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Now we talked with the legendary Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, catching up with the Norwegian at the presentation of a limited edition Certina watch dedicated to His Majesty. There we asked Ola questions invented by our readers.

The first question disappeared on its own: our reader Alexey Krasnokutsky asked to find out why the biathlete rarely shakes hands, but Ole shook my hand so firmly that I immediately moved on to the next point of the interview.

Ole Einar, as you know, cross-country skiing is much more popular in Norway than biathlon. Why did you choose this particular sport? After all, everyone knows that in cross-country skiing you climbed to the highest step of the podium at the World Championships, that is, you have very fast skiing. ALEXEY BERESNEV

I like sports where you have to think a lot, and biathlon is much more difficult than cross-country skiing. In racing you only need strength and a crazy attitude, but in biathlon you also need enormous control over yourself. You have to be as calm as a boa constrictor and calculating in order to switch from a state of focus on the shooting ranges to the race that occurs between them. It is very difficult to train this combination so that success in one does not lead to decline in the other. It was this complexity of biathlon that attracted me. By the way, it was also a serious challenge, because at first I shot very poorly.

What did you have to sacrifice and give up for such stunning success? What do you regret most (sleep, alcohol, etc.)? DMITRY DMITRIEV

If you have a goal and it takes a long time to get there, it requires a lot of discipline. Our travel takes a lot of time - I am away from home 300 days a year, add training to this - and it becomes clear that my family sees me very rarely. In such a situation, of course, you do not completely lose contact with your loved ones, but maintaining it is more difficult than when you simply return home from work every evening. Here's one victim for you. I brought the other one at the age of 12, when I was determined to become the best in the world and decided never to drink alcohol. Since then I have not broken this promise, and it has not been so easy. In principle, I am not against alcohol. I think that after my career ends, I will sometimes drink something, but first, sports.

What can be an analogue of an Olympic gold medal for you in ordinary (non-sports) life? What causes the same emotions? NINA PEREGONTSEVA

The Olympics are special emotions, but I cannot say that they cannot be achieved in ordinary life and training. For me, a great pleasure, comparable to victories, is the opportunity to advise something to young athletes and see how it helps them become better. Sometimes this immediately affects their results - for me this is a great joy. Another joy accessible to everyone, close in emotion to the happiness of receiving an Olympic medal, is charity, helping children. As for the adrenaline that I get from biathlon, fast cars give me similar sensations. I also love rock climbing and, in general, I love discovering new sports. All these are also sharp and strong emotions.

How did you become interested in auto racing? Do you have your own car, what brand is it?)) IRINA GORBACHEVA

I love speed and racing. When I had a contract with Porsche, I jumped at the chance to drive all of their cars. Now I have a contract with BMW and, again, I test all their cars, and I also look at them from the point of view of an athlete who is used to competition: I mean, I’m interested in watching what they do to be the best in your class, defeating your rivals. I can't even compare myself closely with professional racers, but I like that there is a lot to learn in this sport, and the feeling of being in control of a powerful car is something special.

Dossier:

Born on January 27, 1974 in Drammen (Norway) into a large family - he has two brothers and two sisters. His sports career began when he was only twelve years old. His older brother Dag instilled in him a love for biathlon, and subsequently, with his younger brother, Hans-Anton, the brothers created the “Bjoerndalen Team,” which for many years formed the backbone of the Norwegian national team.

The first competition in Ole’s sports career was the World Junior Championships in 1992. And his first success came to him a year later, at the next world junior championship, when he won three out of four races. In the 1994/1995 season and especially at the 1995 World Championships in Antholz, Ole attracted close attention, finishing fourth and literally losing his medal. Thus began the era of Ole Einar Bjoerndalen in biathlon. At the end of the same season he also finished fourth in the World Cup. But on the same track in Antholz in January 1996, he won his first World Cup victory.

