Heading to the Youth Olympic Games!

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Estella is officially headed to the 2024 Youth Olympic Games in South Korea next month! It is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent the United States in this event. Here’s the official press release from US Ski and Snowboard.

Opening ceremonies are January 19, and there will be two days of competition on January 20 (individual) and January 21 (mixed team). A live stream of the YOG will be at https://olympics.com/en/gangwon-2024/ starting with the Opening Ceremony. Or, it looks like it might be easiest to download the Olympics app and watch on there.

Winter Start

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What a great way to start the season! After a short fall break and a family trip to the beach, Estella headed to Steamboat for training and the second Youth Olympics qualifier. There are two spots available for the Youth Olympics and one of them was already claimed by teammate, Josie Johnson. The open spot was earmarked for the athlete that scored the most combined points of the Steamboat qualifier and the Lake Placid qualifier (held in October).

Estella had a great set of competition jumps this weekend and scored 240 points – enough to clinch the spot for the Youth Olympics. And she broke the women’s HS100 hill record in the process! Then, on Sunday she broke the record again with a jump of 98.5 meters. It was a thrill to watch!

Welcome

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Hello! We get a lot of requests for updates on Estella and her travels and results. So, we decided it might be easiest to have everything in one place. As the season goes one, we’ll post updates on her season and where she’s heading next. A ski jump season isn’t quite laid out in stone and is very dynamic, so we usually only know the next set of comps about a month or so in advance. Thanks for being a part of Team Estella!