Norwegian athletes have already won 21 medals at the Beijing Olympics – nine gold, five silver and seven bronze. Norway is also the leader in terms of medals. On Sunday, four prizes were added to the Norwegian medal duo: biathlete Marte Ulsbüre Reiselanna triumphed in the ten-kilometer race, silver medals were won by biathlete Tarjee Bei in the 12.5-kilometer run and cross-country skiers in the 4×10 kilometer relay race in the men’s race and ten kilometers in the
Germany, the leader of the previous four-day medal table, has retired to second place, with eight gold medals, five silver and one bronze. German athletes were left without medals on Sunday.
In third place with six gold, five silver and one bronze medal is the United States. Speedboat Erina Jackson became the Olympic champion in the 500-meter distance on Sunday.
The Netherlands also has six gold medals – along with four silver and two bronze awards.
Sweden has five gold and three silver and bronze medals.
Austria, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team and China have, among other things, four forged medals.
In total, 21 teams have at least one gold medal, but 26 representatives of delegations have at least one medal, including Latvia, which shares 24th place with Belgium and Poland.
Seven sets of medals were handed out at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, and five sets of medals will be handed out on Monday.
The Beijing Olympics take place from February 4 to 20.
After the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games will take place in Beijing from March 4 to 13.
