Bjørn Dæhli

The Norwegian athlete dominated cross country skiing in the 1990s. He won 12 Olympic medals, 8 of them in gold. In his youth he was a good ski jumper but later on concentrated on cross country skiing.



Bjørn Dæhli (NOR)

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Words

  • concentrate on = here: to do only one sport
  • dominate = here: to be much better than all the rest
  • in his youth = when he was young