Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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Norway at the Olympic Games | ||||
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IOC code: | NOR | |||
NOC: | Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports external link (Norwegian) |
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2006 Winter Olympics in Turin | ||||
Competitors | 74 in 10 sports | |||
Flag bearer | Pål Trulsen | |||
Medals Rank: 13 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 8 |
Bronze 9 |
Total 19 |
Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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Norway sent 74 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. At the 2002 Winter Olympics Norway won the most gold medals, and before the Turin games, Norwegian sports officials were aiming for more than the 25 medals they won in Salt Lake City — the president of the Norges Skiforbund Sverre Seeberg was quoted saying he thought Norway would win 25 medals in the skiing events alone (alpine skiing, cross country skiing, freestyle skiing, nordic combined and ski jumping). The Norwegian Olympic Committee aimed for Norway to be the best nation measured in the number of gold medals. However, Norway won only two gold medals in the games.
In addition to the skiing events, Norway also qualified athletes at biathlon, curling, skeleton, snowboarding and speed skating. In addition to IOC qualifying times, the Norwegian Olympic Committee have required that athletes need to place themselves once in the top six or twice in the top twelve in major individual events in the sport to be selected . Curler Pål Trulsen served as flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.
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[edit] Medals
[edit] Gold
- Alpine skiing
- Men's Super-G: Kjetil André Aamodt in a time of 1:30.65
- Ski jumping
- Normal hill - K90: Lars Bystøl with 266.5 points
[edit] Silver
- Biathlon
- Men's 20 km individual: Ole Einar Bjørndalen in a time of 54:39.0
- Men's 10 km sprint: Halvard Hanevold in a time of 26:19.8
- Men's 12.5 km pursuit: Ole Einar Bjørndalen in a time of 35:24.9
- Cross-country skiing
- Men's 30 km: (15 km + 15 km) pursuit: Frode Estil in a time of 1:17:01.4
- Team sprint: Jens Arne Svartedal and Tor Arne Hetland in a time of 17:03.5
- Women's 10 km classical: Marit Bjørgen
- Freestyle skiing
- Women's moguls: Kari Traa with 25.65 points
- Nordic combined
- 7.5 km sprint: Magnus Moan in a time of 18:34.4
[edit] Bronze
- Biathlon
- Men's 20 km individual: Halvard Hanevold in a time of 55:31.9
- Men's 10 km sprint: Frode Andresen in a time of 26:31.3
- Men's 15 km mass start: Ole Einar Bjørndalen
- Cross-country skiing
- Women's 10 km classical: Hilde G. Pedersen
- Nordic combined
- 15 km individual: Magnus Moan in a time of 40:00.8
- Ski jumping
- Normal hill - K90: Roar Ljøkelsøy with a score of 264.5 points
- Large hill: Lars Bystøl
- Large hill team: Lars Bystøl, Bjørn Einar Romøren, Tommy Ingebrigtsen and Roar Ljøkelsøy
- Snowboarding
- Women's halfpipe: Kjersti Buaas with a score of 42.0 points
[edit] Top 10 finishes
[edit] 4th place
- Alpine skiing
- Men's downhill: Kjetil Andre Aamodt
[edit] 5th place
- Alpine skiing
- Men's Super-G: Aksel Lund Svindal
- Biathlon
- Men's 12.5 km sprint: Halvard Hanevold
- Men's 4x6 km relay: Halvard Hanevold, Stian Eckhoff, Frode Andresen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen
- Women's 4x6 km relay: Tora Berger, Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée, Gunn Margit Andreassen, Linda Grubben
[edit] 6th place
- Alpine skiing
- Men's giant slalom: Aksel Lund Svindal
- Biathlon
- Men's 12.5 km sprint: Frode Andresen
- Men's 15 km mass start: Emil Hegle Svendsen
- Women's 10 km pursuit: Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée
[edit] 7th place
- Biathlon
- Men's 15 km mass start: Halvard Hanevold
[edit] 9th place
- Biathlon
- Women's 15 km individual: Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée
