pulles (free technique) for the third leg, and anchoring the team is Teesi Tuul (free technique). As the event unfolds, viewers can follow the race via the live blog updates offered by Postimees, detailing the key moments and performances of the Estonian women's team during this prestigious international competition.