Ep #531: Why Norway is dominating the Milano Cortina Olympics

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Norway has the secret sauce for Olympic success.We’re more than halfway through the Milano Cortina Olympics, and Norway is once again leading the medal count with just 80 athletes competing — an astonishing success rate. What makes the Norwegians so darn good at the Winter Olympics? Today’s episode of The GIST of It aims to find out as co-hosts Lauren Tuiskula and Alessandra Puccio dig into why the Scandinavian country of just 5.6M people absolutely dominates the snow.Show notes:Find steamy, sporty audiobooks on Penguin Random House AudioSubscribe to The GIST Plus to learn how a regular person handled bobsleighElana Meyers Taylor Instagram postMore on The GIST: 🎧 Subscribe: thegistsports.com/subscribepod ✉️ Email: [email protected] 📷 Instagram: @thegistca @thegistusa 🐦 X: @thegistpod

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