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IN Tears: Marit Bjørgen comforts Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen after the Norwegian gold relay at the 2018 Olympics. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (33) used hard physical training as a way to suck out mental pain after her brother Sten Anders took his own life.
She ended with a real bang. This is what cross-country skiers say on the NRK talk show “Lindmo” on Friday night, writes NRK. The program will air at. 21.45.
Last week, the medical student told her she was quitting as a top-notch skier.
In “Lindmo”, she talks about how she reacted after the suicide of her brother, who met during the Sochi Olympics in 2014. When he returned home, he tried to numb the mental pain of hard training.
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Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen: – I always had a different dream.
– I used the tools I had in my bag. One of them was physical exercise. The pain I received from physical exercise was known and easier to manage than pain and mental pain.
She trained hard, almost without a plan.
– I’ve probably abused him in some way. For those who have been abroad and followed this, it was probably not a big surprise that I went for a real blast. But for me, who was in the middle, it wasn’t so easy to see this coming, says Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen.
But he returned, already during the World Cup 2015 with gold in relay and silver individually.
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She told VG last week that “I am primarily driven by mastery and development, working towards my own goals. Being able to execute the best sports based on value. Not just selfishness. That is perhaps what I am most proud of. Prouder of that than I won any ski slope. “
On Friday February 7, 2014 was the opening ceremony in Sochi. That night, the message came that Jacobsen’s brother, Sten Anders, had passed away, 25 years old. She chose to attend the Sochi Olympics, despite the death of her brother. In “Lindmo” he explains why:
– There and then it felt good. Looking back, there were probably several reasons. Among other things, it was an Olympic village protected from the outside world and from the media. It was safer to be there and says a lot about what kind of family sports can be for you. I also knew there was no sick rent. There was nothing he could do at home.
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Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen was still a junior runner when in 2007 she managed to advance to a superior level and sensationally referred Petra Majdic and Virpi Kuitunen to silver and bronze in the World Cup sprint in Sapporo.
He finished with one Olympic gold (relief) and three World Cup gold (two of them in relief). At the World Cup he had a total of six victories, the last one in Val di Fiemme on January 3, 2020.
The woman from Oslo does not rule out appearing in the NM this winter, but chooses the ski career in favor of her medical studies.
Do you need someone to talk to? Mental Health can be reached at 116 123. The Red Cross can be called at 80033 321. SOS Church: 22400040.