At the Olympic Games in Nagano in 1998, Ole won his first gold and silver Olympic medals in the relay race as part of the Norwegian team. That same year, Ole and his teammates won a gold medal in the relay competition and a silver medal in the pursuit race. And then he won the World Cup for the first time.

2002 was one of the most successful years in Ole's career - gold medals in four disciplines (individual, sprint, pursuit, and relay) at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, as well as brilliant performances at numerous cross-country competitions -country skiing.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is a unique personality in the history of biathlon; he rightfully received the nickname "King Ole". The success of this athlete and his charisma greatly contributed to the increase in the popularity of biathlon in the world. Ole's personality, with over 90 World Cup victories and numerous world cross-country skiing victories, is extremely attractive to a wide range of people.

His recent impressive victories and two more gold medals (sprint and mixed relay) at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics show that Ole is still the best in the world. The most decorated Olympian (13 medals) continues to amaze the world at 40 years old, and his endurance remains inexhaustible. In recognition of his contribution to the development of biathlon and sports in general, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen has been a CERTINA brand ambassador since 2011.

What sport would you do if you lived in a place where there is no snow? PAVEL TSYMBAL

Perhaps it would be long distance running. For example, half marathons. Perhaps a mountain bike. I really love mountain biking because you can travel, you can go to places that at first glance seem inaccessible. A very interesting thing. I would advise Men's Health readers not to get hung up on any one sport; there are many activities that do not require special equipment and large financial and time expenditures. The same running. If you run 30 minutes a day, you are already doing a great job If you can’t run, swim. The main thing is not to be lazy, sports are also great fun.

Ole Einar, few people know that you walk a great tightrope and as a child dreamed of becoming a sports photographer, what prompted you to change your childhood dream and become a biathlete? ARTEM

At school I loved photography and became seriously interested in this activity, but gradually the sport took up all my time. Maybe when I finish my career I will return to photography. I learned to walk on a tightrope a long time ago - when I was 12-13 years old. Then my dad advised me to try it, and I liked it, because the ability to maintain balance can come in handy at the most unexpected moment in life. I learned it in two weeks, and this skill is like riding a bicycle, you learn it once and you can always repeat it. I even once showed a striptease at a party, walking to the rope. I had my panties on all the way, but I was able to take off all the other clothes right on the rope.

Ole Einar, please remember the best advice you ever received from your coach. IVAN

My weakness was shooting. And I quickly realized that this technique was much more difficult for me than for others. As a result, I even had to work with a psychologist. But what really helped me was that I trained shooting twice a day, five days a week, for a year. I obviously don’t have any talent for this, but here’s some advice for you - if something doesn’t work out for you, don’t give up, but just put in two or three times as much effort as others (perhaps more gifted than you) and you you will become better than them.

Dear Ole! When did you get more pleasure from biathlon training - at 17 years old or at your current age? ALEXANDER CHERNY

When I was younger, I was more interested in trying new things, learning from everyone and trying to apply and combine different things, looking for optimal solutions. Now I’m probably the most experienced biathlete in the world and everything is different. Now I have to feel where this sport is going and what new athletes are bringing to it - perhaps they will see something fresh that never occurred to me. I have to watch, learn and copy their strengths. I think I'm good at this. If I see a slightly different skiing or shooting technique that brings results to someone else, I will always try it. To do this, I don’t even need to talk to the person I want to copy, just look, feel his movement - and that’s it, I can already repeat it. This is what helps me, even at 40 years old, work on my technique and continue to improve it.

Dear Ole Einar, what thoughts do you have during the race? Thoughts about what make you maintain concentration and the will to win, at the right moment collect all your reserves and rush to the finish line? NIKITA

I always have a plan for the race, it's in my head. Previously, these plans were very detailed and detailed, but now they are more general, since I can already largely rely on my feelings, instincts and experience. I can trust myself. The most important thing is to identify a few key points that will prevent you from missing out on the race. When you're tired, your brain and your muscles don't work as well, and at that moment you need to stay calm. Everything is provided for in my plan, and these, as I call them, “key points” make it possible not to lose control.

