He would recover to win gold on the 1,500 m (by only 0.04 seconds over his countryman Ådne Søndrål) and silver on the 10,000 m (behind Dutch skater Bart Veldkamp).

The organization operates in more than 20 countries reaching over one million children each week and is supported by more than 620 staff worldwide and over 14,900 volunteer Coaches.

[4] In August 2015, Koss transitioned in to the role of Founder at Right To Play where he still stays very active in a variety of fundraising initiatives, and where he maintains his seat on the International Board of Directors.

Association sporting director Oystein Haugen told Reuters that Koss has been a revelation despite no previous coaching experience.

[8] Koss completed his Executive MBA at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management in the University of Toronto in Canada.

[9] At the 2018 Olympic Games Koss was inducted into the Olympians for Life project for using sport to make a better world.

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[11] Koss was number one on the Adelskalender, the all-time allround speed skating ranking, for a total of 1,998 days, divided over three periods between 1992 and 1997.