{"id":1440,"date":"2012-08-14T18:02:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T18:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:33:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:33:14","slug":"norway-at-the-2012-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norway-at-the-2012-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway at the 2012 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heia Norge!<\/strong> Go Norway! Cheering is easy in Norwegian. This Saturday, heiaropene<\/strong> (the cheers, literally \u2019the cheer shouts\u2019) resonated at full throttle in London\u2019s Basketball Arena, as the Norwegian h\u00e5ndball<\/strong> [HONbahl] (handball) team beat the ladies from Montenegro 26\u201323. The reigning verdensmestre<\/strong> (world champions) and Europa-mestre<\/strong> could now call themselves Olympic champions as well.<\/p>\n

Besides the gold medal brought home by Heidi L\u00f8ke, Marit Malm Frafjord, Linn J\u00f8rum Sulland and the other h\u00e5ndballspillere<\/strong> (handball players), the London OL<\/strong> [oh-el] (short for Olympiske Leker, \u2019Olympic Games\u2019) didn\u2019t yield many medaljer<\/strong> for the Norwegians: just one more of gull<\/strong>, one s\u00f8lv<\/strong> [\u2019sell\u2019 with rounded lips] and one bronse<\/strong> [BRONGseh or BRONseh]. With a total of four medals, it\u2019s been one of the meagrest Olympic adventures in the history of Norway. By comparison, the country won nine medals in the Beijing sommer-OL<\/strong> in 2008.<\/p>\n

Norway\u2019s other gold medal was won by Eirik Ver\u00e5s Larsen, who successfully outpaddled his opponents in the 1 km kano<\/strong> (canoe) final. The silver and bronze medals were won in the disciplines of fencing and cycling, respectively.<\/p>\n

Norge<\/strong> has always been a nation of athletes, and most Norwegians are stolt\/e<\/strong> (proud, in the plural) of their country and its achievements. Therefore, it hurts when something goes wrong!<\/p>\n

Norwegian star\u00a0spydkaster<\/strong> (javelin thrower) Andreas Thorkildsen, who won a gold medal back in Beijing, made almost a million Norwegians tune in to NRK<\/a><\/strong>, the Norwegian equivalent to BBC, in order to watch the javelin final. In the end, however, he only made it to a 6th place. As the champion told reporters afterwards: Det her var drittd\u00e5rlig.<\/strong> (This was bad as cr*p.)<\/p>\n

At least h\u00e5ndballjentene<\/strong> (the handball girls) saved some of Norway\u2019s \u00e6re<\/strong> (honour). And without a doubt the skilled Norwegian skiers will again prove their worth at the upcoming Winter Olympics in 2014\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heia Norge! Go Norway! Cheering is easy in Norwegian. This Saturday, heiaropene (the cheers, literally \u2019the cheer shouts\u2019) resonated at full throttle in London\u2019s Basketball Arena, as the Norwegian h\u00e5ndball [HONbahl] (handball) team beat the ladies from Montenegro 26\u201323. The reigning verdensmestre (world champions) and Europa-mestre could now call themselves Olympic champions as well. Besides…<\/p>\n

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