Town of gold
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We are approaching the golden town of Voss and if you look out of the window now there is a good possibility that you will see an Olympic champion. It is said that in Voss you can find as many world champions and Olympic winners as you can people. This small town of around 16 000 people has hauled in almost 100 Olympic and world championship medals in the past 50 years. That is a medal tally that nowhere else on the planet can measure up to. Compared as a measure of population this would mean that London alone should have the equivalent of 50 000 medals. On the whole the medals have been won in the winter sports of biathlon, cross country skiing, freestyle and ski jumping. Kari Traa is perhaps the most internationally renowned medal winner and after she set her snowboard on the shelf and retired, she established her own clothing brand which is sold worldwide. Whether it is the fresh fjord and mountain air, the pure water or the good quality meat that has created all these medal winners is still under discussion. But should you have medal ambitions maybe you should take in some deep breaths of the local mountain air.