Norway has already won over a dozen gold medals at the WinterOlympics. That brings us to a burning question: Why are they so good?
, with half the Games to go. That brings us to a burning question: Why are they so good?
Well, for one thing, the climate is more conducive to winter sports training. Natives also love cross-country skiing and have long enjoyed ski jumping. The Nordic Combined sport, for example, combines those two pastimes into four events -- and Norway has won a boatload of those already at the Beijing Games.
Speed skating has also been a thing in Norway, which is one of only three countries to rack up more Winter Olympics medals than summer ones.and the golds, notching 28 medals overall, a dozen of them gold, through the competitions so far. Germany is the next-closest in gold but trails Norway by two of them. Team USA is third at eight gold medals won as of Day 12 of the Winter games, four behind Norway.
Here's a look at the country's 2022 Olympic medal haul so far, by sport and medalist, according to the International Olympic Committee:
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