One of the best skiers of all time, 33-year-old Therese Johaug is ending her career. According to NRK, Saturday’s 30 kilometers in Holmenkollen is the end of his career. On the same trip and in the same place, Johaug took the first value victory of his career.
Therese Johaug, 33, says on Instagram that he will be skiing in Holmenkollen ‘s 30 – kilometer race for the last time in front of his home audience on Saturday. Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation According to NRK (switch to another service) the competition is the last in Johaug’s professional career.
– On March 3, 2011, I won 30 kilometers of World Cup gold in the home race at Holmenkollen. It was my first victory at the adult level and the start of an adventure that has taken me to places I never thought I would get to. In many ways, it feels like the circle is closing now that on March 5, 2022, I’m at the starting line for the 30-mile race at Holmenkollen.
– I don’t want this to end, but there is time for everything, and I think now is my time to start doing more than investing fully in cross-country skiing.
Below is Johaug’s Instagram post. The story continues after the release.
Johaug says in his update that the situation in Ukraine makes many things seem insignificant and his thoughts have also been on the success of the Ukrainian people recently.
– In light of this, I look forward to the last fight at home, a flag on my chest, and I am grateful for everything the sport has given me.
After Björgen, most World Championship medals
Expert for the Norwegian broadcaster NRK Torgeir Björn says Johaug ‘s termination will come as no complete surprise.
– It’s been 11 years since he beat 30 kilometers in his world championship.
Johaug has achieved posts in his career including 14 World Cup gold and a total of 19 World Cup medals. There are 10 personal World Cup wins.
From the Olympics, personal valuables were missing until Beijing. In Beijing, he won the 10-kilometer traditional race just before Finland Kerttu Niska and was superior in cross-country skiing as well as 30 miles off. So Johaug won all the women’s distance trips in Beijing.
In addition, Johaug has Olympic gold (Vancouver 2010) as well as silver from 30 kilometers (Sochi 2014) and bronze from 10 kilometers (Sochi 2014).
After taking his first personal Olympic victory in Beijing, Johaug already said that the Olympics were his last. For that reason too, the stop announcement will no longer come as a surprise, according to Norwegian expert Björn, as Johaug has now achieved everything he can achieve as a skier.
Johaug has mastered women’s skiing together in the 2010s Marit Björgenin with. Björgen ended his career in 2018. In his career, Björgen won a whopping eight Olympic golds and 18 World Championship golds.
Johaug is second in the all-time list with his 19 World Cup medals, including Björgen with 26 medals.
– Johaug and Björgen have been the leading stars of Norwegian skiing and sports, expert Björn told NRK.
Johaugin’s manager Jörn Ernst In turn, told NRK that Johaug ‘s decision was made over a long period of time and was not a momentary impetus.
At the World Cup level, Johaug has won 80 individual competitions and three times the overall World Cup competition (2014, 2016 and 2020). Among the top three, he has been in 147 personal races.
Doping cart 2016 shocked Norwegian sports
The ski crowd and the whole of Norway were shocked by Johaug’s doping cart in 2016. In October 2016, it was reported that Johaug was upset about the use of an anabolic steroid called klostebol.
The Norwegian Ski Association and Johaug said the cart was due to a cream called Trofodermin used to treat Johaug’s sunburned lips. Doctor of the Norwegian cross-country team Fredrik Bendiksen resigned and said he would take full responsibility for Johaug’s doping cart.
The Norwegian Anti-Doping Commission imposed a 14-month ban on competition from Johaug, but the ruling committee of the Norwegian Central Sports Association ended up with a sentence shorter than a month.
However, the International Court of Appeal for Sport (CAS) agreed with the International Ski Federation that the ban on competition was too short and extended the ban on competition in Johaug to 18 months. The non-compete was calculated to begin on October 18, 2016, ending on April 18, 2018.
Johaugan missed the 2017 Lahti World Championships and the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics due to a ban on competitions. He returned to the race tracks at the Ruka World Cup in the autumn of 2018.
During the current World Cup season, Johaug has won three races and is ranked 11th in World Cup points. However, he missed several races, including the Tour de Ski, to focus on the Beijing Olympics.
The World Ski Cup continues on Saturday at Holmenkollen in Oslo.
The women’s 30-kilometer traditional group start will be shown live on TV2 and Areena at 10.55. On Sunday, the men will head to the 50-kilometer race, which starts at 12.55 pm (TV2 and Areena).