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27. Feb 17:59 - Marta Saint-James said:

Aksel, you are not only a wonderful skier, but a class-one Olympian. Your friendly approach to your fellow skiers is remarkable. We all love your Dad Bjørn's passion! He and yourt grandparents have done a great job raising you.
Marta from Argentina and Arizona.

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26. Feb 23:51 - Laura said:

Aksel, you make my knees weak.

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26. Feb 21:53 - *I-ski-like-a-girl* said:

goooold, gooold for Norway!!!

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26. Feb 21:22 - claireinspain said:

ok...i feel like i have to justify myself after reading all these posts over last few days :o)
the marriage proposal was said in jest....im actually happily married to another gorgeous viking. he just happened to mention he wished Aksel would take me off his hands whilst i was shouting and screaming with joy when the 'Great One' won his 3rd medal!!! so ease up on my silly proposal post hehehehe
anyway Aksel, hope you enjoy the rest of your time in canada, and enjoy your well earned break in europe....wherever it is you go :o)

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26. Feb 18:51 - agata said:

25. Feb 18:34 - piotr said:
did you buy the curling comic trousers axl..?!

my brother (pio) will be first member of polish curling team ;)

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26. Feb 18:42 - MG (France and Moscow) said:

@everybody
A little note on how they broadcast the Olympics in different countries. My parents watch Eurosport in Moscow and till present they've seen nothing but ski jumping. They try to switch on TV at a different time every day, and what do they always see? A guy lying on his skis and imitating a superjet. The other day they switched it on the very moment he was taking off. The third when he was landing... or slowing down... or sitting on the top and preparing... In vain did they hope to see something else of the Olympics - they've already got no more preferences, any other sport would do the trick, but that's Groundhog Day :))) One of our favourite walking paths in the nearest park is close to the Large Hill. Now my parents have to change the usual itinerary as seeing some guys training alive will certainly drive them mad :))) Believe it or not, the story is 100 % truthful.
P.S. No, our TV is OK.

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26. Feb 18:37 - Mira said:

I can imagine what energy was felt yesterday at the game - crowd, funs cheering their heroes...you can feel it just if you are there.
You have generous sponsors - good to hear and with those results you achieved in Vancouver you couldn't payed them back more. They must be proud to support such an excellent athlete!

Hope you enjoyed resurch of the town;))))

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26. Feb 18:31 - A. (remember, I am usually only friendly joking ;-) said:

@Christiane: my mate, I missed you! did you at least have whisky by your bedside, poor you!I hope you feel better now!

All's good in my world, too much to begin with, no time to visit here even, but it seems Dear Mitch is well taken care of, with all those compliments. I hope he manages to keep things real, with all those obviously deserved signs of admiration, as they can be very spoiling! I will only start worrying if he stops posting the TOES PICS. LOL

and High-five to the first comment under this post, which I just read, about the curling pants, nice idea!

Apparently, I am mostly tempted by abstract, totally off-topic things and I feel intimidated with all the proposals, they ruin my theory about intellectual talks here, so for that time being, I am silent.

I would gladly explore the topic that refers to the hilarious link that someone here posted and I just read, as it refers to another side of the famous Olympic spirit - thin walls in the village and all that stuff, but it seems like it would really take the conversation into non-olympic level, so I will be good now and better go home. LOL cheers!

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26. Feb 17:55 - Margrethe said:

NBC/MSNBC just played your MJ dance tribute on the news! lol So sweet! You should demand royalties! ;)

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26. Feb 17:08 - Lory said:

Just got home from the magazine store..and what caught my eye was a paper called EKIPA i'm sure you've heard of them.. and they had some lovely article about you..talking about your Olympic medals,5 medals from world cup and two crystal glass that you got ,and you know what they already called you a LEGEND :-)

Wishing you all a lovely weekend and enjoy in the life as much as you can..live the life like it's your last,as you never know where the happiness caught you :-)

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26. Feb 16:53 - Mayumi said:

So happy to hear you've made time to enjoy the games- you've given us all the excitement the Olympics can offer with your awesome skiing and medals and of course just your smile! Now it was your turn to enjoy! I must say nothing can beat the heat you feel from Canadian hockey!
Please have a restful and safe flight home and do please take time to care for yourself too! Let all the excitement of your medals sink in!
Thanks for sharing so much with us here - you are the most warm hearted athlete.

