7/9 of their gold medals are in cross-country skiing or biathlon. It would appear these disciplines give a lot more medals than others, and if you have a strong

7/9 of their gold medals are in cross-country skiing or biathlon. It would appear these disciplines give a lot more medals than others, and if you have a strong tradition in the discipline you'll get more medals than a country that has a strong ice-hockey tradition. Also, the countries you mention are big, but how many people actually live close enough to a ski resort (or similar) to actually matter? Is it significantly different from say Austria or Switzerland, which are small, but where a much bigger proportion of the population can actually train for winter sports?