Four years ago, Therese Johaug was suspended for 18 months for doping and thus she missed the Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018.
The coming season awaits the Olympics in Beijing in February and just like for many other winter athletes, it is Norway's big goal.
As a result, there is much to suggest that she will give up the Tour de Ski, which starts at the end of December.
- I have not decided one hundred percent.
But I will do everything to be as well prepared as possible for the Olympics, says Johaug to Norwegian VG.
Sounds like you'll be over, right?
- Yes, it probably leans towards that.
But you should never say never.
There is a long time left and it is difficult to say how the body feels when the season starts.
Johannes Hösflot Kläbo thinks differently.
- The starting point is to run the Tour de Ski.
But it also depends on how the body reacts to the height and not least in the period near the Tour de Ski, he says.