Chicago area’s Norge Ski Club is a training ground for Olympic talent

By Claire Hyman
Norge ski club
Kids wait their turn at the 10-meter ski jump, as a teenager slides down the 25-meter jump, background, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, Ill. Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press
Norge ski club
Kids wait their turn at the 10-meter ski jump, as a teenager slides down the 25-meter jump, background, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, Ill. Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press

Chicago area’s Norge Ski Club is a training ground for Olympic talent

By Claire Hyman
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The Winter Olympics kicked off in Beijing, China Friday.

Reset checks in with Norge Ski Club in suburban Fox Grove Valley, a training ground for professional ski jumpers.

GUEST: Charlie Sedevic, publicity chairman of Norge Ski Club