Not making this up. Norway hasn't been drug testing people under the age of 18 for years. Did Jakob get a free pass?

The headline of this thread is deliberately misleading or flat out wrong.

They have been testing. With drug testing in Norway they have to get parental consent first.

It's a law mainly aimed at alcohol and other intoxications. In simplified terms a parent's right to sort out a minor's suspected drinking and smoking pot issues exceeds the law branch of the state's right to interfere unless the minor is suspected of having committed a crime or caused an accident under the influence. This saves a lot of minors to have a permanent record with the police. Depending on the situation they can get handled over to social services instead though.

Additional: I've personal experience of this from Sweden. The way it works is that if the police finds an intoxicated minor they just drive him/her home, hands him/her over and informs them that social services will be informed about the happening. A few days later those call (or make a housecall) with questions about where and how the alcohol was obtained.

You could call it a "scared straight" MO on the whole family instead of throwing the book at the minor - and the state doesn't have to waste more resources if the meantime has been used by the family to sort the "indicent" out themselves.

How old is he now tho lol

Do they even have true random testing in US colleges yet?

Last I heard the biggest surprise a tester could spring was in the daytime, which of course allowed evening microdosing with absolute impunity.

Look how many of today's sprint starts hit the big time in college and have barely gotten faster since turning pro. Christian Coleman being one of them.

It is well known that Jakob - due to his superior performances - was tested from a very young age.

I think perhaps from about age 14-15.

the norwegians, esecially the xc skiiers have been running the most sophisticated state sponsored doping problem since taking over from the russians and americans.

Hocker had 1 test in his life before the Olympics.

Norway is in practice the richest country in the World, no state debt and at least two thousand billions in a fond for the future - the only land with major oil resources that has never been invaded by anyone!

Their Olympics sports science center in Lillehammer is probably the best in the world, maybe not in all the single details, but the benefit of the country being small enough (yes, small enough) for all the elite athletes and couches and scientists to know and crosspollinate each others ideas minds and routines with best practices is second to none.

But don't worry America, their military endurance science institute is located in the same town AND they're part of NATO so you'll get their best discoveries for free where it matters! ;-P

Well, the Germans invaded them of course, but that was before oil drilling off shore became their source of richness.

Really?? You're not making it up?

You mean it's really, really true? No word of a lie?

No mandatory drug testing for kids in Norway? They just let em dope freely?

I don't remember getting drug tested when I was in junior high or high school....in the united states

They usually just test the tope performers. There's been testing in HSs since the 90s.

Why don't you stay on topic and take your creepy obsession with Cole somewhere else?

My 3 kids were state champs and national performers. Two are in college amd have never been tested.

It shows that the US tests just as little as Norway so it is on topic.

Just accept the fact that 90% of all competitive (olympic/diamond league favorites) are either flat out doping or riding a razor thin edge and move on

Take out the speculation and the sport is much, much more enjoyable

Here in the good ol USA we test for more important things in high school like making sure you're the gender you're supposed to be.