Armenia at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Armenia at the Flag bearer (opening) | Mikayel Mikayelyan | |
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Flag bearer (closing) | Mikayel Mikayelyan | |
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Soviet Union (1956–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
Background
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Alpine skiing
Ashot Karapetyan was 18 years old at the time of the Pyeongchan Olympics and was making his Olympic debut.[7] Prior to competing, he broke his only skis and was contemplating dropping out of competition. The National Olympic Committee of Armenia sent him a new pair of skis to Pyeongchan in time for his first event. On 22 February 2018, Karapetyan finished the Men's slalom ranked 42nd after placing 50th in the first race and 41st in the second race.[4][8]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Ashot Karapetyan | Men's slalom | 1:02.47 | 50 | 1:05.61 | 41 | 2:08.08 | 42 |
Cross-country skiing
Mikayel Mikayelyan was 18 years old at the time of the Pyeongchan Olympics and was making his Olympic debut.[9] On 13 February 2018, he finished the qualification round in the men's sprint 72nd and did not advance to the next round. On 16 February 2018, he competed in men's 15 kilometre freestyle and finished 83rd out of 116 classified finishers.[4]
Katya Galstyan was 25 years old at the time of the Pyeongchan Olympics and was competing in her second Olympics after she represented Armenia in the Sochi Olympics.[10] Galstyan competed in the women's 10 kilometre freestyle event on 15 February 2018, finishing in a time of 30 minutes and 25 seconds, which put her in 72nd place out of 90 classified finishers.[4]
- Distance
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Mikayel Mikayelyan | Men's 15 km freestyle | 39.01.4 | +5:17.5 | 83 |
Katya Galstyan | Women's 10 km freestyle | 30.25.1 | +5:24.6 | 72 |
- Sprint
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Mikayel Mikayelyan | Men's sprint | 3:37.40 | 72 | did not advance |
See also
References
- ^ "Armenia – Countries – Office of the Historian". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Armenia – National Olympic Committee (NOC)". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Armenia". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Pyeongchang 2018: Armenian athletes' performance". Armenian News-NEWS.am. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Closing Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Ashot Karapetyan". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Ashot Karapetyan in 50th place at Winter Olympic Games". A1plus. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Mikayel Mikayelyan". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Katya Galstyan". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 September 2018.