Tag: Olympics
Experts predict an Olympic gold rush
Norwegian skiing experts are perhaps overly optimistic, but they're predicting that Norway's winter sports athletes will win no less than 50 medals at the...
Curling duo wins before OL starts
A Norwegian curling pair beat their Canadian gold-medal rivals at an Olympic preliminary even before the Winter Games in Pyeonchang officially open on Friday....
High hopes but low attendance at ‘OL’
Far fewer Norwegians were expected to be attending this year’s Winter Olympics (called simply “OL” in Norway), even though Norway excels in winter sports...
Biathlon stars had chaotic trip to Olympics
Norway’s winter sports athletes have been traveling to South Korea during the past week, especially those who’ll be competing right after the Winter Olympics...
Sick Northug ‘won’t ski in Olympics’
Norway's former top skier Petter Northug has hardly competed this season, performed poorly when he did, failed to impress national ski team coaches and...
No Olympic ‘wildcard’ for Bjørndalen
UPDATED: At an age of 43, Norway's biathlon star Ole Einar Bjørndalen wanted, and was convinced he could still win, more medals at the...
Sports bosses paid millions for PR
The men who've recently been running Norway's national athletics federation paid out nearly NOK 5 million in just a few months to drum up...
New Olympic bid called ‘tragicomic’
UPDATED: Heads were shaking in Norway after state broadcaster NRK reported how officials in the inland county of Telemark were planning to mount a...
IOC member passes the torch
Gerhard Heiberg has been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the past 23 years. At the age of 78, he passed...
Athletics leaders reveal big spending
After months of pressure, Norway's national athletics federation has finally turned over its expense accounts for both the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia and the Youth...
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