Ole Einar, what dreams do you have before important competitions? VLADIMIR SMIRNOV

I may not sleep - worry and endlessly replay in my head the same plan for the race that I already talked about. And sometimes, on the contrary, I fall through and sleep before the start, like a child. It’s always different - sometimes I wake up relaxed, sometimes I’m all wet because I dreamed of a race in which something went wrong. I think it’s not that important, and if girls dream of you before the competition, that’s also good.

Is it true that you come to the competition with a vacuum cleaner mascot? And if so, how did he become your mascot? NIKITA GORLOV

I said that I spend the whole year traveling and I need to always stay healthy. Infections and viruses throw an athlete off schedule and prevent him from training or performing. Therefore, if there is a carpet on the floor of a hotel, I would rather clean it myself again, because I know how difficult it is to vacuum such a thing well, ridding it of any infection. For about fifteen years I flew everywhere with the same vacuum cleaner and, yes, perhaps it was my talisman. But for two years now I have always stipulated in advance that everything in the room should be plastic or wooden, without carpets. So now the vacuum cleaner lives at home.

Of the several dozen questions you sent for Bjoerndalen, our jury, consisting entirely of the golden feathers of Men's Health, selected the best. We admit, it was difficult to do this (friends, you did great - the questions were very good), but since the interview could not last several hours, we had to cut the list almost to the quick. As for the prizes, here they are:

1. NIKITA GORLOV

2. DMITRY DMITRIEV

3. PAVEL TSYMBAL

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Eight-time Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, to whom the prima of the Belarusian biathlon Daria Domracheva gave birth to a daughter, Ksenia, on October 1, told reporters from Se og Hør about how the two stars and their baby are preparing for the new winter season. In addition, Bjoerndalen remembered how the wedding ceremony took place in the summer.

"Daria is incredible"

“She’s very good, she eats and sleeps most of the time.” It’s just a pleasure to be the father of this girl,” says Ole Einar Bjoerndalen.

The most titled biathlete in history also never ceases to admire his wife.

- Daria is incredible. She is at least as good a mother as she is a biathlete. Her life has changed a lot lately, but she is coping just fine. Ksenia eats with pleasure at night, and Daria has to take on the main burden,” says Ole Einar, looking lovingly at his wife.

Bjoerndalen is happy with the pre-season preparations, he managed to do most of the training work, and he intends to continue to fight for medals.

“We were prepared for what was going to happen, so the changes didn’t affect me that much.” I managed to train almost as normal with minor adjustments. A trailer, equipped with everything necessary for preparation, was also with me in Minsk. We used it for two months before our daughter was born. Everything I need is there. Now it has already been transferred to Norway. So everything is in its place,” says Bjoerndalen.

Now the star family expects a lot of travel. Bjoerndalen's base is in Obertilliach, Austria. They will also spend time in Minsk, where Daria is building a house.

Secret wedding, beautiful ceremony

This spring, Ole Einar and Daria announced their relationship. In addition, they talked about the fact that they were expecting a child. To the surprise of many, the couple managed to formalize their relationship before the birth of their daughter. The ceremony took place on July 7 in an idyllic church in the mountains in Shushen ( in the top corner of the photo).

- This did not come as a surprise to us. We had been planning this for a long time and wanted to have a quiet celebration with close friends and family members in a beautiful setting. And we succeeded,” says Bjoerndalen.

The church is located in a place that is very familiar to Norwegians. He ran countless kilometers on the trails in Shushen. The wedding turned out to be so secret that only a few knew about it.

The event became known more than a week later, when the couple posted a photo from the holiday, where they smiled widely at the camera.

“We planned everything together down to the smallest detail. Everything went exactly the way we wanted. It was just perfect, but we’ll keep the details to ourselves,” says Bjoerndalen.

