“This Is the House That Jack Built” – Spectacular Real Estate Owned By Johaug, Northug, Weng etc.

“This Is the House That Jack Built” – Spectacular Real Estate Owned By Johaug, Northug, Weng etc.

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Therese Johaug is not having an easy year, but at least her private life seems to be on track. The World and Olympic champion just made a property purchase that has every sign of being a potential family nest. While the house itself is relatively modest affair of five rooms/ 264m², it is located in one of the Norwegian capital's most affluent neighborhoods and offers majestic views over Oslo and the fjord ( look at the photo above from the real estate company Privatmegleren website) Rather more importantly for the Olympic and 7 times World champion, it is literally a five minute drive to/fro the Holmenkollen Ski Stadium, arguably the world's most important ski training & competition facility. The ideal house did not come cheap - DN.no reports that closing…
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Johaug Turns Down Contract Worth Hundreds of Thousands

Johaug Turns Down Contract Worth Hundreds of Thousands

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Therese Johaug turned down a sponsorship deal purportedly worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. A catch? There is one: a company that wanted to tie itself to a Norwegian champ is an online gaming and sports betting shop. Norwegian newspaper VG reports that a representative of the company got in touch with Johaug's manager Jørn Ernst inquiring whether Bettson, Maltese subsidiary of the Swedish gaming giant with the same name, could retain Johaug's services until her fate for the next season becomes clear. TOP PHOTO courtesy of Therese Johaug Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/johaugtherese/ Johaug is currently barred from competing for doping and is awaiting decision in her case by the CAS, sports' arbitration court. A native of Os, who just turned 29, is absolute household name in Norway and neighboring Sweden…
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Johaug Kicks Off Her Preparations For New Season

Johaug Kicks Off Her Preparations For New Season

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Therese Johaug wants the world to know that she might be somewhat down – but certainly not out. A 28 year old Olympic and world champion just shared with 336.000 of her Instagram followers a photo of herself in a company of her coach Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass ( silver medalist of the OGs in Calgary in 1988), her personal ski waxer Snorre Haugland and, of course, her brother and training partner Karstein Johaug. [embed]http://www.instagram.com/p/BTo1Tr7hL4_/[/embed] Starter en ny sesong med guttene mine på Sjusjøen:-) Says cheeky caption under the photo ( Starting a new season with my boys at Sjusjøen ? ) Being back on skis at the beginning of May is likely making a Norwegian the first elite skier in the world to come back to snow after a traditional…
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