Therese Johaug was sick before the World Cup.
Therese Johaug does not intend to continue his career for next winter’s Olympics. Pasi Liesimaa
Ski legend for Trondheim’s World Cup last winter last winter Therese from Johaug were lied to last season.
Johaug coach Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass admitted the matter Swedish media To Expressen.
The ski queen had to leave the racing tracks finally in a fabulous way by rinsing gold in their home race. Until the world championship, the pace of one of the most successful skiers of all time was enough, even though he was a medal in the domestic landscape (three silver, one bronze).
Before the World Championships, it was amazed why Johaug, like many other tops, did not travel to the World Cup Falun.
The day before the Falun World Cup, a bulletin was sent from Johaug, where she said she had moved to her plan.
– Plans change along the way. Now I’m making a change and deciding to skip Falun so I can prepare for the best possible World Cup. However, I’m not sick, Johaug assured at the time.
Now Mikkelsplass tells what really happened at the time.
– It had tactics in the background. Was it a white lie? Yes, so I could probably say. We wanted to cover the fact that the skier could not practice properly, Mikkelsplass told the magazine.
Johaug was sick.
According to the coach, the “white lie” wanted to avoid any extra attention.
Expressen asked the coach if it would have been better to be honest.
– Good question. Often it is good to try to be as honest as possible. Then you don’t have to hide anything from those around you. It may well be that it would have been better to be open about Theresen’s illness before the World Cup, he said.
Johaug told the media in June that he was sick just a few weeks before the World Cup. He had received a stomach disease from his daughter.
Johaug won a total of five Olympic gold and 14 world championships in his career.