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Monday, July 30, 2007
My predictions for the Norwegian WOC team
The Norwegian WOC team selections were just announced, so I should see if any of the newcomers I thought might make the team did.
I'd written:
Based on nothing but a list of previous JWOC teams, I'd say the following Norwegians have a reasonable chance at running their first WOC: Jorid Flatekval, Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen, and Oystein Sorensson.
I completely missed the boat. None of my picks made it. Though to be fair, these weren't really the people I expected to make it, they were the people who I'd pick as likely first-timers if the only bit of info I had was a list of previous JWOC teams.
Only one of the Norwegians picked for this year's WOC is running their first WOC - Olav Lundanes. Lundanes is still a junior. It'll be interesting to see how he does. He's slated to run just the sprint.