Mayumi /nycgirlintokyo

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26. Feb 16:41 - christiane said:

oh my god - what did i miss out on!!! i cant believe it. was stuck in bed for 10 days sick without internet...

first of all:
AKSEL: YOU'RE A FUCKIN GENIUS (excuse my language)
and KJETIL: ELFIE ROCKS IT!!!! WHAT AN ELEGANT SECOND RUN!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE COOL MAN!!!!!
I am soooooo impressed by you guys.

@switzerland - i heard maverick was doing his own olympic runs!!! him and his 13 other personalities skiied down the slope in the secret fog and he won all races!!!!!!!!??????? Them rabbits are great.

@A - how are things?


and what on earth is the stories with all them bloody proposals things????????? jeez, like a teen magazine here....


anyway, i am off into the weekend (god how i need it after lying down for more than a week ( man.......)) hpe you are all fine and you enjoyed the olympics and all smile :)

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26. Feb 16:00 - Viky said:

Congratulations Aksel for all your medals. You are really good skier. I wish you all the best in the future. Have a very, very nice day.

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26. Feb 15:07 - bergfex said:

@ norwegian fly girl
bring back aksel on your plane
hope your hospitality satisfies him and his family perfectly.

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26. Feb 12:17 - Kristyna said:

I'm a hockey-redactor for one team in my country and usually I go to one sometimes two or three matches by the week but sometimes I'm also surprised what happens. I like the cleverness and originality of each match :) And some days are really heart attacking and also very fascinating, dramatic and so on ;) simply I love it!

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26. Feb 12:13 - m said:

Do Norwegian athletes get paid for winning a medal at the Olympics? I'm not sure, but I heard that you don't have this "bonus". Of course, you don't need it, sponsors are generous to you.;)
Have a smooth fly home without "scary flying stories".

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26. Feb 11:49 - @ Tony and Kristyna said:

i think the puck might also be called "black death cookie" =) i don't watch hockey regularly, so i'm always surprised by the speed and aggression involved in that game. but it's definitely exciting to watch.

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26. Feb 11:36 - bittelitn said:

This link is more for the Norwegians out there, cool photomontage! http://www.klikk.no/helse/trening/article551119.ece

"Fysikk og utholdenhet er i særklasse"... fortell oss noe vi ikke vet ;-)

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26. Feb 11:17 - Kristyna said:

@Tony: Hi, hockey is also my thing if I can say...:) And the black stone actually isn't stone but rubber and it weighs about 163g (0,359 lb) :) And the pucks from Vancouver are made in Czech republic - at the place which is about 30 km far from my home place :)

Rules - there are several rules which also made hockey so great and also not so much dangerous.. Discover this sport - I mean it's really one of the best ;)

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26. Feb 11:04 - mary said:

norrway played some great curling too.

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26. Feb 11:03 - mary said:

atmosphere is so electric. i wish i had bought tickets. anyways i don't know if you've heard about this yet, but it's freaking hilarious. odd-bjorn and team norway are amazing people. i love that he's riding petter hahahaaaaaa.

http://blogs.fasterskier.com/natherz/2010/02/25/too-much-porn-for-odd-bjorn/

all the media people who were in the press scrum are spreading it around and people are reading it. he's infamous now. so is northug.

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26. Feb 11:02 - CHAY said:

I LOVE YOU AKSEL!!!!!!!!!!

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26. Feb 10:04 - manca said:

Sounds like you are having a great time out there:) Well, you very well deserved it and it must be nice to enjoy a bit of an olympic spirit now when your competitions are over. Just keep enjoying and have a safe flight back home!

