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The question is direct. Have you been baptized?
The answer is yet to come:
– No. I feel that I can see myself in the mirror and say that I have never tried to cheat, and that's the most important thing for me and for all those who know that they know it .
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Johaug extinguished 18 months
Therese Johaug is back after an interruption of 18 months. She missed a World Cup and an Olympic match.
– Someone told me four years ago that this would happen, so I replied that I had not succeeded. But now I realize how incredibly a person can cope when she has no other choice.
Therese Johaug looks towards the mountain. We are in Meråker, a few kilometers from the Swedish border. It's raining outside. The thermometer shows eight degrees.
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Inside the mountain hut is a well-cooked fire skiers Norwegian cold-cooled bottom.
In the past five hours, they have been riding rides. A similar "murder pass" occurs only a handful of times a year.
But Therese Johaug is luttrad. The trial of the last hour is nothing compared to the doping closure that expired in April.
Today, a little over two months later, everything seems surreal when Johaug thinks back to closing.
– The last two years have been like a toy in my head, says Johaug.
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Johaug: "Becoming a party for me"
It is under a high-altitude camp in Livigno Italy that the l & # 39; error has occurred according to Thérèse Johaug. With the help of the doctor of the Norwegian national team Fredrik S Bendiksen, the broken lips of the star were treated with Trofodermin ointment.
Just two weeks later, the steroid anabolic steroid was found in Johaug 's urine sample. The Norwegian Sports Federation closed it for 13 months. Later, the sports arbitration tribunal, Cas, extended the sentence to 18 months after the International Ski Federation appealed the case.
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In April, the sentence was paid. Today, the Norwegian star is free to compete again.
Thérèse Johaug aspires to put the starting number on his chest at the premiere of the fall season of the World Cup.
– It's going to be a holiday for me to start and I'm happy to be back, says Johaug.
Not everyone is so happy.
Finnish ski designer Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Polish Justyna Kowalczyks have openly questioned the competitor's version. And the fact that neither the doctor nor Johaug should have seen the excellent symbol of doping on the lip salon.
Thérèse Johaug writes in anger:
– I did not talk to them.
How do you feel about meeting them during the tour?
– They defend what they said and want to say what they mean. I have nothing to do with it. The most important thing for me is that I know what I have done and that the people who matter to me are behind me. These are the ones I pay attention to, those who give me energy, not those who are negative.
Doping judgment
On September 4, 2016, Therese Johaug states that she received Trofodermin ointment by the national team doctor Fredrik S Bendiksen at a camp of high altitude in Livigno in Italy. She should have treated her broken lips with her.
On September 16, Johaug is tested positively for doping when the steroid anabolic steroid was found in his urine sample. When the results became public, the doctor of the national team took over the debt and left.
The Norwegian Sports Federation closed Johaug for 13 months, a sentence that was later increased to 18 months by the Sports Arbitration Court Cas, after the International Ski Federation, Fis, did appeal of the first judgment.
Therese Johaug missed a World Cup and Olympic Games in Pyeongchang during the closing. On April 18, 2017, the closure expired and Johaug is now free to compete again.
Won 17 million during the closing
At home, Therese Johaug still has great support. This is not the least seen in the star bank account.
Although Johaug was closed last year – and therefore did not receive the usual premium – his company realized a profit of nearly SEK 17 million after tax.
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The previous year, 2016, realized a profit of one just over five million crowns according to the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Näringsliv.
During the closing, only the ski manufacturer Fischer chose to terminate the sponsorship contract with Norwegian. Other sponsors remained.
Few doped athletes have achieved the same thing. Keep his sponsors and strengthen their brand.
– It's positive, but I do not want to comment further, "says Johaug about the financial gain.
– But the sponsors have supported me all along, that has meant incredibly a lot to me.
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Were you afraid that they would jump?
– Yes, that would not have been abnormal if they had done it. You will be thrown into a corner and will not know what to do or do. But I had an amazing ride and I have the privilege that everyone else has.
Johaug invites Kalla to luxury home
Therese Johaug is still one of the richest practitioners of the national team. Even before 2017, his fortune amounted to more than 50 million crowns according to Dagens Næringsliv.
Money has, among other things, been invested in a new home.
Last summer, Thérèse Johaug bought a villa in Holmenkollen with her boyfriend Nils Jakob Hoff. The couple, who used to live in an apartment, now lives in the same residential area as Marit Björgen.
The price they paid: 19.2 million Swedish kroner.
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The house, which comprises five rooms, is located at 264 square meters from Holmenkollen ski resort.
But there is no luxury villa, according to Johaug:
– No, it's a very ordinary house.
– I think it's very nice to be able to live in a house now. We have a dog with whom we go out all the time. And now we are in shape with our equipment. There was little chaos in our old apartment where our single bedroom finally became a bargain.
This summer, the idea is that Charlotte Kalla will live with Johaug in the house. After the annual Blink festival in Norway Sandnes, competitors are planning a joint camp in Holmenkollen.
– She will go home to Oslo and work with me.
– I have a very good contact with Charlotte. I have really received the support of the Swedish ladies, I like it a lot, says Johaug, who also trained with Kalla at a camp in Sognefjell at the end of May. :
– I went with her several times. It's fun to meet and have contacts. I have received a message from her no later than today. She congratulated me for the birthday.
Replaces the Björgen in the group
Therese Johaug has a lot of glitter on her cheeks. After a classic Scandinavian lunch with meat, potatoes, brown sauce and lingon, country lovers chased Johaug with a girl, a gold crown and party glasses.
They sang, danced and cut the cake for the whole Norwegian press force
The show was presented as a surprise, but looked more like a public relations trick.
