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Karen-Marie Ellefsen in NRK's permanently-occupied Olympic studio in Vancouver
Olympic breakfaster Anne Rimmen would go on to give the Norwegian votes for the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo three months after the Olympics
The Norwegians never do things by halves – that’s why no matter what the event wherever in the world, the familiar sky blue NRK microphone will be seen.
So despite an expensive year that will take in the World Cup, the European Athletics Championships and an Oslo-staged NRK-organised Eurovision Song Contest, Norwegian television’s going the whole hog.
Of NRK’s three TV channels, there’s live action on two of them (NRK1 and NRK2) from 1800 each day until 0600 the following morning, with the live action on NRK2 continuing until 0930, allowing chief channel NRK1 to provide an Olympic breakfast programme from 0600 to 0900, presented from Vancouver by Anne Rimmen. As if that wasn’t enough, there are rolling highlights on NRK1 from 0900 to 1700.
Following the 80-minute teatime block of news that prevents Norway’s first channel from being a dedicated 24-hour all-Olympic network, it’s into another long night of live Vancouver action fronted by Karen-Marie Ellefsen.
Oh, and there are NINE live streams on the NRK website for Norwegian fans to follow the Games at work or from their laptop.
Don’t you wish you were Norwegian?
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- Karen-Marie Ellefsen has a guest. Who could it possibly be?
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- It’s NRK’s cross-country skiing expert and seven-times biathlon world champion Liv Grete Poirée! Obviously happy to be here.
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- NRK’s ice hockey expert Per Kristian Vellan has had a late night
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- Pål Gordon Nilsen and Thomas Alsgaard fronting coverage of the cross-country. Alsgaard won five Olympic and six world golds in his career
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- Over to Jann Post and Torgeir Bjørn for commentary – and a little bit of patriotism
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- Oh, those commentators? They’re maaaaaaaad!
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- Some neighbourly comment from Sweden’s bronze-medallist Johan Olsson
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- Not everybody wants to talk – thwarted race favourite Petter Northug storms off. He would win gold on the final day
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- Lucky that Tord Asle Gjerdalen isn’t so sharp with his time
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- Norwegian cross-country team manager Åge Skinstad
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- Ski-jumping Espen Bredsen gives his analysis
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- “That’s it. Time to go”
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- NRK’s continuity is still done in vision
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- Time for the NRK News
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- Top story – Norway win the men’s team cross-country
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- No wonder Ingerid’s happy
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- Time to join the NRK experts
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- No introduction needed, but here’s one anyway
NRK’s Vancouver team –
Presenters
Karen-Marie Ellefsen
Anne Rimmen
Pål Gordon Nilsen
Reporters
Christian Nietschke Smith and Geir Larsen
Commentators
Arne Scheie / Espen Bredsen (jumps / combined)
Ove Eriksen / Ådne Søndrål (skating)
Lars Lystad / Paul Arne Skajem / Kjetil Andre Aamodt (alpine)
Andreas Stabrun Smith / Jon Herwig Carlsen / Ola Lunde (biathlon)
Jann Post / Torgeir Bjørn / Thomas Alsgaard (cross country / combined)
Arild Andersen / Per Christian Vellan / Trond Johnsen (ice hockey)
Experts
Liv Grete Poirée (biathlon, cross-country) *
Christian Nilssen and Trine Vågberg (curling)
Olav Traaen and Harald Rolfsen (bobsled, skeleton, sledding)
Thomas Lerdahl and Jonas Greve (snowboarding)
Rita Morvik (freestyle and figure skating)
Mona Adolfsen (figure skating)
* Grete had pulled out of NRK’s coverage following a serious car-crash involving her husband Raphael Poirée before Christmas. A faster-than-expected recovery allowed Grete to return.
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