Cross-country skiing women's 10 km (traditional technique) won the second gold medal in about 0.4 seconds in Hayuge

Norway's Theresie Joheyug (left) in the competition.

At the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, 33-year-old Norwegian cross-country skier Johaiyug has again and again filled in the blanks in her personal honor book.

After winning the first gold women's doubles event at the Winter Olympics, on the 10th, Johaiyug won the women's 10 km (traditional technology) event. She was only 0.4 seconds ahead of the runner-up Finland's Keltu Niskanen.

"It's a fierce contest." Johaiyug's rivalry with Finnish athlete Niskanen lasted until the very end. She knows niskanen's strength, always achieves good results at high altitudes, and is a very difficult player to deal with.

From the beginning of 2007 to the positive results in 2022, she played in the Winter Olympics three times, and finally won the Olympic gold medal in her personal event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which is the driving force that has supported her for many years - "If I had this gold medal before this competition, maybe I wouldn't be here today." ”

Due to the relatively limited attention of cross-country skiing in China, Johaiug's name was not well known to too many people before winning the gold medal at the Winter Olympics. But her relationship with China has long been concluded. In 2015, Johaiyug was invited to shoot an advertisement for a domestic mobile phone brand. In the 90-second ad, with blonde hair, she briefly described her experience in Norwegian and said that "winning the championship is the eternal goal", and the advertisement was mainly a shot of her hard training, which is a portrayal of Johaiug's real life.

As a traditional powerhouse in cross-country skiing, the Norwegian delegation's Olympic participation in the olympic seat is extremely fierce, even if it has shown surprising talent and ability from its debut, it has also won many awards in various events, and Joheyug has never relaxed his requirements for himself. In 2010, she represented Norway for the Winter Olympics for the first time, and although she worked with her teammates to win the relay gold medal in Vancouver, she did not play well in the individual competition and was questioned. Four years later, when she moved to Sochi, she won a silver and a bronze, but she always missed the top podium. After the Sochi Winter Olympics, johaiyug, who was 26 at the time, took over the ad, "I want to make up for my regrets in Pyeongchang!" "This was the goal that Johaiyug had set at the time.

Johaiyug put all his energy into training competitions, the World Cup france, Canada, the Norwegian national championship... Consecutive wins made her the brightest star on the cross-country skiing season in 2015-16. However, just when everyone was expecting her to show her skills again in Pyeongchang, an accident caused Johaiyug to fall into the trough of his life.

In 2017, a winter training Chinese medicine test did not pass, and Yohaiug was banned for 13 months, and she personally always said that this was an accident caused by taking asthma medication, but it could not change the fact that she missed the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

"At the time, I was seen by many people as a liar, and I got good grades on drugs, but I knew that wasn't the case." Johaiyug was nearly thirty years old at the time, and as far as cross-country skiing was concerned, this was no longer the best golden age for athletes, so why not give up the winter Olympics gold medal dream? The Norwegian star was once a little hesitant, "Winning the Olympic gold medal is every athlete's dream, and I don't want to leave regrets when I retire." In order to make up for the physical disadvantages that may be brought about by age, Yohaiug often goes to the athletics team to participate in physical training in addition to regular training, and over the years, she has accumulated so that she can even win the championship in the women's 10,000 meters of the Norwegian National Championships. ”

Although Yohayug has improved his 10,000-meter performance to 31 minutes and 40 seconds in 2020, it is still 15 seconds slower than the registration result when he participated in the 10,000-meter run at the Tokyo Olympics. "Anyway, my dream came true. I trained for thousands of hours for this, away from home, away from my loved ones, unchanged over the years. The moment I crossed the line, I experienced such a wonderful feeling. "At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Johaiug's sense of happiness is unprecedented.

Photo courtesy of Xinhua News Agency

Source Client The Winter Olympics | Reporters Li Yuanfei, Chen Jiakun, and Deng Fangjia

Edited by Han Ye

Process Editor Liu Weili