Domracheva and Bjoerndalen: will this couple reach the wedding?

In the biathlon world, they have been talking about the novel by Daria Domracheva and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen for two and a half years.website I tried to figure out whether there was any basis for the rumors about their upcoming wedding.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

As Domracheva says, the acquaintance – not casually, but personally – happened at the 2010 Games in Vancouver:

“Ole Einar then came up to congratulate me on the bronze. This was immediately after he himself took second place in the individual race. I was literally shocked. Bjoerndalen himself, wow!

But the romance between Domracheva and Bjordalen was still far away at that moment. Only in January 2013, the Italian La Gazzetta dello Sport, a weekly supplement called Sportweek, published information about the unexpected divorce of the Norwegian and former Italian biathlete Nathalie Santer, with whom they had been married for almost seven years (and before that they had been dating for more than seven years).

The reason for the divorce, at least “one of”, was the relationship that Bjordalen had with Domracheva in Obertillach, Austria, in mid-2012. This added credibility to the rumors, because the king of biathlon has his own house in Obertillahe, and the Belarusian national team trained in Austria that summer.

Since then, rumors that Domracheva and Bjordalen are having an affair either subside or flare up again. However, those involved in the case immediately made it a rule not to comment on anything.

DOMRACHEVAI BJORNDALEN: PHOTO NUMBER ONE

For a long time, even joint photographs of the couple did not appear in the press. They also spent exemplary vacations in different places, for example, Daria sunbathed at the sea in Greece, and Ole Einar was bored in his Austrian house. But then the Olympics happened in Sochi.

During the closing ceremony of the Olympics, the Norwegian spent an indecent amount of time in the company of his Belarusian colleague. And not only in the rooms under the stands, where both were preparing to enter the arena with the flags of their countries, but also later - on the stand, when Bjoerndalen for some reason sat down with the Belarusian delegation.

The biathlon world was in an uproar. The journalists so terrorized the couple with questions that Domracheva was forced to make a dry and stern statement:

– The only official information about my personal life will be the message about my marriage. Everything else is rumors that I see no point in commenting on.

It’s funny, but French biathlete Martin Fourcade turned out to be much more frank. When he was asked how well he knew Domracheva, he replied:

– High-level athletes usually spend a lot of time together: at press conferences, doping tests, various sponsorship events. I am on good terms with Domracheva, but, of course, not as close as Bjoerndalen.

The paparazzi again took a hunting stance, but the romance of the famous couple still remained shrouded in secrecy. Fans had to put together a mosaic of little things. For example, yes, there were a lot of beautiful girls during the filming of the biathlon calendar. But why did Dasha drink Bjoerndalen’s wine?

DOMRACHEVAI BJORNDALEN: WILL THERE BE A WEDDING?

In the spring of 2015, there was talk of an upcoming wedding for the first time. Like, the newlyweds expect to walk down the aisle this summer, and for some reason they will live in Moscow after that. As it turned out, it was about an April Fool's joke, and even Domracheva herself laughed at it.

The summer of 2015 really became a turning point. In the sense that now Domracheva and Bjoerndalen are in the photo together is already quite an ordinary story.

First, at the end of May, Dasha separated from the Belarusian team and held a training camp in Mallorca in the company of... the Norwegian men's team. This photo appeared on the website of the Norwegian Biathlon Union (Domracheva and Bjoerndalen on the right in the bottom photo):

Then the Norwegian unexpectedly appeared at the Belarusian base in Raubichi. As you understand, not alone.

I even took pictures with fans (and with Dasha):

Just recently, Dasha paid a return visit to Norway. The star duo was spotted at a friendly football match between the local Valerenga and Real Madrid. The meeting ended with a score of 0:0, but our heroes were clearly not bored:

It seems that the “meeting the parents” stage has already been passed. And, considering that Dasha recently decided to skip the upcoming season (the athlete plans to recover as best as possible after treatment for mononucleosis), there is time and opportunity to pay more attention to her personal life. Who knows, maybe Domracheva and Bjoerndalen will soon get married without any jokes?

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“Well, they finally got married,” Domracheva’s fans exhaled when they saw a photo of Ole Einar and Daria in wedding dresses.

Simultaneously, on the night of July 17, he and she posted a wedding photo on their Instagram pages with the same caption: “What a beautiful day!” Very restrained, but even these couple of words, given the secrecy of both, are like a feat for Bjoerndalen and Domracheva.