[edit] 10th place
- Alpine skiing
- Men's combined: Kjetil Jansrud
[edit] Events
[edit] Alpine skiing
- Men's combined
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Name Downhill Slalom run 1 Slalom run 2 Total Final rank Kjetil Jansrud 1:41.55 46.02 44.75 3:12.32 10th place Lasse Kjus 1:39.63 Did not finish - - - Aksel Lund Svindal 1:39.26 Did not finish - - - Kjetil Andre Aamodt Did not start - - - -
- Men's downhill
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Name Time Final rank Kjetil Andre Aamodt 1:49.88 4th place Lasse Kjus 1:50.64 14th place Aksel Lund Svindal 1:50.90 21st place Bjarne Solbakken 1:51.72 29th place
- Men's giant slalom
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Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank Aksel Lund Svindal 1:17.10 1:18.96 2:36.06 6th place Lasse Kjus 1:18.73 1:20.58 2:39.31 18th place Bjarne Solbakken 1:19.15 1:20.46 2:39.61 20th place Kjetil Jansrud 1:19.32 Did not start - -
- Men's slalom
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Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank Aksel Lund Svindal 54.97 Did not finish - - Hans-Petter Buraas Did not finish - - - Lars Myhre Did not finish - - -
- Men's Super-G
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Name Time Final rank Kjetil Andre Aamodt 1:30.65 Gold medal Aksel Lund Svindal 1:31.10 5th place Lasse Kjus 1:31.79 14th place Bjarne Solbakken 1:32.90 26th place
[edit] Biathlon
- Men's 10 km sprint
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Halvard Hanevold 0 26:19.8 Silver medal Frode Andresen 1 26:31.3 Bronze medal Ole Einar Bjørndalen 3 27:25.5 12th place Stian Eckhoff 2 27:48.0 17th place
- Men's 12.5 km pursuit
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Ole Einar Bjørndalen 6 +2.7 Silver medal Halvard Hanevold 3 +37.5 5th place Frode Andresen 6 +56.7 6th place Stian Eckhoff 6 +2:40.0 22nd place
- Men's 15 km mass start
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Ole Einar Bjørndalen 3 47:32.3 Bronze medal Emil Hegle Svendsen 2 48:13.8 6th place Halvard Hanevold 3 48:14.9 7th place Frode Andresen 6 49:03.6 19th place
- Men's 20 km individual
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Ole Einar Bjørndalen 2 54:39.0 Silver medal Halvard Hanevold 2 55:31.9 Bronze medal Frode Andresen 3 57:10.2 15th place Stian Eckhoff 3 57:11.8 16th place
- Men's 4x6 km relay
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Halvard Hanevold 2 21:33.1 Stian Eckhoff 2 20:22.1 Frode Andresen 7 21:52.9 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 0 19:15.5 Total 11 1:23:03.6 5th place
- Women's 7.5 km sprint
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 2 23:20.0 12th place Linda Grubben 1 23:48.5 19th place Tora Berger 1 24:05.8 23rd place Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen 1 24:34.0 40th place
- Women's 10 km pursuit
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 4 +2:19.8 6th place Linda Grubben 4 +3:36.2 15th place Tora Berger 3 +4:01.2 18th place Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen 7 +6:57.9 40th place
- Women's 12.5 km mass start
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Linda Grubben 5 42:46.5 14th place Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 4 43:43.8 18th place Tora Berger 3 45:23.2 25th place
- Women's 15 km individual
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 3 52:22.0 9th place Tora Berger 2 52:53.4 13th place Linda Grubben 6 56:47.8 50th place Gunn Margit Andreassen 6 59:04.3 60th place
- Women's 4x6 km relay
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Tora Berger 5 20:28.1 Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 2 18:43.2 Gunn Margit Andreassen 3 20:32.0 Linda Grubben 4 19:51.1 Total 14 1:19:34.4 5th place
[edit] Cross-country skiing
On 9 January the selection of four male athletes for the sprint event was made public. A team for the sprint relay will not be selected before the Olympics. .
