The viral Winter Olympics subplot does not look like it’s going to get a happy ending. Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid became a fixture on social media feeds on Tuesday when he gave a tearful interview to local network NRK after winning a bronze medal.

The regrets keep piling up for one Olympic medalist in Italy. Sturla Holm Lægreid, a Norwegian biathlete who won a bronze medal on Tuesday, said that he “deeply regrets” his viral outburst in a post-game interview about cheating on his ex-girlfriend,

After winning bronze at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Sturla Holm Lægreid explains why he chose to publicly admit cheating on his girlfriend, saying he wanted to try everything and not look back feeling like he hadn’t done enough.