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Olympian Tearfully Confesses to Cheating on Girlfriend in “Most Absurd Medal Interview Ever”

A Norwegian biathlete went viral for taking aim at his own infidelity in a post-win interview.

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Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid doesn't regret his public confession of adultery. "I accept the social suicide."

·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Olympian speaks out after confessing to an affair on TV

Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid confessed to cheating on his girlfriend during a live interview moments after winning bronze in the men’s 20km individual event. Lægreid talks about going public with the news to reporters.

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The Winter Olympics have stopped one of the strangest and most sincere moments to date, when a Norwegian biathlete who won the bronze medal, Sturla Hom Laegreid, used a television interview to publicly confess an infidelity and try to recover the love of his ex-girlfriend. In a live interview with NRK, Norwegian television, the seven-time biathlon world champion, said that winning his first biathlon Olympic medal was huge (he had already won one…

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
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