The king and queen, multiple Olympic champions, hid their romance for several years, which was an open secret.

And this year they gave up, telling us that they would have a child in October, and now they announced the wedding.

True, so far there is no word about how they celebrated. One can only guess that in Norway, because the author of the wedding photo is a famous Norwegian photographer.

You look at this photo and remember how they joked about their marriage.

“I want to thank the person who came up with such a joke on April 1st. My family and I had a good laugh. But many believed.” This is how Domracheva responded to a message two years ago that she had married Bjoerndalen. But they started joking for a reason. They had already been seen together more than once, and the Italian press reported at the beginning of 2013 that Daria was the reason for the Norwegian’s separation from his Italian wife Natalie Santer.

The feelings appeared, of course, much earlier. “I remember how he came up to me at the Games in Vancouver to congratulate me on my bronze medal,” Daria told reporters. - He himself won silver that day in the individual race, sharing it with our Sergei Novikov. I was shocked then. Bjoerndalen himself, wow!”

What did Bjoerndalen think when he saw Domracheva? “Wow”, “Wow” or something like that? But he didn't mind letting the friendship "develop a little bit." This is how a Norwegian once expressed himself about his relationship with a Belarusian woman.

Why Daria Domracheva still did not dare to talk about her close relationship with Ole Einar, one can only guess. It’s funny to read her comment now: “The only official information about my personal life will be the message about my marriage.” Still, the first official information came not about marriage, but about pregnancy, in April of this year.

In the summer of 2015, Ole Einar honored Minsk with his presence and even visited Daria in Raubichi. We captured their visit, but the stars did not talk to us. Moreover, Daria was angry that we discovered them and in response took a photograph of our photojournalist, which he was flattered by. In April 2015, at the “Race of Champions” in Tyumen, Bjoerndalen hugged her so much that it became clear to everyone: friendship had grown into love.

In October 2015, Soviet Sport journalist Dmitry Egorov reported that Domracheva was pregnant.

“I don’t have such information about my situation,” Daria told us then.

She appeared a few months later, in April:

30 years is a great age to have a child. I'll become a mother in the fall! This event is planned and very welcome,” Daria wrote on her website.

And Ole Einar became a frequent guest in Minsk. Now this is his home. In every sense of the word. He and Daria together control the construction of their country house, which is located near Minsk. The layout is by the Domrachev family, they are architects.

And if Domracheva does not discuss her personal life with the press, then Bjoerndalen is very frank. For example, he happily told the Norwegian press that:

Construction is going great. Daria has been building this house for many years. This big project, which I think will be completed within the next year... I think it will be great to spend a lot of time in Minsk. It's a beautiful city, we feel good there

It is absolutely certain that our child will speak two or even three languages. You need to know several languages, this is useful... I don’t speak that much Russian, I only understand it a little. I think I will teach it together with my child.

I hope I’ll become a good father... I’m not worried about what kind of mother Daria will be. It will be wonderful.

The timing of the pre-season altitude training coincides with Daria’s birth, where I will be present. In fact, this is something much more important than biathlon and altitude training... But I recognize that it will be a special combination - having a small child and playing sports at the highest level.

The next chapter of the exciting novel will be the birth of Daria. If in Norway they still can’t get an answer to the question of what citizenship the child will have, then in Belarus fans are arguing about where she will give birth.

We have no doubt that royal conditions will be created for Domracheva in Minsk. What can I say, the whole country will give birth with her! And this is not just guesswork. In April 2014, Daria, together with Alexander Lukashenko, worked on the construction of a new obstetrics and gynecology building of the 5th city clinical hospital as part of a republican cleanup.

Then the president told her:

Here, Dasha, we will give you a separate room. And give me twins.

The head physician of the hospital, Mikhail Nazarchuk, told Komsomolskaya Pravda that the ward is ready:

And what about preparing it - all our rooms are excellent, even if you go to bed now: beautiful, comfortable, single-occupancy.

What if I give birth with Bjoerndalen?

Then we’ll put it in a double room: upholstered furniture, it’s beautiful, it won’t be embarrassing. There are even two-room VIP rooms: in one room there is a mother and child, in the other the father can relax. The rooms are separated by a door. This room has a plasma TV, refrigerator, shower, and toilet. There is a separate medical staff assigned to this ward, with a separate midwife. So childbirth is only in our maternity hospital.

