Kayaker Mira Verås Larsen (25) carried the Norwegian flag at the opening ceremonies of the London Olympic Games late Friday evening. There are 64 Norwegian athletes participating in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were present at the opening ceremony, and are representing the Norwegian Royal Family at the Games.
According to Aftenposten, the Royal couple will be having lunch wiith the Norwegian participants at the Olympic Park on Saturday. They will also be attending the swimming and cycling competitions, as well as the Norwegian women handball team, which meets France in their first match of the Games.
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Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the gold medal in the men's World Championship downhill event in Schladming, Austria on Saturday. Italy's Dominik Paris was second, and France's David Poisson came third...
The musical Isdronningen ("The Ice Queen") premiered at Bærum Kulturhus Thursday evening, and tells the story of Norway's most famous female skater.
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Norwegian cross country biker Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå won silver at the elite women's cross country World Championship at Leogang and Saalfelden, Austria, on Saturday.
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22 Norwegian athletes are participating in the Paralympic Summer Games 2012 which opened in London Wednesday evening.
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Norway's Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) won stage four of the Tour of Denmark, a brisk 90-kilometre run from Ringe to Odense on Saturday.
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Norway's Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå fell on the first hill of the Women's Cross-country Mountain Bike race at the London Olympics on Saturday, and was left hopelessly behind the lead.
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Norway retained their Olympic Games title in the women's Handball competition after defeating Montenegro 26-23 in a thrilling final at the London Olympics Saturday night, to win Norway's second gold medal of the Games.
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Norway's Eirik Verås Larsen (36) won Norway's first Gold medal at the London Olympics when he won the men's kayak single 1000m (K1) on Wednesday, with a strong sprint on the last 250m.
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Norway's Henrik Ingebrigtsen (21) raced to a surprising 5th place, and set a new Norwegian record in the men's 1500m final at the London Olympics on Tuesday.
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Reigning Olympic champions Norway trailed Brazil by five goals, but produced a stunning second-half performance to win 21-19 in the semi-finals of the women's handball competition at the London Olympics.
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Norway's handball women lost 20-25 to Spain in their last preliminary match in Group B at the London Olympic Games on Sunday, after a 11-11 draw at half-time.
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Norway's Ezinne Okparaebo failed to qualify for the women's 100m in the London Olympics on Saturday, but set a new Norwegian record in the semifinal.
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Norway's Bartosz Piasecki secured a silver medal in fencing in the men's individual Epee, at the London Olympics on Wednesday. He lost 10-15 to Venezuela's Ruben Limbardo Gascon, who won the gold medal.
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