Yesterday, a demonstration was held for Ukraine in connection with the sprint competitions in Drammen.
Russian skiers were not present as they are not allowed to compete.
But Alexei Petuchov, 38, who among other things picked up a World Cup gold in team sprint (2013), showed in parallel his support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"We have all seen how the situation around Donetsk and Luhansk has escalated in recent months, how the international community has turned a blind eye to it, how indifferent Europe's heads of state have been to this and the inhuman attitude of the Ukrainian authorities.
As a result of the intervention Russia made to protect the Russians ", Petuchov writes on Instagram.
"If you do not have the courage - shut up"
That makes Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian ski icon and expert on NRK, react strongly.
"If you do not have the courage to speak out against your leaders, you can at least shut up, damn it," he writes in a story on Instagram according to Nettavisen.
The story is no longer on Instagram.
He develops his thoughts in a post on the same platform:
"Tired of messing with Russian skiers who think that the whole world is dealing with 'fake news' at the same time as they themselves receive information directly from Putin.
So tonight it will be a wine from Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula ", he writes.