The couple is expecting a girl. And at the beginning of next year, Daria wants to return to the ski track.

Olympic champions build a house near Minsk, go to football games and ride a BELAZ.

We had a farewell party

More precisely, only Bjoerndalen had a farewell party. Daria announced her retirement from her career later. The event took place in Oslo. Ole invited current and retired athletes to the party. Those with whom the Norwegian competed throughout his career. However, many biathletes were unable to attend the important evening for Bjoerndalen. The Russian side at the event was represented by the “voice of biathlon” Dmitry Guberniev and Match TV correspondent Ilya Trifanov.

In addition to a delicious dinner, guests could enjoy live music, watch a performance by the Royal Norwegian Orchestra and an honor guard company, and study Bjoerndalen's awards, of which he had many. The main entertainment at the party was the dance of Ole and Daria. We have never seen biathletes in this role before.

They are building a house near Minsk

It was planned that the biathletes’ house in the village of Laporovichi, which is located 20 kilometers from Minsk, will be commissioned in 2016. However, construction was delayed. Now only finishing work remains. Athletes will be able to move in this fall.

The house, which locals nicknamed “the ship,” looks unusual in the Belarusian landscape. It is all the more surprising that Domracheva was involved in the design of the building. The mansion will have a gym, swimming pool and cinema. They say that the owners closely monitor the progress of construction and often come to Laporovichi.

Attended the World Cup final

There were many recognizable faces in the Luzhniki stands. Daria and Ole also came to Moscow for the final match. Domracheva had the flag of Belarus painted on her cheek, and Bjoerndalen had the flag of Norway. Although their national teams could not make it to the tournament. At the stadium, the couple took a selfie with actors Danila Kozlovsky (AKA Yuri Stoleshnikov) and Oleg Menshikov.

“It was nice to watch beautiful football. The World Championship is well organized. We are happy that we managed to get to the finals. Thank you, Moscow!” – Bjoerndalen said after the game to Match TV correspondent Yegor Kuznets.

Domracheva became an ambassador of the European Games, and Bjoerndalen became an honorary member of the FBN

When Ole Einar announced his retirement, many were sure that the Norwegian would not live long without biathlon. Anders Besseberg called Bjoerndalen his successor as head of the IBU, and in May the NRK publication reported that the eight-time Olympic champion would soon become the head coach of the Russian national team. According to a Norwegian media source, he was supposed to replace Rico Gross. But it seems that for now Bjoerndalen is more interested in his family than in finding a new job. The only biathlon post that Ole currently holds is an honorary member of the Norwegian Biathlon Federation. This appointment took place at the organization's gala in June.

Domracheva was offered the position of ambassador of the European Games, which will be held in Minsk next summer. Her task is to inform people about the competition, maintain and strengthen the tournament brand through her achievements and successes. The biathlete became the first person to be entrusted with the position of star ambassador of the Games.

Daria also runs her own clothing brand

The idea for the project came to Domracheva in the summer of 2016, when she was pregnant and could not participate in biathlon. But I missed my favorite sport. He became the inspiration for the first collection. According to Daria, the love of creativity was instilled in her by her architect parents.

Some clothes from Domracheva’s line have references to biathlon (five target eyes) and an image of the athlete. My husband also helps promote the brand.

Enjoying life in Belarus

The couple celebrated the start of their joint retirement with a day at sea. And then - to Belarus. The biathletes' vacation can be tracked using the hashtag #NorwegianInBelarus, which Daria came up with for her Instagram followers.

My acquaintance with Belarus began with a bathhouse.

The couple also attended the World Helicopter Championships. Daria, Ole, as well as Bjoerndalen’s younger brother and nephew flew over the outskirts of Minsk.

Last weekend, biathletes took a ride in the world's largest car - BELAZ. After the trip, they were awarded a certificate of successful completion of the initial mining dump truck driving course.

After Belarus, the couple will go to Norway. This trip also has its own hashtag - #BelarusianinNorway.

Photo: globallookpress.com, RIA Novosti/Viktor Tolochko

“Well, they finally got married,” Domracheva’s fans exhaled when they saw a photo of Ole Einar and Daria in wedding dresses.

