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SPOT ON NORWAY Eventually SAS visits Norway. Having a look at the Schneehase shows that its pages are full of articles and information around skiing in Norway. Cecile de Lavallaz (SAS FR) | Schneehase Ambassador Norway is a small country with many talented sportsmen and women. At the Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018 as well as in Beijing 2022, Norway ended up in first place on the overall medal ranking. This is quite incredible for such a small nation. In the Schneehase N°40 (2016-2019), Jojo Stutzer (SAS Zürich) and Pål Troye (SAS Norge) try to find the key to Norway’s success. In this article, they focus mainly on the men’s alpine ski team between 1998 and 2018. They start by looking into the ranking of the World Cup by enumerating the number of crystal globes the Norwegian men won. They then compare the number of points Norway won to the ones won by Swiss Athletes and their number of wins at world championship events. The numbers are quite impressive, and the authors are trying to explain the reason of this difference. Even if
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the Swiss team has more financial resources and a bigger pool of talents available, this does not necessary mean getting better results. The search leads the authors to Marius Arnesen, who has been a coach of the Norwegian Men Alpine Ski Team between 1998 and 2010. He describes the key elements to the Norwegian success story. According to his analyze virtues like continuity, harmony, modesty and perseverance have the greater impact.
Galdhöppiggrennet 1955 The author Peter Waser (SAS Zurich) relates in the Schneehase N°23 (1954-1955) the trip 10 SASler did to Norway to compete at the international "Galdhöpiggrennet" and meet with some friends. As we comfortably fly from Geneva or Zurich directly to Narvik in April this year, those SASler had quite a
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