And then her boyfriend burst through the door

A doping test carried out on Johaug on September 16, 2016 gave a positive result for the androgenic steroid Clostebol. The Norwegian Ski Association claimed that the now-retired cross-country skiing legend had unknowingly taken this steroid in Livigno through a lip cream that was supposed to help against sunburn - even though the preparation came with a doping warning. After countless negotiations, Johaug was finally banned for 18 months, preventing him from taking part in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

In her new biography “Therese Johaug – The Whole Story”, which will be published in October, the Norwegian now looks back. Accordingly, she baked cinnamon rolls that day. When she wanted to send a message to her friend Nils Jakob Hoff, who was away for a moment, Johaug noticed that she had not answered a call from Vidar Løfshus, the former Norway national team coach. “It wasn't often that he called. “That made me a little suspicious,” remembers the 34-year-old, who also hadn’t read several messages. “The top one was from Antidoping Norge. I couldn't remember receiving a message from them before." Johaug speaks of "an uneasiness that came over her" even before she opened the shocking message. A big shock Nothing could have prepared her for what appeared on the screen shortly afterwards. Her body was frozen. “This must be a misunderstanding,” she thought at the beginning. When she realized she was the recipient, her world collapsed. “I started crying and screaming when I saw myself in the mirror,” Johaug writes in the book. Her boyfriend, who came home at that moment, ran into the apartment. The stories about what happened afterwards come from him, because Johaug can no longer remember. "I stood in front of my mirror and kept repeating, 'I didn't do anything wrong, I didn't do anything wrong.'" Over and over again.

In the book, the cross-country skiing icon explains how much this time shaped her: “My career was not a walk in the park. There have been many and brutal setbacks. At the same time, there were also fantastic moments,” emphasizes Johaug. She says the doping affair has made her stronger and more self-confident. Not just as an athlete, but also as a person. Opposite the TV station TV2 She also revealed that there will be “surprises” in the book. “I open myself up completely and topics emerge that I haven’t talked about in the media before,” concluded cross-country skiing pensioner Johaug.

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And then her boyfriend burst through the door

Therese Johaug's lip balm affair was probably the most sensational doping case in recent years. In a newly written biography, the protagonist herself now speaks of the day that turned her life upside down. The day she received the doping notice.

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