Simultaneously, on the night of July 17, he and she posted a wedding photo on their Instagram pages with the same caption: “What a beautiful day!” Very restrained, but even these couple of words, given the secrecy of both, are like a feat for Bjoerndalen and Domracheva.

The king and queen, multiple Olympic champions, hid their romance for several years, which was an open secret.

And this year they gave up, telling us that they would have a child in October, and now they announced the wedding.

True, so far there is no word about how they celebrated. One can only guess that in Norway, because the author of the wedding photo is a famous Norwegian photographer.

You look at this photo and remember how they joked about their marriage.

“I want to thank the person who came up with such a joke on April 1st. My family and I had a good laugh. But many believed.” This is how Domracheva responded to a message two years ago that she had married Bjoerndalen. But they started joking for a reason. They had already been seen together more than once, and the Italian press reported at the beginning of 2013 that Daria was the reason for the Norwegian’s separation from his Italian wife Natalie Santer.

The feelings appeared, of course, much earlier. “I remember how he came up to me at the Games in Vancouver to congratulate me on my bronze medal,” Daria told reporters. - He himself won silver that day in the individual race, sharing it with our Sergei Novikov. I was shocked then. Bjoerndalen himself, wow!”

What did Bjoerndalen think when he saw Domracheva? “Wow”, “Wow” or something like that? But he didn't mind letting the friendship "develop a little bit." This is how a Norwegian once expressed himself about his relationship with a Belarusian woman.

Why Daria Domracheva still did not dare to talk about her close relationship with Ole Einar, one can only guess. It’s funny to read her comment now: “The only official information about my personal life will be the message about my marriage.” Still, the first official information came not about marriage, but about pregnancy, in April of this year.

In the summer of 2015, Ole Einar honored Minsk with his presence and even visited Daria in Raubichi. We captured their visit, but the stars did not talk to us. Moreover, Daria was angry that we discovered them and in response took a photograph of our photojournalist, which he was flattered by. In April 2015, at the “Race of Champions” in Tyumen, Bjoerndalen hugged her so much that it became clear to everyone: friendship had grown into love.

In October 2015, Soviet Sport journalist Dmitry Egorov reported that Domracheva was pregnant.

“I don’t have such information about my situation,” Daria told us then.

She appeared a few months later, in April:

30 years is a great age to have a child. I'll become a mother in the fall! This event is planned and very welcome,” Daria wrote on her website.

And Ole Einar became a frequent guest in Minsk. Now this is his home. In every sense of the word. He and Daria together control the construction of their country house, which is located near Minsk. The layout is by the Domrachev family, they are architects.

And if Domracheva does not discuss her personal life with the press, then Bjoerndalen is very frank. For example, he happily told the Norwegian press that:

Construction is going great. Daria has been building this house for many years. This big project, which I think will be completed within the next year... I think it will be great to spend a lot of time in Minsk. It's a beautiful city, we feel good there

It is absolutely certain that our child will speak two or even three languages. You need to know several languages, this is useful... I don’t speak that much Russian, I only understand it a little. I think I will teach it together with my child.

I hope I’ll become a good father... I’m not worried about what kind of mother Daria will be. It will be wonderful.

The timing of the pre-season altitude training coincides with Daria’s birth, where I will be present. In fact, this is something much more important than biathlon and altitude training... But I recognize that it will be a special combination - having a small child and playing sports at the highest level.

The next chapter of the exciting novel will be the birth of Daria. If in Norway they still can’t get an answer to the question of what citizenship the child will have, then in Belarus fans are arguing about where she will give birth.

We have no doubt that royal conditions will be created for Domracheva in Minsk. What can I say, the whole country will give birth with her! And this is not just guesswork. In April 2014, Daria, together with Alexander Lukashenko, worked on the construction of a new obstetrics and gynecology building of the 5th city clinical hospital as part of a republican cleanup.

Then the president told her:

Here, Dasha, we will give you a separate room. And give me twins.

The head physician of the hospital, Mikhail Nazarchuk, told Komsomolskaya Pravda that the ward is ready:

And what about preparing it - all our rooms are excellent, even if you go to bed now: beautiful, comfortable, single-occupancy.

What if I give birth with Bjoerndalen?