“Rivals have something to fear”

Bjoerndalen has already started the winter season and is looking forward to the races of the first stage of the World Cup, which starts on November 28 in Östersund. Later, from February 8 to 19, the World Championships will be held in Hochfilzen, and shortly before that Ole Einar will turn 43 years old. But the biathlete really wants to go there and try to extract the precious metal again.

Bjoerndalen has eight Olympic gold medals and 20 world championship medals. No one in the history of biathlon can compare with the hero from Simostranda.

— I don’t know about the number of medals. You probably know this better than me. “I will gratefully accept new victories, although I know that winning will not be easy,” he says. “There are still a few more weeks of intense training ahead, so I’m where I need to be.”

Bjoerndalen managed to avoid illness, and this is unlikely to be good news for his rivals.

- Hehe, let's hope they have something to fear. In any case, for my part, I will do everything possible, and we’ll see how much it’s enough for,” he says modestly.

Bodyguards are needed only in Russia

Ole Einar is a megastar in many parts of the world interested in sports. One of its main sponsors is the Russian chain of sports stores Ski World.

“Perhaps my biggest fans are in Russia, Germany and Norway,” he says.

Only in Russia does he sometimes need bodyguards.

“I feel a lot of pressure there.” Obviously biathlon is very loved and popular, but I must add that I have never been in any scary situations. I need bodyguards to get from one place to another,” Bjoerndalen clarifies.

Domracheva hopes to return to racing in January

These days, the Belarusian national biathlon team is working at a training camp in Shushen, Norway. Based on its results, the lineups for participation in the opening stages of the World Cup in Östersund and the IBU Cup in Beitostolen will be determined.

The first stage of the Biathlon World Cup of the 2016/2017 season starts on November 27 in Östersund with mixed relays (mixed and super mixed). On November 30, there will be an individual 15 km race for women, and a 20 km individual race for men on December 1. Sprint races will take place on December 3, and the stage will end on December 4 with pursuit races.

Included women's team Nadezhda Skardino, Anastasia Kinnunen (Duborezova), Nadezhda Pisareva, Irina Krivko, Anna Sola, Kristina Ilchenko, Daria Yurkevich, Maria Panfilova, Dinara Alimbekova are preparing for the season.

Three-time Olympic champion Daria Domracheva also started in Shushen, who started four weeks after her daughter Ksenia. Bjoerndalen also prepared for the season there. And then the star family moved to Norway.

Domracheva and Bjoerndalen train together. Photo: facebook.com

In early November, the daughter of the famous biathlon couple will bear her father's surname.

It was previously reported that Domracheva will be helped in preparing for the 2018 Olympics, who at one time helped Ole Einar Bjoerndalen achieve impressive success.

Domracheva hopes to return to racing in January. And if functional readiness allows, Daria expects to compete for medals at the World Championships in Hochfilzen, which will begin on February 9, 2017.

IN men's team In Belarus in Shushen, Roman Eletnov, Yuri Lyadov, Vladimir Chepelin, Viktor Krivko, Maxim Vorobey, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Dmitry Abashev, Alexander Dorozhko and Sergei Bocharnikov are preparing for the new season.

Meanwhile, two months before the start of the season, a Russian specialist became the head coach of the Belarusian national team Valery Polkhovsky, who took over the team in May. The helm of the national team was urgently taken over by the most experienced Belarusian coach Yuri Albers, who was previously responsible at the Biathlon Federation for holding international and republican competitions.

Great couple.

It seems that the first joint photo of Domracheva and Bjoerndalen: the closing of the 2014 Olympics, the flag bearers of Belarus and Norway suddenly find themselves side by side.

Filming for the 2015 biathlon calendar. Nearby is Kaisa Mäkkäräinen.

March 2015, a fan accidentally spots a couple in a Finnish shopping center.

April 2015, Race of Champions in Tyumen. Rumors about the relationship between the Olympic champions are getting louder - and Domracheva only confirms them by taking Bjoerndalen as a partner in mixed doubles. Is it possible to say from these emotions that they only took fourth place?

Autograph session after the racing day and the same happiness on their faces.

