In what could also be an Olympic first, biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid of Norway admitted in a televised interview that he cheated on his girlfriend.
Laegreid made the revelation to Norwegian TV after taking bronze within the males’s 20km particular person occasion.
“Six months ago I met the love of my life. The world’s most beautiful, sweetest person. And three months ago I made the biggest mistake of my life and cheated on her,” Laegreid mentioned, combating again tears, as quoted by the Associated Press.
He mentioned he advised his accomplice every week in the past about what had occurred.
“I’m sure many people now see me in a different light, but I only have eyes for her,” he mentioned. “I’m not quite sure what I’m trying to say by saying this now, but sport has taken a back seat in recent days. I wish I could share this with her.”
It was Laegreid’s first particular person Olympic medal. He was a part of the relay crew that took gold on the Beijing Olympics in 2022.
But as a substitute of celebrating, he was distraught, crying and hugging mates, after the race.
“We make different choices during our life and that’s how you make life, basically. So, today I made the choice to tell the world what I did,” he mentioned.
He added: “I haven’t had any reactions from the woman that I discussed. I’m completely happy as a result of then possibly she hasn’t seen it; possibly she is going to see it on the proper time.
“I hope I don’t make anything worse for her, but maybe it can help. I don’t know. I hope there’s a happy ending in the end. So, we will see what time will do.”