GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Norway's national coach Sondre Skarli is hoping the country finally ending its long wait for a gold medal in an Olympic speed skating discipline will end years of austerity imposed by a chronic lack of funding.
Once a powerhouse of speed skating alongside the Netherlands, Norway's programmes have fallen on hard times since the Sochi Olympics. But, Skarli is optimistic that Havard Lorentzen's dramatic gold medal in the men's 500 metres on Monday will change all that.
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