The Associated Press - Monday Feb. 3, 2014 13:37 ET  Norway has
embarrassment of riches in Olympic cross-country skiing  4-time
medallist Petter Northug has struggled this season  Petter
Northug won two gold medals at the Vancouver Olympics. Petter
Northug of Norway is on the Olympic team, but he's not yet
guaranteed for the Feb. 11 sprint. (Markku Ulander/Associated
Press)  Norway's unrivalled depth in cross-country skiing is
causing the team some problems ahead of the Sochi Olympics.
With a handful of medal contenders in nearly every cross-country
event, the Norwegian team selectors face the prospect of having
to drop either a double Olympic champion or a former world
champion from the men's individual sprint race.  Each team can
enter four skiers, and Norway's coaches have already promised
spots to three athletes based on their previous results this
season. The fourth was set to go to Petter Northug, the team's
big star who has struggled with illness this season but sees the
sprint race as his best chance