She won the Norwegian award for 2021, which won four gold medals in cross-country skiing during the World Ski Championships. However, not everyone liked her win, and Norwegian ski jumpers began to question her triumph the most.
Norwegian jumpers hit Teresa Johaug after her triumph as athlete of the year in Norway. “It’s a little scandal”
– Let me be completely honest – I lost respect for the Sports Gala a few years ago. So I don’t bother with it, he said on the Hoppcast podcast. And he added: – I think there are a bit too many awards going to people who should not be nominated at all.
He was echoed by his teammate, whose statement echoed the most. “There are many good athletes in Norway, but the 2021 award went to a female athlete who was doping in the past and who plays a meaningless sport,” Forfang said. Then he added, “It’s a little scandalous that Halvor [Egner Granerud – red.] did not become the athlete of the year.
– I totally agree. This is one of the best seasons of the male jumper of all time to win the World Cup with a big lead – ended Tande.
The jumpers depreciate Johaug’s success by pointing out to her that in 2016 the runner obtained a positive anti-doping test – it turned out that she used the anabolic steroid clostebol. Johaug explained that the reason for the presence of the forbidden agent in the body was the use of a cream on a sunburned lip.
The vg.no portal contacted Johaug’s manager, Jørn Ernst, who announced that neither he nor the player herself would comment on the jumpers’ statements.
After the comments of Tande and Forfang, the manager of the Norwegian ski jumping team, Clas Brede Brathen, referred to the whole matter. – They are adult men and they must take responsibility for their words. These are their statements and we do not impose any restrictions on them. And we are not responsible for them, said Brathen.
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Last season, Halvor Egner Granerud won the crystal ball for the Ski Jumping World Cup. He ended the 2020/21 season with an advantage of 382 points over the second German Markus Eisenbichler. In addition, Granerud took fourth place at the world championship in the individual competition, and in the mixed competition (women and men) he won the silver medal.
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