Olympic medalist voluntarily admits to cheating on 'gold medal' girlfriend of 6 months in emotional interview

Sturla Holm Laegreid earned a bronze medal successful the Olympics this week, but helium was not capable to stock it with 1 peculiar person: a pistillate helium precocious cheated on.

The Norwegian took bronze, his archetypal idiosyncratic Olympic medal, successful the biathlon connected Tuesday and fought backmost tears successful a post-event interrogation — not astir the medal, but astir "the biggest mistake of my life."

"There's idiosyncratic I wanted to stock it with who mightiness not beryllium watching today. Six months ago, I met the emotion of my beingness — the astir beauteous and kindest idiosyncratic successful the world. Three months ago, I made my biggest mistake and cheated connected her," Laegreid said to NRK successful Norway.

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Sturla Holm Laegreid, of Norway, reacts aft helium won bronze arsenic teammate Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold comforts him aft the men's 20-kilometer idiosyncratic biathlon contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Anterselva, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026.  (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

"I told her astir it a week ago. It's been the worst week of my life."

Laegreid referred to the pistillate arsenic his "gold medal successful my life." He was really portion of the relay squad that took golden astatine the Beijing Olympics.

But alternatively of celebrating Tuesday, helium was distraught, crying and hugging friends aft the race. During a quality conference, helium explained wherefore helium decided to archer the satellite astir his idiosyncratic concern connected the broadcast.

Sturla Holm Laegreid of Team Norway competes successful the Men's 20km Individual connected time 4 of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Anterselva Biathlon Arena connected Feb. 10, 2026 successful Antholz-Anterselva, Italy.  (Michael Steele/Getty Images)

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"It was the prime I made. We marque antithetic choices during our beingness and that's however we marque life," helium told a country afloat of journalists. "So contiguous I made a prime to archer the satellite what I did, truthful maybe, possibly determination is simply a accidental she volition spot what she truly means to me. Maybe not."

"There are astir apt galore who look astatine maine with antithetic eyes, but I lone person eyes for her," helium added. "Sport has taken a somewhat antithetic spot successful my beingness the past fewer days. Yes, I privation I could stock it with her."

In a abstracted media availability, Laegreid seemed to regret giving the interview, arsenic helium felt helium whitethorn person upstaged golden medal victor Johan-Olav Botn, his Norwegian teammate.

Bronze medalist Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid reacts connected the podium of the men's biathlon 20km idiosyncratic lawsuit during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine the Anterselva Biathlon Arena (Sudtirol Arena) successful Anterselva (Val Pusteria) connected Feb. 10, 2026. (Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)

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"Now I anticipation I didn’t ruin Johan’s day. Maybe it was truly selfish of maine to springiness that interview. So yeah, I don't know. I was, I'm a bit, I don't cognize ... I'm not truly present mentally. So yeah, we volition spot what happens."

Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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