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23. What Is Norway Doing So Well? | Athlete Development
Episode 23 examines a comparative analysis of elite sport systems in four Nordic countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
Despite sharing many similarities including strong grassroots participation, publicly supported sport infrastructure, welfare-state models, and broad access to sport, these countries have increasingly diverged in international elite sport performance and organizational structure over recent decades.
This episode explores:
Why similar countries can produce very different elite sport outcomes
Centralized vs decentralized athlete development systems
Olympiatoppen and…
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