August 2015, Ole and Daria on the stands of the stadium in Oslo during the match between Valerenga and Real Madrid.

In April 2016, the relationship between Bjoerndalen and Domracheva was officially confirmed for the first time. Why: the Norwegian announced that the couple is expecting a child! And on July 17, identical photos appeared on the social networks of both athletes. Wedding. As it turned out later, the ceremony took place on July 7 in Shushen, Norway.

In the fall, Domracheva became a mother. A sweet family photo shortly after giving birth.

A photo for a Norwegian magazine, no less cute.

February 12, 2017. Daria, who took 27th place in the sprint, surprises everyone in the pursuit and takes silver. A few hours later, Ole Einar rises from eighth place to third in a similar discipline. The family piggy bank was replenished with two medals.

The same February, the Korean stage of the World Cup.

At the IBU event dedicated to the end of the 2016/17 season.

Family dinner.

Late April, sled dog race. Bjoerndalen won, Domracheva became third.

May warm-up in Mallorca.

Almost all summer the couple was preparing for the new season together. After a good workout you can have some fun :)

In the fall and winter, Domracheva and Bjoerndalen did not have any photos together. Perhaps the great biathlete was not in the mood. Now that he can go to the Olympics as part of the Belarusian delegation, the situation may change.

In Pyeongchang, the legendary Norwegian helped Belarusian athletes test skis and supported his star wife. After the mass start, in which the Belarusian won silver, he could not contain his emotions and tenderly congratulated his wife on her success.

After the victory of the women's relay, there were also congratulations.

We are waiting for new shots from the wonderful couple!

Anyone who is even slightly interested in biathlon, or just sports life, does not need to explain who Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is. This is probably one of the most titled athletes in the history of biathlon. In addition, this is an athlete completely without age. It seems that he has always been and will always be, will take part in more than one Olympics and receive well-deserved awards. However, he is already 41 years old - a respectable age for any sport.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, biography.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen was born in Norway, in Drammen, on a frosty January day on January 27, 1974. Ole also has an older brother, Dag, and a younger brother, Hans Anton, as well as two sisters. There are few Norwegian children who would not take up skiing and whose parents would not send them to skiing. The older brother was the first to go into biathlon and become a shooting skier, Ole followed him. The younger brother did not lag behind his brothers, with whom he and Ole later formed the backbone of the national biathlon team.

Ole has been involved in biathlon since he was 12 years old. His ski training was already good then, so soon Ole began to compete in serious competitions. In principle, Ole also won victories in skiing, but what attracted him to biathlon was the fact that he needed to be able to switch from dynamic skiing to calm and balanced shooting. This is very difficult and not for everyone. Although, according to the athlete himself, shooting was not very good for him, he clearly did not have any talent as a shooter.

Therefore, after working with a psychologist, he simply began to train a lot in shooting - 5 times a week, 2 times a day. Since then, he himself has been giving advice that if you don’t have special abilities for something, then you just need to study a lot and everything will turn out even better than those who have talent.

His debut took place when the athlete was 18 years old. And these were not junior competitions. In 1992, he took part in competitions among serious biathletes. And 2 years later there was the first Olympics in Lillehamer. True, these competitions did not bring Ole any awards, due to his lack of experience. But already in the next season his triumphant ascent to the sports Olympus began.

Ole's finest hour was the Olympic Games in Nagano in 1998, where he took gold and silver.

