Never before in the history of cross country skiing as organized sport did the youth perform so well at the major competitions.
Let’s see
( and a very happy ski sponsor, presumably – this photo was taken during a pre-Olympic photo shoot for Rossignol
21 – 3 golds
In ladies’ skiing the ratio of youngsters on the podiums is not as overwhelming but is also more than convincing:
With coaches & specialists are still being busy at the Olympics, we don’t have any authoritative explanation for this “youth pedestal invasion”: why now, why in Pyeonchang, why youth seems to be blooming early in three countries only – Norway, Sweden and Russia?
We shall ask those questions when opportunity presents itself and, of course, share with you here.
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