ZHANGJIAKOU, China : The tears flowed despite the bitter cold after Therese Johaug cruised across the finish line in the skiathlon to claim the one prize she wanted most of all but had never achieved - an individual Olympic gold medal.
Johaug had just one Olympic gold medal, won as part of the Norwegian relay team at the 2010 Vancouver Games, and 14 world championship wins, but the last piece of the puzzle did not fall into place until Saturday. Johaug has recently lived with the burden of her own expectations, and the possibility that she might be infected with the coronavirus.
"I would not have managed this without all the support around me. I have not given priority to those around me in recent years to achieve this goal. I've been selfish. That makes this extra huge," Johaug said.
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