Good for those who are out and about on cross-country skis.
Whether with or without a rifle, the Olympic starters in the cross-country ski runs can simply win more.
There were four five-time medal collectors at the Olympic Games in Beijing, with biathlete Johannes Thingnes Bö crowned the king of Zhangjiakou: the Norwegian won gold in sprint and mass start, with men's and mixed relay, as well as in the individual Bronze.
Achim Dreis
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His teammate Marta Olsbu Roeiseland, who was carrying three gold medals and two bronze medals in her hand luggage towards Oslo, fared hardly worse.
And Frenchman Quentin Fillon Maillet won two golds and three silvers.
He's also a biathlete, what else?
Being a cross-country skier also seems promising, which the Russian Alexander Bolschunov did excellently: five medals, from gold in the mass start marathon to bronze in the team sprint, everything was there, one in freestyle, the other in classic style.
Athletes in other disciplines do not have such a wide range of possibilities.
Perfecting the skills for sprints and marathons alike is only possible for cross-country skiers.
Alpine also have eleven competitions across genders in the program, and thus the same or similar number as biathletes (eleven) and cross-country skiers (twelve).
But in view of the specialization, almost no one manages to keep all disciplines in their personal repertoire - and the only one who dared to do it almost tragically failed on the slopes of Yanqing with her hexagon fight: Mikalea Shiffrin.
Multiple winner types, on the other hand, can also be found in speed skating.
Because special rules also apply in the ice oval, which offer several opportunities for the top experts, since the distances do not differ extremely.
In Beijing, for example, Suzanne Schulting and Irene Schouten from the Netherlands each scooped four medals, one on the shorter distances, the other on the longer ones.
And in view of the manageable international competition, careers on ice skates also last longer, despite the relatively high pressure within the Oranje team, as Ireen Wust documented in Beijing.
After all, two gold medals each with only two chances: Germany's most successful Olympians were to be found in the ice channel: above all tobogganist Natalie Geisenberger, who managed the feat for the third time in a row - as well as the "Tobiassen" Wendl/Arlt in the doubles.
In addition, Johannes Ludwig and bob pilot Franceso Friedrich won everything there was to win for them.
Incidentally, the true queen of the 2022 Winter Games only ranked ninth in the medal rankings: Eileen Gu picked up two gold and one silver in three appearances.
But the Chinese-American freestyler won in categories that cannot be counted by medals: with charm, show and star appeal.