There’s a confessed cheater in the Winter Olympics. And it’s not a skier injecting steroids between his toes, or a Lycra-clad luger sabotaging his competitor’s blades. No, it’s the bronze-winning Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid, who stepped out on his girlfriend. And we know this because he told the whole world … live, on the news. Laegreid had presumably been training most of his life for the moment he mounted that podium in Cortina, but rather than thank his parents, or his coach, or God for gifting him with Olympic-medal-worthy thighs, he declared that, for him, this wasn’t a time for celebration, like everyone assumed, but rather “the worst week of my life.”
“There’s someone I wanted to share this with who might not be watching today. Six months ago, I met the love of my life and the most beautiful and kindest person in the world. And three months ago I made my biggest mistake and cheated on her,” the 28-year-old told cameras between gushing tears. So, while he now had a bronze medal, it was nothing compared to the “gold medal in [his] life,” which he lost a week ago, when he confessed to his girlfriend. Laegreid presumably shared this personal news in the hopes that it would serve as a form of public humiliation and let the lucky lady know how sorry he was. “I am already hated by her, and I hope that maybe it can make her realize how much I love her,” he said. “We’ll see what happens. I have nothing to lose.”
