Therese Johaug said goodbye to the Holmenkollen crowd on Saturday, but not yet to the entire ski family. Johaug said he will compete in a few more races this season, including the Falun World Cup.
Therese Johaug said goodbye to the Holmenkollen audience on Saturday, but has no plans to leave the season in the middle. The Norwegian announced on Friday With their Instagram account (switch to another service) to end their racing career, and many thought it would just end Saturday’s race.
– 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, he wrote.
Johaug’s career was also announced by TV graphics and Infront, which manages the cross-country television rights. The International Ski Federation’s website also originally reported that Holmenkollen was Johaug’s last World Cup competition, but the matter was fixed later (you will switch to another service).
Namely, when Johaug held an international media event after the race, he said that his racing period did not end there.
The World Ski Cup will end next week in Falun, which features traditional ski sprints, 10 and 15 kilometers free skiing races, mixed posts and a mixed pair message.
Birkebeinerrennet, on the other hand, has an annual 54-kilometer race in Norway from Rena to Lillehammer. It will be skied this year on March 19th. The Norwegian Championships will be held in Harstad on the last weekend of March.
Johaug said on Saturday that he had made his decision eight days earlier and admitted that the feeling has been very strange since then.
– It is sad and I happen to think that this was the last time I competed in this way at Holmenkollen, but I feel that everything has time, Johaug said and told the media that he is now dreaming of starting a family, among other things.
Johaug also does not rule out the idea of staying with skiing as a coach, for example.
– It would be very interesting, because I am very passionate about skiing. I know what it takes to go hard, at least on normal trips. The time may not be right for you to become a coach. As a mentor on the other hand, I could imagine that.