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26. Feb 09:39 - Jenny UK said:

Enjoy yourself, have a safe flight home. I see Norway are doing well in the Cross country - i am so happy as after alpine skiing cross country is the next best thing. Hope that the Slalom is a good race without you being there. Enjoy your well earnt rest.
All the best. Jen

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26. Feb 09:32 - Di said:

Aksel, you are the best! Your energy and passion is just amazing. I really love that... it's a bit like being at a concert of my favourite band (PJ). I love sports that spread out that energy - rugby is my other love. Aksel, have you ever watched a professional rugby match live? This is unbelievable too - its all about energy and passion as well... So I can imagine how it felt for you to watch Canada playing Russia in the ice hockey. Wish you all the best for the future - no accidents... thanks for entertaining me so well, great stuff! Diana

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26. Feb 09:04 - Andie said:

@Tony: Puck. ;-)

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26. Feb 09:00 - Tony said:

Where the h... is Longstockings??? Hockey should be her thing, as far as I know! Watching the game looks really fun. However, I`m not into the rules (if there are any???), but I`m impressed about how fast everything goes and how heavy the little black stone is (what is the English term???).

Enjoy Vancouver!

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26. Feb 06:45 - ikk said:

I loved your dynamic and exciting ski races in this Olympic.
... I miss you so much, as we seldom see you on TV in my country.
I hope you to show us a picture of your a set of medals on your blog.
Aksel, have a safe flight to Europe!!

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26. Feb 06:19 - Emily in LA said:

I don't follow skiing on a regular basis, but I've really enjoyed seeing all your amazing success in Vancouver. Very inspiring!

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26. Feb 05:06 - Katti Anna in New York said:

Cool! Have a great time! : ) It's nice being on the spectator side and relaxing, isn't it?! ; )

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26. Feb 04:50 - jo from toronto said:

Yes that was an awsome hockey game...if you can only catch one hockey game at these olympics that was the right one!!!!

Enjoy Vancouver...probably the most beautiful city in Canada! It was so great to see you enjoy such great success at these olympics-so well deserved!!! If you get a chance to see any other event - let it be joannie rochette in the womens free skate tonight...now that is going to be the most inspirational performance(along with her short program skate 2 nights ago) at these games for sure!!!! She brought me to tears!!

Thanks for letting us all be a small part of your life with your daily updates:)

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26. Feb 04:36 - Stella - Ushuaia, Argentina said:

Si, el juego que se disputaron Rusia y Canada fue muy candente, mas hacia el final. Muy buen partido, nunca he visto tanta emoción, porque acá la primera pasion es el futbol.
Aprovecho para saludarlo y felicitarlo por sus podios, eso realmente llena de satisfacciones a uno porque su esfuerzo valio la pena.

Pd: He leido que las chicas le proponen matrimonio, en lo personal no quiero casarme con usted jajajajajajaja :p

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26. Feb 04:24 - Bridgette from Texas said:

So great that you are taking in the entire Olympic experience...I'm sure you will have a lot of wonderful memories. :)

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26. Feb 03:22 - Kyoko said:

I watched the game,too. But I watched it on TV! You watched the game live,didn't you? Wow! I envy you!
Enjoy olympics games and Vancouver!!

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26. Feb 02:22 - viking sara said:

Congrats on all your success at these Olympics!! You truly represent the Olympic spirit with your positivity and excitement for not just your own medals, but for those of your friends and countrymen. It's obvious that you're gaining LOTS more fans now and that is truly a testament to your awesome attitude and humility. And, obviously, you?re a super good skier to boot. :) Hope to see more of you in the future. Ever ski in the Lake Tahoe area??? Home to Julia Mancuso!!!

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26. Feb 02:18 - Jane:) said:

Du er ikke bare en flott mann, du er en flott idrettsutøver med flotte holdninger, som representerte Norge på en tilfredstillende måte:) Jeg er stolt av deg Aksel, selvom jeg aldri har møtt deg eller snakket med deg på telefonen, jeg er stolt av å være normann når jeg ser på deg.... Og jeg er sikker på hele Norge er enig med meg:) Gratulerer!!!

