You are right Collinsmum about the percentage of medals won per population, the Danes get medals for team sports like basketball and volleyball, not individual excellence which was the point.
Although Danes have done well with sailing, rowing and badminton also. Bostonian's article suggests that early training did not make you an expert. We were talking about individual excellence enough to get into IVY's.

Is badminton something that gets you into the top tier schools?