NY Times · Feb 8, 2018
What Parents Can Learn From a Town That Produced 11 Olympians
In Norwich, Vt., the success of one child — in this case, the gold medalist Hannah Kearney — is celebrated as a victory for everyone.In 2015, I set out to study the unlikeliest of Olympic pipelines: Norwich, Vt., a small town that has placed at least one of its own on almost every United States Winter Olympics team since 1984.
In all, Norwich, with its population of roughly 3,000, has produced 11 Olympians — including two Summer Games participants — who have come home with three medals, including one gold.