Following the conclusion of the individual events at the 2006 Norwegian Championships, a further thirteen skiers were selected
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Women:
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Men:
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Sprint men (selected on 9 January):
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Four skiers will be selected for each individual event, and this selection will not be made public until shortly before the event starts. The Norwegian director of cross country skiing sport, Bjørnar Håkensmoen, received "terribly many" reactions after he announced the team on 21 January, and the following day the newspaper Aftenposten asked him whether he "regretted" not selecting Petter Northug, who had won both the double pursuit and the relay (as part of a team representing Strindheim IL) at the Norwegian Skiing Championship .
[edit] Curling
The curling teams for men and women were nominated following the 2005 European Curling Championships, where Pål Trulsen and his team won gold for men, while Dordi Nordby finished fourth with her team. The teams are as follows, with their positions at the 2005 ECC in brackets:
- Men: Pål Trulsen (skip), Lars Vågberg (third), Flemming Davanger (second), Bent Ånund Ramsfjell (lead), Torger Nergård (alternate)
- Women: Dordi Nordby (skip), Marianne Haslum (third), Marianne Rørvik (second), Camilla Holth (lead), Charlotte Hovring (alternate)
Trulsen's team are the reigning Olympic champions – at their first Olympic Games, while Nordby finished seventh in 2002 and fifth in 1998.
[edit] Freestyle skiing
Ingrid Berntsen and Kari Traa have been selected ; both have competed in moguls events during the 2005–06 season, and are ranked 13th and 2nd respectively in the FIS World Cup .
Women's moguls
- Kari Traa
- Qualification run - 24.06 points
- Final Run - 25.65 points (Silver medal)
- Ingrid Berntsen
- Qualification run - 22.45 points
- Final Run - 19.84 points (19th place)
[edit] Nordic combined
Norway's best individual position at the 2002 Olympics was Kristian Hammer's eighth place in the Gundersen event, while Norway's team finished fifth . However, Norway are defending World Champions at the team event after their gold in Oberstdorf in 2005, and Moan took silver and Hammer bronze at the 2005 World Championships. As of 20 December 2005, Tande was second in the World Cup standings, 110 points behind the leader Hannu Manninen. Moan was number three in the World Cup standings, a further 19 points adrift, and Hammer, Græsli and Klemetsen are all in the top 20. All five of the Nordic Combined athletes finished in the top ten in the sprint event at Ramsau am Dachstein on 18 December 2005, with Moan and Græsli securing a 1–2 finish for Norway, and Tande won the mass start event (not an Olympic competition) the previous day, with Moan third and Hammer fourth.
