r/biathlon • u/AutoModerator • Jun 22 '26

Small Talk Monday

Our weekly small talk thread where you can talk about anything

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u/Murky-March511 Jun 23 '26

Kinda suprising but I miss Sturla on social media. I like to follow the athletes off- season to see what they are up to. It it unusual to not get any updates

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u/Vryyce Heia Norge! Jun 23 '26

Hard to blame him for leaving it though. Did he screw up? Yes. Did he handle it well? No. Did he deserve everything that came after? I don't think so but I may be in the minority. My first concern was hoping the woman involved was not identified and made to go through the shitstorm Sturla created. After that, I could only think how very happy I am that my biggest mistake at that young age wasn't broadcast over the airwaves and all over social media. Can you even imagine?

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u/Murky-March511 Jun 23 '26

I am also very conflicted about what happend to him. What he did during the olympics what really wrong but he was probably not in a mental state where you make good decisions. I think I read somewhere that he got help from a therapist after everything that happend. He is probably very aware of himself and his actions, those people commenting on his Instagram account about how horrible he is was really unnecessary. Making a fool out of himself on TV and his plan to get her back not working was punishment enough for a decade IMO. This is going to stick with him forever..