FEATURE/Norwegian ironman behind 'lucky cap' craze hopes to inspire people's superpower
12/03/2022 04:24 PM
When Norwegian triathlete Gustav Iden was crowned 2019 Ironman 70.3 world champion in Nice, the last thing he could have imagined was becoming a household name in Taiwan.
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