Tag: Olympics
No Olympic Village for Norway’s skiers
South Korean officials built a modern yet traditional Olympic Village to house athletes competing in the Winter Olympics but Norwegian skiers and biathlon athletes...
Medal rush begins, with some irritation
Norwegians grabbed all three spots on the podium for winners of a tough 30-kilometer race at the Winter Olympics in South Korea on Sunday....
Johaug cashes in before comeback
In late 2016, Norwegian skiing star Therese Johaug claimed the only thing motivating her in the midst of controversial doping charges was the prospect...
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...
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