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In the medley relay of the Olympic Games in which the'' Italy won the bronze medal, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen has established a double record that deserves to be celebrated properly. In fact, the Norwegian has become definitely the greatest athlete in the history of winter sports. And Saturday Marit Bjoergen ...
Thursday 20 February 2014 6 minutes reading time
Dæhlie equaled BATTUTOIl forty Scandinavian today won in one'' s eighth gold medal and the thirteenth overall in the field of Olympic career:
NAGANO 1998 - SPRINT - ORONAGANO 1998 - RELAY - ARGENTOSALT LAKE CITY 2002 - INDIVIDUAL - OROSALT LAKE CITY 2002 - SPRINT - OROSALT LAKE CITY 2002 - TRACKING - OROSALT LAKE CITY 2002 - RELAY - OROTORINO 2006 - INDIVIDUAL - ARGENTOTORINO 2006 - SPRINT - ARGENTOTORINO 2006 - MASS START - BRONZOVANCOUVER 2010 - INDIVIDUAL - ARGENTOVANCOUVER 2010 - RELAY - OROSOCHI 2014 - SPRINT - OROSOCHI 2014 - MIXED RELAY - GOLD
In the Games of snow and ice only Bjørn Dæhlie had reached a total of eight gold medals. It should be noted, however, such as the primacy of'' former long-distance runner was the son of the abnormal situation of having two Winter Olympics in two years' time, Albertivelle 1992 and 1994 Lillehammer, where he won no less than 6 of its 8 hits.
The same Dæhlie also held the record for total medals, 12,'' quest today finally passed by Bjørndalen, Taking the 13 per share.
So this afternoon Ole is in the solitude'' athlete with the most medals at the Winter Games and Dæhlie along with the one with the most gold medals.
COMPARISON WITH GAMES ESTIVIVolendo broaden the discourse at the Olympics per se can be seen as the 13 medals Bjørndalen have allowed him to reach the Soviet gymnast Boris Shakhlin, the Japanese gymnast Takashi Ono and the fencer Italian Edoardo Mangiarotti.
Only three athletes have won more medals: the Soviet gymnast Nikolai Andrianov (15), the Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina (18) and of course the American swimmer Michael Phelps (22).
Five people are able to overcome the threshold of 8 gold medals in the Summer Games. Phelps has arrived even at 18, and won 9 medals of precious metal plus the aforementioned Latynina, the Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi, the American sprinter Carl Lewis and swimmer Mark Spitz stellestrisce.
Saturday 22 APPUNTAMEN TO THE STORY FOR DUEIn successful case of Norway in the men's relay on Saturday 22 Bjørndalen would then in solitude'' athlete with the most gold medals at the winter and it would be second only to Phelps also including summer ones.
But on Saturday even Marit Bjoergen will have a rendezvous with history. Today, the long-distance runner, winning the sprint in pairs along with Ingvild Flugstad Ostberg won the fifth gold medal and ninth overall in the Olympic Games.
In the 30 km on 22 February, the Norwegian will in turn establish a double record. In case of victory would become, together with the cross-country skier Lyubov Egorova and skater Lidiya Skoblikova, the woman with the most gold medals in the Winter Olympics.
Scandinavian rather just finish in the top-three to touch the proportion of 10 medals overall and become, in the company of Raisa Smetanina and Stefania Belmondo, a woman with more podiums in the Olympic Games of snow and ice.
Therefore Bjørndalen has just become the largest ever at the Winter Olympics, but on Saturday will become even bigger. Bjoergen on the same day'' will have the opportunity to become the biggest winner in the women's field.
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