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26. Feb 01:51 - Sylvie said:

Enjoy your free time you deserve.
What chance to attend a hockey game Canada-Russia in an Olympic tournament. Do you think the coach of Russia Slava Bykov has been a player in the club of my city? Here is more than a legend, and his son is still here.
Aksel, will you stay in Canada until the closing ceremony?
I wish you full of fun.
Again sorry, the translation is done by google, I speak very badly English.

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26. Feb 01:33 - mokka said:

don't miss the harbour center tower during night, the view is amazing!!! it's a must!!!
and take a walk at granville island.

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26. Feb 00:46 - Gisken said:

Når kommer sirkuset til Åre?

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25. Feb 22:34 - .... said:

@ kira
aksel with all the complete set of medals:

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs179.snc3/20664_1293273545488_1639784680_752371_3584623_n.jpg

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25. Feb 22:31 - Kira said:

I envy you. I like hockey so much and this game-awsome:D. I was raised in region with long hockey tradition and pretty good team. But our national team is shitty (or almost not even exist) so i always cheer for Czech or Slovakia our neighbors that's always something:/
ps: i have a question, can you make a photo of the three medals i would love to see them altogether :) im sorry, if im brash forget about it.

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25. Feb 21:59 - Victoria :D said:

Høres gøy ut :)
Og du har virkelig vært en av de jeg har fulgt mest med på i OL, og jeg likte alt jeg så! Tre medaljer er jo bare helt utrolig i OL! GRATULERER, og haa en god tur hjem fra Vancouver! :)))!

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25. Feb 21:59 - Kristyna said:

Neni za? :) bude to moc tezke, ale muzete Kanadu prekvapit stejne, jako jste prekvapili Rusko. Ve sportu nema nikdo nic jiste :))
(You're welcome! It'll be too hard of course but you can surprise Canada same like you did with Russia. Sport is inscrutable and no one knows what will happen)

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25. Feb 21:59 - smullis said:

I'm sad you are leaving north america. it's so rare that americans get to see you on tv. Let us know when your next trip to the US is planned. - Shannon

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25. Feb 21:26 - Maria said:

@ Krystina thanks

Our team was awesome. Aksel, please cheer up for Slovakia!

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25. Feb 21:21 - Christin said:

Should I comment the story that I just read with you leaving the Games?
Just read that the condoms get fewer and fewer...No, I'm not commenting on that chance! ;-)

Okay, just have to mention that I predict a podium with the two of you (Kjetil and Aksel) in GS! (just read in one of the earlier blogs somewhere between these hundreds of comments). As much as I like to see you on the podium I was cheering more for Kjetil! That guy really deserves this medal! Let's see what the Vikings will show in Slalom.

Vancouver is an awesome city!!! Not as great as Toronto, but nearly (in my point of view). The people are so nice and helpful. Very relaxed. I guess you will love this city. Enjoy!

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25. Feb 21:12 - ... said:

Kristynka dakujeme... a bude to naozaj tazke.... ale vyhoda je, ze nemame co stratit
Kristynka thanks... and it will be really hard... but the advance is, that we have nothing to loose...

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25. Feb 20:38 - justi said:

Have fun in Vancouver and come back to Europe as soon as possible! ;)

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25. Feb 20:27 - Tereza from Bratislava said:

Yeah, we "said to be outsiders" won against Sweden - olympic winners from Torino! That is how it is... Olympics bring big surprises!! :-)
Have nice relax days in Vancouver, Aksel!

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25. Feb 20:27 - Tereza from Bratislava said:

Yeah, we "said to be outsiders" won against Sweden - olympic winners from Torino! That is how it is... Olympics bring big surprises!! :-)
Have nice relax days in Vancouver, Aksel!

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25. Feb 20:25 - Kristyna said:

Drzim pesti bratrum Slovakum!!! :) Ale Kanada bude asi tezky orisek....
(I keep my fingers crossed for 'brothers' from Slovakia. But Canada is too hard rival!)

