The institution, one of a six-school chain launched in 1981 by education entrepreneur Roger Elstad, is funded by a mix of state grants, school fees and sponsorship, and trains some of Norway's most promising athletes.
Even so, it had educated just six competitors in the 2010 Vancouver Games.
"We shouldn't think we can do it every year, but we must continue the good work," Kjell Arne Steira, the school's headmaster told NRK.
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