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fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

One of the Olympics' Biggest Stars Is at the Center of a Bizarre Intra-Squad Drama

Julia Simon, a top French biathlete and multiple Olympic medalist, faced allegations of using teammates' credit cards for unauthorized purchases and resisted full responsibility.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Cheating, Penisgate and boos for Vance: the 10 wildest stories of the Winter Olympics

Cheating has been part and parcel of the Olympics since at least Eupolus of Thessaly in 388BC. But crooked boxers from ancient Greece never confessed their indiscretions on live television. Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lgreid did exactly that after winning bronze in the men's 20km biathlon for his first individual Olympic medal, publicly admitting he'd two-timed his girlfriend three months earlier and calling it my biggest mistake in an overshare for the ages carried live by national broadcaster NRK.
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fromSnowBrains
2 weeks ago

Norwegian Biathlete Wins Bronze Medal and Then Admits to Cheating on His Girlfriend In Olympics Interview - SnowBrains

Sturla Holm Lægreid won Olympic bronze and used his post-race interview to publicly confess to cheating on his girlfriend while seeking reconciliation.
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