Today at 10:55, ETV2 and ERR's sports portal are set to broadcast live the ski jumping team event of the Nordic combined sprint competition from the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games. Commentators Kristjan Kalkun and Kaarel Nurmsalu will provide insights, with Johannes Vedru reporting from the event. This change to a two-man team format marks a departure from previous Olympic competitions where four athletes represented each team since the Nagano Games in 1998 until the 2022 Beijing Games.

Estonia will be represented by Kristjan Ilves, who placed sixth in the normal hill event and seventh in the large hill event, alongside 16-year-old Olympic debutant Ruubert Teder, who finished 34th in the normal hill competition and did not advance beyond the jump round in the large hill event. The competition will feature a total of 14 pairs, with notable participants such as Jens Luraas Oftebro from Norway, who has already won two gold medals in Milan, competing alongside Andreas Skoglund, and Austria's Stefan Rettenegger and Johannes Lamparter, as well as Germany's Johannez Rydzek and Vinzenz Geiger.

This live broadcast signifies a special moment for Estonia as two of its young athletes partake in an international competition, highlighting the nation’s growing presence in winter sports. Observers will be keen to see how Ilves and Teder perform against strong international teams, given the reduced team size and the shift in competition format, which may impact overall strategies and expectations for each country's ski jumping representatives.