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Olympic Medal Hopes Rest on One Athlete for 18 Teams

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — No pressure or anything. But the whole country is rooting for you.

After all, you're their only Olympic hope.

Eighteen teams have just one athlete — 13 of them alpine skiers — competing for them at this year's Winter Games, a prestigious — but maybe slightly lonely — place to be. So, the spotlight was solely on them as they entered Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony carrying their team's flag.

The 18 one-athlete teams include:

- Azerbaijan (Patrick Brachner, alpine skiing)
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- Bermuda (Tucker Murphy, cross-country skiing)
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- Cyprus (Dino Lefkaritis, alpine skiing)
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- Ecuador (Klaus Jungbluth Rodriguez, cross-country skiing)
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- Eritrea (Shannon Abeda, alpine skiing)
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- Ghana (Akwasi Frimpong, skeleton)
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- Hong Kong (Arabella Carolina Yili Ng, alpine skiing)
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- Kenya (Sabrina Simader, alpine skiing)
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- Kosovo (Albin Tahiri, alpine skiing)
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- Luxembourg (Matthieu Osch, alpine skiing)
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- Madagascar (Mialitiana Clerc, alpine skiing)
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- Malta (Elise Pellegrin, alpine skiing)
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- Puerto Rico (Charles Flaherty, alpine skiing)
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- San Marino (Alessandro Mariotti, alpine skiing)
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- Singapore (Cheyenne Goh, ladies' short-track speed skating)
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- South Africa (Connor Wilson, alpine skiing)
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- Timor-Leste ( Yohan Goncalves Goutt, alpine skiing)
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And, of course, Tonga with a shirtless Pita Taufatofua, who'll represent the country in cross-country skiing.
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2018 Olympic medal hopes rest on one athlete for 18 teams
 
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I am surprised with South Africa. I thought they would have more athletes competing in the games. The pressure must be intense for these one-athlete teams.
 

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Good to know! Lemme start researching Alpine skiiing classes for my puppy. :laugh
 
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