Norway has always been a hot performer in the Winter Olympics (and equally poor in the Summer Olympics) Anyway the NRK, the main broadcaster in Norway has predicted that the Red white and Blues this time will beat all expectations and win a record high 14 Gold Medals(!) Although being Norwegian myself, I think that this might be slightly over the top, however in Salt Lake City the Norwegian athletes managed to bring home 13 (and 11 silver and 12 bronze), so why not. Norway will this time have the smallest delegations of athletes since 1988, but they still think the Norwegians will strike gold, especially in the Nordic skiing sports.

The British Olympic chief Simon Clegg on the other hand says to BBC that one medal at the Torino 2006 Olympics would represent a success for Team GB.

Below are the Norwegian Gold Medal predicitons (and hopes) for each sport:

Gold:
Biathlon Men
Mass start: Ole Einar Bjørndalen.
Pursuit: Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Sprint - Gull: Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Biathlon Women
Pursuit - Gull: Liv Grete Poirée.

Cross country Women
Pursuit: Marit Bjørgen.
Sprint: Marit Bjørgen.
Sprint relay: Norge.

Cross country Men
15 km classical style: Frode Estil.
Sprint relay - Gull: Norge.

Curling Men

Freestyle: Kari Traa.

Skating Men 5000 m: Eskil Ervik

Skating 10.000 m: Lasse Sætre

Ski Jumping Team