Individual Gundersen 15 km
Name | 1st round | Final round | Jump Total | 15 km | Final rank |
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Magnus Moan | 119.5 | 118.0 | 237.5 | 38:20.8 | Bronze medal |
Petter Tande | 131.5 | 130.5 | 262.0 | 39:58.9 | 4th place |
Havard Klemetsen | 117.0 | 112.0 | 229.0 | 40:46.5 | 20th place |
Kristian Hammer | 92.0 | 91.0 | 183.0 | 39:32.8 | 35th place |
Large hill sprint
Name | LH jump | Sprint 7.5 km | Final rank |
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Magnus Moan | 111.8 | 17:38.4 (5.4 behind) | Silver medal |
Petter Tande | 118.2 | 18:29.1 (30.1 behind) | 6th place |
Kristian Hammer | 94.3 | 18:02.1 (1:39.1 behind) | 28th place |
Havard Klemetsen | 98.0 | 19:15.6 (2:37.6 behind) | 40th place |
[edit] Skeleton
Women's skeleton
Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Final rank |
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Desiree Bjerke | 1:00.92 | 1:01.70 | 2:02.62 | 9th place |
[edit] Ski jumping
Men's large hill individual
Final round jumps | |||||
Name | Qualification | 1st round | Final round | Total | Final rank |
Lars Bystoel | 129.2 points (Pre-qualified) | 121.5 points | 129.2 points | 250.7 points | Bronze medal |
Roar Ljoekelsoey | 114.1 points (Pre-qualified) | 127.8 points | 115.0 points | 242.8 points | 4th place |
Bjoern Einar Romoeren | 120.9 points (Pre-qualified) | 121.8 points | 116.4 points | 238.2 points | 7th place |
Sigurd Pettersen | 115.9 points | 106.3 points | 96.2 points | 202.5 points | 24th place |
Men's normal hill individual
Final round jumps | |||||
Name | Qualification | 1st round | Final round | Total | Final rank |
Lars Bystøl | Jump disqualified (Pre-qualified) | 131.0 points | 135.5 points | 266.5 points | Gold medal |
Roar Ljøkelsøy | 120.5 points (Pre-qualified) | 132.0 points | 132.5 points | 264.5 points | Bronze medal |
Bjørn Einar Romøren | 118.0 points (Pre-qualified) | 125.5 points | 122.5 points | 248.0 points | 15th place |
Sigurd Pettersen | Disqualified | - | - | - | - |
Men's large hill team jump
Name | 1st round | Final round | Total | Final rank |
Lars Bystoel | 117.30 points | 136.90 points | ||
Bjoern Einar Romoeren | 114.60 points | 116.30 points | ||
Tommy Ingebrigtsen | 97.20 points | 97.20 points | ||
Roar Ljoekelsoey | 123.30 points | 147.30 points | ||
Total | 452.40 points | 497.70 points | 950.10 points | Bronze medal |
[edit] Snowboarding
[edit] Halfpipe
Men's halfpipe
In men's halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.
Qualification | Final | ||||
Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final rank |
Kim Christiansen | 31.0 points | 5.1 points | - | - | - |
Frederik Austbo | 29.2 points | 13.0 points | - | - | - |
Halvor Lunn | 24.2 points | 26.4 points | - | - | - |
Women's halfpipe
In women's halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of the Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.
Qualification | Final | ||||
Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final rank |
Kjersti Buaas | 19.2 points | 41.9 points | 40.9 points | 42.0 points | Bronze medal |
[edit] Speed skating
Men's 1000 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Mikael Flygind-Larsen | 1:10.13 | 14th place |
Petter Andersen | 1:10.38 | 18th place |
Even Wetten | 1:10.57 | 23rd place |
Men's 1500 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Petter Andersen | 01:47.15 | 7th place |
Mikael Flygind-Larsen | 01:47.28 | 8th place |
Even Wetten | 01:47.78 | 10th place |
Havard Bokko | Did not finish | - |
Men's 5000 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Oystein Grodum | 6:24.21 | 8th place |
Lasse Saetre | 6:25.15 | 9th place |
Eskil Ervik | 6:26.91 | 10th place |
Men's 10000 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Oystein Grodum | 13:12.58 | 4th place |
Lasse Saetre | 13:12.93 | 5th place |
Eskil Ervik | 13:37.62 | 11th place |
Men's team pursuit
Name | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
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Havard Bokko Eskil Ervik Mikael Flygind-Larsen Oystein Grodum Lasse Saetre |
3:49.55 | Defeated Germany | Lost to Canada | Bronze medal match Lost to Netherlands |
4th place |
Women's 1500 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Annette Bjelkevik | 02:01.03 | 17th place |
Maren Haugli | 02:01.22 | 19th place |
Hedvig Bjelkevik | 02:02.16 | 26th place |
Women's 3000 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Maren Haugli | 4:12.50 | 15th place |
Annette Bjelkevik | 4:17.57 | 23rd place |
Women's 5000 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Maren Haugli | 07:06.08 | 8th place |
Women's team pursuit
Name | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
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Annette Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik Maren Haugli |
3:06.34 | Lost to Japan | - | Final D - Defeated China | 7th place |
[edit] Trivia
"Partly Norwegian" medal(ist)s
In the Norwegian media, two gold and one silver medal won by foreign athletes were humorously presented as part-Norwegian medals, since the medalists in question were of Norwegian descent or family:
- Women's snowboard cross gold medalist Tanja Frieden has a dual Swiss-Norwegian citizenship (mother is Norwegian) and speaks the language.
