Anne Torill Nordli

Interested in most sports, love gymnastics. FIG International gymnastics judge Cat I. Married, two boys 17 and 19.

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

@kmkeirns It is compulsory and not COP FIG rules. You have to look at Junior Mangekamp - not FIG Elite.

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

I turnsporten er det mange grener. Gymnastikkhjul er en av grenene. #gymogturn #ngtf #gymnastikkhjul https://t.co/kuwlc8ZFvo

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇳🇴 OFFICIAL: Norway squad for 2026 World Cup has been released.

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

Norge reagerer på russisk deltakelse https://t.co/dziTT9WtIY

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

12-åringer er ikke toppidrettsutøvere. Vi må tenke langsiktig https://t.co/KFYyeUTQmt

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

Nytt forbundsstyre valgt i Norges Gymnastikk- og Turnforbund https://t.co/RYUrp2AIus Gleder meg til spennende oppgaver sammen med et kompetent styre med både erfarne og nye medlemmer

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

@kmkeirns Elevien app.

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

Historisk gull i World Cup i turn for Sebastian Sponevik! https://t.co/r0kJMfuraB

[World Gymnastics @gymnastics]

Happy 21st birthday to Sebastian Sponevik 🇳🇴, who clearly knows how to celebrate an occasion. Sponevik reached a career milestone at the Antalya World Cup on his birthday by winning his first World Cup title! Here's the vault that sealed the deal. 🥳🎁🥇#Gymnastics

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🥇 Gold medal bonuses for the 2026 Winter Olympics (USD)

🇸🇬 Singapore — $788,907
🇭🇰 Hong Kong — $767,747
🇮🇹 Italy — $213,418
🇵🇱 Poland — $211,268
🇸🇮 Slovenia — $162,672
🇪🇪 Estonia — $118,692
🇨🇿 Czechia — $117,816
🇪🇸 Spain — $111,818
🇫🇷 France — $94,990
🇸🇰 Slovakia — $71,257
🇧🇷 Brazil — $67,183
🇨🇭 Switzerland — $64,854
🇧🇪 Belgium — $59,385
🇫🇮 Finland — $59,385
🇺🇸 United States — $37,500
🇩🇪 Germany — $35,674
🇳🇱 Netherlands — $35,674
🇦🇹 Austria — $23,747
🇨🇦 Canada — $18,369
🇩🇰 Denmark — $15,933
🇦🇺 Australia — $14,111
🇳🇿 New Zealand — $3,018
🇬🇧 Great Britain — $0
🇸🇪 Sweden — $0
🇳🇴 Norway — $0

Singapore pays nearly 21× more than the U.S. for gold.

Some countries pay nothing at all.

Source: USA Today Sports research (USD converted Feb 9)
World of Statistics

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

Norway consistently wins the most medals at the Winter Olympic Games, with a population of just 5.6 million people.

A big part of their success is how they treat youth sports—and it’s the opposite of what we do in the US. Here’s what we can learn from Norway:

1. Scorekeeping:

In the US: Youth sports tend to be hyper competitive even at early ages. Leagues almost always keep score.

In Norway: Scorekeeping isn’t even allowed until age 13.

Removing winners and losers keeps the focus on the process not outcomes. It keeps kids engaged longer because it minimizes pressure (and tears) and maximizes fun, learning, and growth. The goal isn’t to win a third grade championship. It’s to love sport and keep playing.

2. Trophies:

In the US: If you give everyone a trophy, you’re creating snowflakes who will never gain a competitive edge.

In Norway: Whenever trophies are awarded, they are handed out to everyone.

If getting a trophy makes young kids feel good, we should give them trophies. Maybe they’ll come back and play again next year!!

As for the creation of snowflakes with no competitive edge—Norway’s athletes are tough as nails and all they do is win.

3. Prioritizing Fun:

In the US: Far too often, the goal is to win.

In Norway: The national philosophy is “joy of sport.”

Youth sports in the US are driven by adults, ego, and money. Youth sports in Norway are driven by fun.

Only half of kids in the US participate in sports. The number one reason they drop out: because they aren’t having fun anymore. In Norway, 93% of kids participate in youth sports. Fun is the foremost goal.

4. Playing Multiple Sports:

In the US: There’s pressure to specialize early and play your best sport year round.

In Norway: Try as many sports as you can before specializing as late as college.

Norway encourages kids to try all types of sport. This reduces injury and burnout and increases all-around athleticism. It also helps promotes match quality, or finding the sport you are best suited for as your body develops, which is impossible if you commit to a single sport too early.

5. Affordability

In the US: There is increasingly a pay-to-play model with high fees for leagues, equipment, and travel. This excludes many kids from playing.

In Norway: It’s a national priority to keep youth sports affordable and therefore accessible for all.

Kids aren’t priced out, which creates opportunities for everyone to participate (and develop into athletes), regardless of their parents’ income level.

We could learn a lot from Norway:

In the US, 70% of kids drop out of youth sports by age 13. This not only diminishes an elite-athlete pipeline, but it also destroys an opportunity for healthy habits and all the character lessons kids can learn from sport.

In Norway, lifelong participation in sport is the norm. The goal isn’t to have the best 9U team. It’s to develop the best athletes. Those are two very different things. And Norway has the gold medals to prove it.

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

Tre landslagsutøvere er Ren Utøver-ambassadører https://t.co/dMQjBVq7AS

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

Tre landslagsutøvere i turn er nye Ren Utøver-ambassadører https://t.co/dMQjBVq7AS

[Katherine Keirns @kmkeirns]

The FIG December Bulletin was published today.

https://t.co/dU7N4Mwapn

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

@OllyHogben Thank you. Excellent again🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️

[International Gymnast Media @2023igmedia]

2025 Northern European Championships - MAG/WAG EF results

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

@Gymnastics_Now Gold standard

[nordicgym @scandinaviangym]

great day in paris, event finals for:
Emil Soravuo FX
Sebastian Sponevik FX/VT
Joona Reiman VT
Robert Kirmes SR
Kaia Tanskanen FX
Nathalie Westlund UB

[World Gymnastics @gymnastics]

The draw for Artistic Gymnastics Worlds in Jakarta 🇮🇩 is here!

Find out where your favourite team starts via the link below ⬇️

https://t.co/SbyTyBL9U2

#gymnastics #ARTWorlds2025

[Anne Torill Nordli @An2no]

@OllyHogben @_BlytheLawrence Thank you for a great job again. A lot of knowledge and positiv comments, very respectful for every gymnast.