Then we’ll put it in a double room: upholstered furniture, it’s beautiful, it won’t be embarrassing. There are even two-room VIP rooms: in one room there is a mother and child, in the other the father can relax. The rooms are separated by a door. This room has a plasma TV, refrigerator, shower, and toilet. There is a separate medical staff assigned to this ward, with a separate midwife. So childbirth is only in our maternity hospital.

The couple is expecting a girl. And at the beginning of next year, Daria wants to return to the ski track.

It has finally happened. King and Queen of Biathlon. They did this without fanfare, limiting themselves to one eloquent photograph and a post on social networks “What a beautiful day!” The Norwegian never liked to show off the details of his personal life. This applied to both the beginning of their relationship and the divorce from the previous wife. Natalie Santer. They even announced the imminent birth of their first child already when it was difficult to hide the obvious. Therefore, in terms of the scale of sports weddings, this one is unlikely to make it into the top 10 this year, but the status and importance of its participants will surpass others, at least in this century.

Last week, social networks circulated details of a wedding in Venice. Bastian Schweinsteiger And Ana Ivanovic. “Sports wedding of the year”, “congratulations to the most athletic couple” - the headlines were full of them, but compared to Bjoerndalen and Domracheva, these guys are just pathetic losers, which the past Euro and Wimbledon once again confirmed. It is difficult to find a couple in the history of sports in which the most titled athlete in the history of sports chose a companion of the same status. Bjoerndalen's collection includes eight gold Olympic medals, a record that will not soon be broken in biathlon, and Daria is the only natural owner of three personal gold medals in women's biathlon.

Of unions of this magnitude, only the wedding of the king and queen of tennis in the 90s comes to mind Andre Agassi And Steffi Graf, but that was already in the last century. Once the most beautiful couple in biathlon, the Poiret couple broke up long ago, and their successes pale in comparison to the achievements of Bjoerndalen and Domracheva. The Union of American Star Athletes Marion Jones And Tim Montgomery was overshadowed by one of the biggest scandals in the history of sports.

How one meeting changed the world of biathlon

About how Bjoerndalen extended his youth and why the family will not allow Domracheva to return to her previous level. One can only imagine what their fate would have been like if there had not been that meeting at the Tyumen Region Governor's Cup in April 2012. Bjoerndalen most likely would have already finished. He would live a quiet, measured life in Toblach, teach the kids to ski and be adored by his wife and all her many relatives. Without a new spark, it is unlikely that we would have seen the king’s renaissance in Sochi and his triumph two years later at the home world championship. Most likely, Bjoerndalen's departure would have been difficult, amid whispers that it was high time to give way to the young and not disgrace ourselves by taking 30th place.

Compared to Bjoerndalen and Domracheva, these guys are just pathetic losers, which the past Euro and Wimbledon once again confirmed.

Without meeting Bjoerndalen, Daria would not have been the one whom the whole world admired in Sochi. Bjoerndalen shared his incomparable experience with her all these years and helped her with sensible advice. If his centuries-old achievements still help bring a 40-year-old body to its peak, then for a woman in her prime they became the key to success, first in Sochi, and then to winning the long-awaited World Cup. For Domracheva, there are now no unconquered peaks left, and she can calmly devote herself to her family, doing biathlon for her own pleasure, until the replacement grows up in Belarus. If it weren’t for this meeting, she would still remain in the cup cage, hungry and dreaming of taking revenge in Pyeongchang, and would not have left her, albeit formal, but.

Where will the unique genes go?

They will perform together again at the Olympics in Korea, but we can hardly expect a repeat of the Sochi extravaganza. For Bjoerndalen, these Games will be the last start. At 44 years old, it will be even more difficult to show something serious in personal races. The thing is that any day there may come a time when the body can no longer cope with the load and the results will go down sharply. Domracheva will probably face the choice of continuing her career until the next Games or ending it and giving birth to a second child. In the case of the first choice, Ole Einar may well go on maternity leave himself - this is a very common practice among Norwegian men.

But even after leaving the sport, the star couple will not go unnoticed. The future young father has already announced that their first-born will speak three languages: Norwegian, Russian and English, but everyone is interested in how the amazing gene pool will be used and in what sport, not necessarily biathlon. Much will depend on the wishes of the father himself. If the Great and Terrible decided to use his coaching talent on his son and will train him from childhood as hard as he did himself, then the child will be fed up with sports even before reaching the professional level.