Record after record, but also scandal after scandals.
Petter Northug was an expert in cross-country skiing - now he's trying somewhere else.
Oslo - Anyone who only reduces Petter Northug to his sporting achievements knows only half of his explosive personality.
The cross-country skiing legend is well known to fans of winter sports.
Believe it or not, the Norwegian won 13 gold medals at the World Cup.
In 2010, at the Olympic Games in Vancouver, he raised himself to the Sports OIymp with two gold successes, a silver medal and a bronze.
Winter sports star and cross-country skiing legend Petter Northug has two faces
But the sporting highs were countered with personal low points.
In addition to his arrogant appearance, he repeatedly caused a sensation with bizarre actions and negative headlines.
In the year of his greatest success (Olympia 2010), he played several poker tournaments in the summer - in Las Vegas he won $ 20,000.
At that point, he doesn't seem averse to the relaxed lifestyle.
The big reveal ten years later.
In 2020, two years after retiring, it came to light that he had a massive drug problem.
"I have a serious intoxication problem consisting of alcohol, narcotics and pills in connection with hard partying at times," Northug said at a press conference in August 2020 and sought professional help.
He drove his car 58 km / h too fast in a 110 zone under the influence of intoxicants.
The hustle and bustle was already big in 2014.
Northug caused a car accident during his active career - 1.65 per mil was found in the blood.
He lied to the police and even the prime minister spoke up.
Cross-country star and scandal noodle Petter Northug moves from drugs to music
The two-time overall World Cup winner now seems to have turned another hobby into a profession and is thus back in the limelight in his home country.
The scandal noodle sings and brings its own works to the market.
He recently released the song "Fri" in his local language.
The former top athlete shows himself “free” in the music video.
With his trademark sunglasses and topless, he travels across the sea and trills his hit, which entered the Spotify charts.
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In his chorus he sings: “I have a dream that we are free.
I miss the fact that you smile at me [...] I just want to be free ”- to be free, without great strain - that's what most of them want him.
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