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However, his greatest triumph awaited him four years later in Salt Lake City. There he became first four times in different races. That same year he won other significant competitions. Then he had more or less successful seasons. Before the Sochi Olympics, Ole stated that it would be the end of his sports career. However, having shown brilliant results at the Olympics, in no way inferior to his young colleagues, he decided that he would still like to feel the taste of victory and remained in the sport until the World Championships in Oslo in 1616.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is rightly called the king of biathlon; no one else has so many victories and well-deserved awards, and no one else has held the personal championship for so long. But such achievements are a huge effort of the athlete himself. According to him, he constantly monitors the development of the sport, what other, younger athletes bring to it, and learns from them. Moreover, to do this, he just needs to carefully observe their manner of performance at competitions, and then simply copy it. Therefore, even at the age of forty, he continues to improve and improve his technique.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, personal life

Ole tries not to talk about his personal life with numerous correspondents. He doesn't like such questions. With his ex-wife Nathalie Santer, an Italian biathlete, he met back in 1998, and since then they have been together as much as their busy sports schedule allowed. In 2006 they got married. Despite many years of marriage, they never had children. In 2012, the couple decided to divorce, which they very discreetly reported to reporters, without disclosing details.

Most believe that this happened due to Ole’s romance with the Belarusian biathlete Daria Domracheva. Although some believe that the homewrecker has nothing to do with it, Ole’s difficult character is to blame. Be that as it may, Bjoerndalen is now alone, but surrounded by thick rumors about his upcoming wedding with Daria. Neither Ole nor Daria give comments regarding their future marriage, and reporters were also unable to photograph them together.

However, more recently, Bjoerndalen himself stated in an interview that after the wedding he and Daria intend to settle in Moscow, that it would be more comfortable for both, since Daria would not want to live in Norway, and Ole would not want to live in Minsk. Moscow could become a connecting link for them. Therefore, soon we will see a new beautiful union of outstanding athletes.

UPD: April 5, 2016 It became known that in October of this year Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and Daria Domracheva will become parents.

Bjoerndalen announced this at a press conference.

“I had a good friendship with Daria for a long time. She's been developing a little lately... And it's gotten to the point where we're going to be parents!

We're looking forward to it. And we are very happy,” said Bjoerndalen.

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He is an outstanding and successful Norwegian biathlete and skier who is the only six-time Olympic champion in biathlon. In addition, he is a sixteen-time world champion, multiple medalist of the world biathlon and summer biathlon championships, and six-time World Cup winner. He won the hearts of many sports fans. The famous Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is a biathlon star and a favorite of his fans.

By all indicators, this person is second among athletes in winter sports.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen: biography, hobbies

He was born in the small Norwegian town of Dramenne on January 27, 1974. His childhood passed in the city of Simostranda in a family of ordinary farmers. The boy was not particularly interested in studies, since he spent all his free time in various sports sections. Football, javelin throwing, handball, athletics and cycling are all his childhood hobbies. At one time, Ole’s father was also involved in athletics, but he had to stop these activities because he had to earn a living for his large family.

Ole Einar has 2 more brothers and 2 sisters. Doug (elder brother) was the first of the children to become interested in biathlon. Following his example, in 1984, Ole became involved in this particular sport.

As a result, it turns out that with his wonderful victories, the Norwegian biathlete made the dreams of his father come true, to whom fate did not give him the opportunity to play his favorite sport for his own pleasure.

Athlete's personal details

The athlete received his education at the Norwegian Ski Academy.

Ole speaks excellent languages: Norwegian, Italian, English and German.

Since 1992 he has been a member of the Norwegian national team. His coaches are Rogger Grubben (skiing) and Joar Himmle (shooting), and Ole’s native sports club is Simostranda.

Biathlon career, success

The future Norwegian star biathlete Ole Einar, as noted above, was fond of several sports in his childhood and youth. However, the example of his older brother influenced the final choice. Initially, the athlete was distinguished by his excellent skiing, so he was noticed by coaches, and already in 1992-1993 he began to compete at the World Cup stages.

In Lillehammer 1994 was his first in the Winter Olympics. At that time, only a lack of experience did not allow him to demonstrate his excellent abilities. He did not win a single medal then.

His first serious and significant success was in the 1994-1995 season, following which Bjoerndalen took fourth place in the overall World Cup standings. And in 1998, he won his first and took first place in the World Cup.

In the 2001-2002 season, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen won first place four times at the Olympics in Salt Lake City. The season that followed brought the eminent athlete the second World Cup in his long career.