We get to move back to 2015 and the World Cup competition in Russian Rybinsk and the skiathlon over 15 km on January 25.
Home skier Julia Tjekaleva won the competition before Martine Ek Hagen, who was then 23 years old.
When her career was summed up in 2018, second place was her biggest success in the World Cup.
But last summer, Hagen was informed that Chekalova had been arrested for doping and that her results had been deleted.
The same was true with her prize money, but it was a complicated story where the international ski federation, Fis, the Russian ski federation and the local organizer who went bankrupt were involved.
"I had given up"
Hagen was happy to at least get a victory in the World Cup on his CV but had no hopes of regaining the difference of 48,000 Norwegian kroner (47,000 Swedish) which was between being first and second.
- I had given up.
I had not even thought to try to get them because it seemed impossible because I should then have been told about it, says Hagen to Norwegian Dagbladet.
But Fis has been working to get the money that is now to be paid out.
- It's so cool.
It's a huge bonus and the money comes in handy.
Getting some extra money at the beginning of the new year is wonderful, says Hagen who struggled to make it go around during his career.