Cross country skiing The year 2021 for Therese Johaug, who focuses on the Olympics, culminated in an engagement

Norwegian ski star Therese Johaug skipped the Tour de skin to focus on the Beijing Olympics.

While other top international skiers are competing in Oberstdorf, Johaug posted a picture on Instagram on New Year’s Eve posing with his male friend Nils Jakob Hoffin with. The couple’s hands sparkled with engagement rings.

“The year 2021 saved the best for the end. Happy New Year, “Johaug wrote in connection with the publication.

The release quickly garnered a bunch of congratulations on the fresh engagement couple.

Pair has been together since 2014. Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet knows to tell that the couple met when the Norwegian cross-country and rowing teams ended up on the same flight.

Hoff is a former top rower who ended his career in 2019. He won the 2013 World Championships in doubles and represented his country at the London and Rio Olympics.

The couple has not spoken more about their relationship in public, but on a Norwegian channel VGIn an interview with Johoff, Johaug said that Hoff was an important supporter during the doping cart. Johaug believes he would not have returned to the track without Hoff.

“I wouldn’t have survived without Hoff,” Johaug told VG after returning to the victorious track in 2018.

Johaug is currently preparing for the Olympics in high spirits. In the World Cup race in Davos, Switzerland in December, Johaug skied in the ten-kilometer race, second only to the United States. Jessica Digginsin 14.5 seconds.

Diggins led the Tour de skin overall on Friday after three stages.