Norway’s Therese Johaug wins first gold medal of 2022 Winter Olympics in 15km skiathlon

The first gold medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics was claimed by Norway’s Therese Johaug in the women’s 15-kilometre skiathlon on Saturday.

The event, which sees competitors race with classical technique and skis for the first half of the race before switching to freestyle skis and technique to finish, took place under bitter wind and frigid conditions.

But Johaug broke clear of the pack to claim her fourth Olympic medal, having missed the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid clostebol, for which she had an initial 13-month suspension extended following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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