The Norwegian prize for the best athlete of the year for 2021 was reached by who 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.
“I apologized directly to Therese for my sloppy comment.”
– We have many good athletes, but the award for 2021 went to the athlete,
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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.
Several hours after his speech, Johaug apologized. “I apologized directly to Therese for my sloppy comment. I would also like to make it clear to everyone else that the comment was addressed to the Sports Gala and not directly to Theresa, wrote Johann Andre Forfang to the Norwegian daily “Verdens Gang”.
Johaug confirmed that she had been apologized. – I got a nice message from Johann, which I appreciate very much. Now we all need to use our resources in the best possible way to prepare ourselves to perform at the Olympics for – replied Theresa Johaug through her manager.
Let us remind you that last season he 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.
Source: Sport

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