"Six months ago I met the love of my life. The world's most beautiful, sweetest person. And three months ago I made the biggest mistake of my life and cheated on her, Laegreid said, fighting back tears. He said he told his partner a week ago about what had happened. I'm sure many people now see me in a different light, but I only have eyes for her, he said."
"It was the choice I made. We make different choices during our life and that's how we make life, he told a room full of journalists. So today I made a choice to tell the world what I did, so maybe, maybe there is a chance she will see what she really means to me. Maybe not. He said he felt bad about upstaging his teammate with his deeply personal news. Now I hope I didn't ruin Johan's day, he said."
Sturla Holm Laegreid finished third in the 20-kilometer individual biathlon at the Milan Cortina Games, taking his first individual Olympic medal after missing one target and finishing 48.3 seconds behind. In a live post-race interview he revealed he cheated on his girlfriend three months earlier after meeting her six months ago and said he told her a week before. He cried and hugged friends after the race. Teammate Johan-Olav Botn won gold and Eric Perrot took silver. At a news conference he said he chose to tell the world so his partner might see what she means to him.
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