Soccer is the most known sport around the world, so I presume that you guys have heard of it before. There are quite a few professional Norwegians that play in and around Europe, and we are very proud of that. The National team was one of the best in the world during the 1990s, where we beat Brazil and other great nations. However, of late, the National team has become one of the worst teams in Europe, and that has led to us Norwegians being less proud of our once-great team.
Another popular sport in Norway is handball, and our Nationa womensl team really excels here. We won the gold in the Olympics in Beijing in 2008, and we have also won the European Championship several times over the last 20 years. The team is probably one of the best in the world, and Norwegians are really proud of that.
Norwegians are really interested in winter sports, and that is because we have a lot of snow here. Norwegians are known throughout the world as one of the peers in several different winter sports, such as downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon and ski jumping. Downhill skiing is very fast paced, and the athletes ski down long and very steep hills on time. The one finishing the course the fastest wins. Our most famous athlete is Aksel Lund Svindal. Cross-cou
ntry skiing is more of an endurance race. Most of the races lasts for several hours, and athletes cover tens of kilometers as they go. Our most famous athlete in cross-country skiing is Bjørn Dæhlie. Biathlon is basically cross-country skiing, only that the athlete carries a rifle that he has to use at least 4 times per race. The skiier either has to stand or lay down and fire at 5 targets. If he/she misses a target, he/she will have to go penalty rounds. Our most famous athlete is Einar Bjørndalen. In ski juping, athletes gain speed down a very steep hill or tower before they jump off a platform. Norwegians are known to be one of the inventors of ski jumping, and we still have several world-class athletes today.
Hi Mathias.
SvarSlettI agree that Norway is a very sports-crazed country and I liked reading about those you've written about. We are very proud of all of our athletes, because there are a lot of Norwegians on top in world-class. Which sport is your favorite?