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TIL in 2017, a Norwegian newspaper called biathlon expert Ola Lunde (a very common name in Norway) to ask his opinion on the national team coach. It made headlines when Lunde rashly said the coach wasn't good enough and had to be fired. The only problem was that this Ola Lunde was an ordinary fan.

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