Olympian voluntarily admits to cheating on girlfriend after winning medal

Sturla Holm Laegreid received a bronze medal on the Olympic Video games this week, however he could not share it with one particular individual: a lady he just lately cheated on.

The Norwegian took bronze, his first particular person Olympic medal, within the biathlon on Tuesday and fought again tears in an interview after the occasion – ​​not in regards to the medal, however about “the most important mistake of my life.”

“There’s somebody I wished to share it with who might not be watching immediately. Six months in the past I met the love of my life – essentially the most stunning and kindest individual on the earth. Three months in the past I made my greatest mistake and cheated on her,” Laegreid instructed NRK in Norway.

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Sturla Holm Laegreid of Norway reacts after profitable bronze as teammate Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold consoles him after the boys’s 20-kilometer particular person biathlon race on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Picture/Andrew Medichini)

‘I instructed her about it every week in the past. It was the worst week of my life.’

Laegreid referred to as the lady his “gold medal of my life.” He was really a part of the relay group that took gold on the Beijing Olympics.

However as a substitute of celebrating Tuesday, he was distraught, crying and hugging buddies after the race. Throughout a press convention, he defined why he determined to inform the world about his private state of affairs through the broadcast.

Sturla Holm Laegreid of Group Norway competes within the males’s 20 km particular person on day 4 of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina on the Anterselva Biathlon Enviornment on February 10, 2026 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy. (Michael Steele/Getty Pictures)

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“It was the selection I made. We make totally different selections throughout our lives and that is how we make life,” he instructed a room filled with journalists. “So immediately I made the selection to inform the world what I did, so possibly there’s an opportunity she’ll see what she actually means to me. Perhaps not.”

“There are most likely many who take a look at me with totally different eyes, however I solely have eyes for her,” he added. “Sports activities has taken a barely totally different place in my life these previous few days. Sure, I want I may share it together with her.”

In a separate media availability, Laegreid appeared to remorse the interview, feeling he could have surpassed gold medalist Johan-Olav Botn, his Norwegian teammate.

Bronze medalist Sturla Holm Laegreid of Norway reacts on the rostrum of the boys’s particular person biathlon occasion over 20 km through the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina on the Anterselva Biathlon Enviornment (Sudtirol Enviornment) in Anterselva (Val Pusteria) on February 10, 2026. (Odd Andersen/AFP through Getty Pictures)

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“Now I hope I did not smash Johan’s day. Perhaps it was very egocentric of me to provide that interview. So yeah, I do not know. I used to be, I am a bit, I do not know… I am probably not right here mentally. So yeah, we’ll see what occurs.”

Reuters and The Related Press contributed to this report.

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