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25. Feb 20:16 - ... said:

And Slovakia win against Sweden! We will play against Canada and I hope, that we win... :)

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25. Feb 20:12 - Kate said:

Enjoy Vancouver! I saw the US vs. Finland game in SLC, and Olympic games have an atmosphere like none other. Hope you have a direct flight back to Europe, otherwise you might have more adventures in turbulence as it's a bit of snowy mess on the east coast.

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25. Feb 19:58 - Christina from Vancouver said:

I'm thrilled to hear you are enjoying our beautiful city! You deserve a break...you've been fantastic to watch!! Happy you made it out to see our beloved Team Canada too!!!

I hope you will be here to enjoy the closing ceremonies!! From your new fan in Vancouver!! :)

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25. Feb 19:53 - CRW said:

So happy to see you win all those medals! and then enjoy the rest of the Olympics scene. After seeing the segment about your life pre-Vancouver on NBC and then your gold medal performance in super-G, one can't help but wanting to know this great person. Thank you so much for sharing youself with us here. Thank you for being such an original! - not only in skiing, but more so as a human being. Wish you continued success in skiing and happiness in life.

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25. Feb 19:47 - Slovenian girl said:

Yaay, hockey game! Always great experience to watch it in live in the middle of awesome hockey atmosphere! :) Nice to see you having fun also as a spectator :) Well, that "some time alone" was actually very quick, hehe...not that i'm complaning... :) hehe, the speed is really your routine! :) you're just great!

Have a smooth (without crazy turbulence,hihi) flight to Europe! :)

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25. Feb 19:47 - raphy said:

Yeah the game between these two groups was great, although I could watch it only on the TV!=) How is Vancouver?!

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25. Feb 19:43 - Linda said:

Gratulerar med eit kjempe-OL og tusen takk for mange gode og spennande opplevingar framfor TV-skjermen! Stolt av å vere nordmann når me vert representert ved flotte idrettsmenn som deg :) Gledar meg til resten av sesongen!

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25. Feb 19:43 - Auntie Em said:

Wow I'm jealous , super duper jealous!!!! Glad to see you're still in the area but taking it easy and enjoying yourself. Keep us posted on all the fun you're having so we can all live vicariously through you. Well at least I'm... I've never been to any of the places you have posted about on your blog. Hmmmm... Does that make unadventurous or sheltered?
Happy Adventuring my Viking friend!!!

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25. Feb 19:41 - J. said:

so, how is the city and everything? i'm curious. you won so many medals. can just go out there without beeing recognized all the time and people chasing for autograms and so on? ;)

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25. Feb 19:40 - Marie said:

Congratulations for great OG. It seems that it was worthed to make awesome olympic preparations (on the video...) :):)

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25. Feb 19:28 - Ana said:

I'm jealus! :)
Omg! you saw Scott Niedrmayer! :D

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25. Feb 19:23 - Kristyna said:

Ohh, what a happy man Aksel :) this match had to be realy great! I watched it only on TV and the atmosphere at the stadium had to be awesome! What a pity our hockey team (Czechia) went out yesterday with Finland. I looked forward for the game with Canada. Hope you had really pleasant day in Vancouver and enjoy days off.

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25. Feb 19:18 - LeSkA said:

Hope you enjoy life and have a good feeling about yourself. Perfect games, gave us fans many happy moments! :) Really proud of little Norway in the Olympics - great athletes who show a good spirit and put our country on the map! :) Kos deg med tørt brød til frokost da! :)

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25. Feb 19:14 - Nina said:

Gratulerer med et fantastisk OL og god tur hjem! Får du tomhetsfølelse etter noe så stort?

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25. Feb 18:37 - Lory said:

glad to hear you had fun! have a nice day in Vancouver,and safe flight home

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25. Feb 18:36 - Lagunen said:

Takk for kjempe-innsats i OL med 3 edle medaljer samt mange gode og fine minner. Ha e strålende sesong videre. Du e en mester i det du holde på med og eg glede meg te å følga deg videre på den spennede reisen din framover. God tur videre:-) Klem

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25. Feb 18:34 - piotr said:

did you buy the curling comic trousers axl..?!