{"id":291350,"date":"2026-02-10T23:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291350\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:40:08","slug":"medal-winning-athlete-reveals-affair-on-live-television-at-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291350\/","title":{"rendered":"Medal-winning athlete reveals affair on live television at Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Norwegian biathlete confessed to having an affair on live television moments after winning a medal at the Milan and Cortina Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Sturla Holm Laegreid broke down in tears as he explained to Norwegian network NRK he had admitted his infidelity to his girlfriend of six months a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Laegrid won the bronze medal in the men\u2019s 20km biathlon behind compatriot Johan-Olav Botn who took gold, and Frenchman Eric Perrot in second.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"427\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/medal-winning-athlete-reveals-affair-on-live-television-at-winter-olympics.jpg\" alt=\"Silver medalist Eric Perrot, of France, from left, gold medalist Johan-Olav Botn, of Norway, and bronze medalist Sturla Holm Laegreid, of Norway, pose after the men\u2019s 20-kilometer individual biathlon race\" data-title=\"APTOPIX Milan Cortina Olympics Biathlon\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved\" data-credit=\"Mosa\u2019ab Elshamy\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required.\"\/>Sturla Holm Laegreid finished behind compatriot Johan-Olav Botn, centre, and France\u2019s Eric Perrot, left (Mosa\u2019ab Elshamy\/AP)<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThere is something I want to share with someone who may not be watching today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalf a year ago I met the love of my life. The world\u2019s most beautiful and nicest person. Three months ago I made the mistake of my life and cheated on her, and I told her about that a week ago. This has been the worst week of my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the gold medal in life, and I am sure there are many people who will see things differently, but I only have eyes for her. Sport has come second these last few days. Yes, I wish I could share this with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd49 Sturla Holm LAEGREID [NOR] takes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bronze?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#bronze<\/a> for Norway in the biathlon men&#8217;s 20km \ud83e\udd29 <\/p>\n<p>It is his second Olympic medal, and the first individual one of his career \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/biathlonworld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@biathlonworld<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MedalAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MedalAlert<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Samsung?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Samsung<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpenAlwaysWins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#OpenAlwaysWins<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MilanoCortina2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MilanoCortina2026<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tchZW2Ji7d\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tchZW2Ji7d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Olympic Games (@Olympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics\/status\/2021227466409271438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Laegreid is a six-time biathlon world champion and won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as part of the Norwegian relay team.<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on his admission during the post-race medal winners\u2019 press conference, Laegreid added: \u201cI don\u2019t know if it was the right choice or not, but it was the choice I made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I made the choice to tell the world what I did so maybe there\u2019s a chance that she will see what she really means to me \u2013 maybe not, but I don\u2019t want to think I didn\u2019t try everything to get her back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to steal the show today. I hope this is just like a day-or-two thing. Then you are an Olympic gold medallist forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Norwegian biathlete confessed to having an affair on live television moments after winning a medal at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-291350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}