French Open 2023: Why are so many Norwegians at the top of sport? Casper Ruud explains…

Casper Ruud has revealed that one of the keys to recent Norwegian success in the sporting world is a big training centre in the country where all their athletes come together to work out. Norwegian sport is booming at the elite level with Ruud among a talented pool alongside the likes of footballers Erling Haaland and Ada Hegerberg, athletes Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Karsten Warholm, and golfer Viktor Hovland — while Scandinavian sport as a whole has also seen a big surge outside the usual calling of winter sports.

Ad Ruud was asked a question by Danish motorsport legend Tom Kristensen in Eurosport’s Voice Notes series why he thinks there are so many Scandinavians at the top of world sport at the moment. Roland-GarrosFrench Open order of play, Day 13 – Alcaraz takes on Djokovic, Ruud v Zverev in men's semi-finals14 HOURS AGO The 24-year-old, who plays Alexander Zverev for a place in the French Open final on Friday, explained there is a big Olympic facility in Norway where all the athletes train, while he credited Danish star Caroline Wozniacki for kicking off the Scandi-takeover.

“Scandinavia is a beautiful place that we’re from and I’ve always found it interesting that the Swedes have had so many former world No. 1s, top 10 players in the world and they’ve had Zlatan [Ibrahimovic] dominating football for many years," Ruud replied to Kristensen, a nine-time Le Mans champion and Eurosport's motorsport expert at the illustrious race this weekend.

“I sort of thought it was time for Norway and Denmark to start stepping up. Obviously with Caroline Wozniacki being world No.

1 and winning Grand Slams, she started the whole thing. «Norway are doing pretty good these days, Haaland in soccer, Viktor Hovland in golf, [Henrik, Filip