- Women's skeleton gold medalist Maya Pedersen, also of Switzerland, lives in Øyer, Norway, with her Norwegian husband, Snorre Pedersen.
- Women's 1,500 m speed skating silver medalist Kristina Groves, of Canada, is of Norwegian descent (many relatives in Stjørdal, Norway).
Grateful Canadian XC ski fans
A large group of Canadian winter sports fans was delighted and impressed by the Norwegian cross-country skiing sports director Bjørnar Håkensmoen's impulsive display of sportsmanship when he handed Canadian skier Sara Renner a ski pole only seconds after her own broke during the sprint relay. Renner and team mate Beckie Scott went on to win the silver medal (while the Norwegians placed fourth).
To show their appreciation, a group known as the "Independent Communications Dealers of Canada" mounted a "thank you" campaign called "Project Maple Syrup", organizing a shipment of 8,000 cans of maple syrup to Norway.
[edit] References
- ↑ (Norwegian) Tror på 25 OL-medaljer from NRK, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ (Norwegian) OL-billetten glapp for Rune Stordahl from Bergens Tidende, accessed 21 December 2005
- ↑ (Norwegian) Burre får OL-billett from Nettavisen, accessed 26 January 2006
- ↑ (Norwegian) OL-uttak, from the Norwegian Biathlon Federation, accessed 22 January 2006
- ↑ (Norwegian) OL-uttak skiskyting, by Svein Graff and Sjur B. Kvamme, from NRK, accessed 22 January 2006
- ↑ (Norwegian) - Pallplass er målsettingen from VG, accessed 10 January 2006
- ↑ (Norwegian) Ikke OL for Skofterud, from VG, published 22 January 2006
- ↑ (Norwegian) Angrer du på uttaket? from Aftenposten, published 22 January 2006
- ↑ (Norwegian) Dordi Nordby og curling, kvinner, from NRK, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ (Norwegian) Sportsbørsen, p. 31, Aftenposten, 26 January 2006
- ↑ FIS-Ski - Cup Standings, from the FIS website, accessed 26 January 2006
- ↑ (Norwegian) Sportsboken 2002, published by Sportsboken AS in 2002, editor Tore Johansen, pp. 294–5
- ↑ (Norwegian) Bjerke klarte OL-kravet, from NRK, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ (Norwegian) Tre hoppere OL-klare, from NRK, published 25 January 2006
- ↑ Kim Christiansen, Daniel Franck, Kjersti Buaas biographies, from the FIS website, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ Petter Andersen – from skateresults.com, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ Håvard Bøkko – from skateresults.com, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ Eskil Ervik – from skateresults.com, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ Mikael Flygind Larsen – from skateresults.com, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ Øystein Grødum – from skateresults.com, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Ranks 2004–05 (PDF), compiled by Sport Computer Graphics and verified by Tron Espeli of the ISU Technical Committee, pg. 6, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ Lasse Sætre – from skateresults.com, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ Even Wetten – from skateresults.com, accessed 20 December 2005
- ↑ See reference 21.
- ↑ Maren Haugli – from skateresults.com, accessed 20 December 2005
- (Norwegian) Disse er klare for OL, a list of the 63 athletes officially selected, from Nettavisen, retrieved 26 January 2006
- ↑ Canadians hail Norwegian coach's sportsmanship, from Aftenposten, published 16 February 2006
- ↑ Sweet thanks from Canada, from Aftenposten, published 16 February 2006
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