Open the Na Gazeta.pl galleryThe three judges from the Norwegian sports federation (NIF) already know everything they wanted to know and will now come together to agree on a verdict, draft a justification and announce it.As judge Ivar Solberg promised, they should do it no later than in a month.It depends on their ruling whether Therese Johaug's career will only slow down sharply, but will be able to accelerate to the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, or will stop for a longer time.Disqualification for up to 14 months, as proposed by the Norwegian Anti-Doping Agency, will only be a slowdown.Each longer career risks losing its pace forever.And Johaug has never yet become an individual Olympic champion.She only won gold with the team.This is the only important title she lacks.But after two days of interrogations, analyzes, questions, reading reports about how the eyes of Therese Johaug were glazed and he broke the voice of former team doctor Fredrik Bendiksen, the observer of this trial at the Ullevaal stadium in Oslo, there is one more thing left in the mind - apart from the amount of the penalty - question: how is it possible that all these Norwegian golds of recent years have been forged in such chaos?How is it possible that over the last seven years we have built a picture of a team that has been doing everything, which has been driving rivals into bigger complexes since the Vancouver Olympics, has the most money, which even has employees to make sandwiches during the Tour de Ski, to players satiated hunger in time?Since those two days of trial show that nothing really works there, and the sandwich people should be moved to, for example, reading drug labels?Therese Johaug is the best skier of the last world championships, the last World Cups, the last Tour de Ski, but the doctor who is supposed to take care of her health during the summer training camp first forgets to take the burn medicine from Norway, then takes the medicine on the recommendation of an Italian pharmacist and not checks.He watches only briefly, but despite 30 years of experience in sports, he does not associate the name clostebol with an anabolic steroid.Although, as the trial judge Solberg said, there is no substance that ends in -bol and is not an anabolic.BO L. "Johaug is about these three letters," wrote the commentator "Dagbladet".The doctor did not recognize the word "DOPING" written in the red prohibition sign on the packaging.- I did not notice that this was a warning, I thought that this is the graphic design of drug packaging in Italy.It was only during the press conference, after the announcement that Therese had clostebol, when a TV journalist approached me and showed me a picture of this warning, that I realized what that meant - said Bendiksen.The doctor not only refused to give interviews before and after the interview, but also refused to even be photographed.He was about to cry during his testimony and once again took the blame on himself.- For four months I have been trying to understand why, despite the fact that I read the package of the drug "clostebol acetate", I did not associate it with a prohibited substance - said Bendiksen.He explained that he was looking for some antibacterial drug on Johaug's cracked mouth, the apothecary could not find anything for a long time and when they finally found the antibacterial ingredient in Trofodermin, he disregarded the other ingredients.Why didn't Therese Johaug check the medicine herself?Because she didn't know she should.This is what the hearing shows, because Therese's interviews showed that she even checks the tea.Therese also said during the hearing that she did not do the anti-doping course on time because the ski association neglected it.When it became known on the second day of the trial that the relationship had not neglected and was reminded of it by a special e-mail, Therese replied that she was sorry then, but that she had missed the e-mail.And on the days of the course meetings, there was also a day for the union sponsors, and she is then busy from morning to night.However, this course can be done on your own, via the Internet, it lasts 30 minutes.And Johaug finally did this course: the day after her doping setback was exposed.Almost all the other Norwegian nationals did the course with her.Because they had disregarded the union's request earlier.It was only after the announcement that Johaug had been diagnosed with clostebol that the union leaders finally stood firm and gave them 48 hours to do so.Although it was revealed in the summer of 2016 that Martin Johnsrud Sundby, a Norwegian who reigned supreme in men's races like Johaug in women's races, had a doping slip-up because his doctor chose his asthma medication wrong.But only after Johaug's case were training sessions, and already in 2017 the union added a new point to the contracts with skiers: that they should also check what they take.Though it seems as obvious as having to strap your skis on.Johaug did not have a check point in the contract at all, nor did she have the WADA anti-doping application on her phone, even though the union recommended that it be installed.- I tried to download it, but it only worked on IPhons, and I have Huawei with Android.I know that other skiers from the team also did not want to install - Johaug explained to the judges.Let us remind you that all this happened during the trial, the essence of which was the assessment of whether Johaug had completed the efforts to protect herself from unknowingly taking doping or not.Because there were no indications that it could only be masking serious doping with the use of clostebol cream.If it was taken unknowingly, it could be punished by one to two years.If it were conscious - two to four.In this chaos that emerges from Johaug's testimony and witnesses, there is only one thing sacred: obey the instructions of the staff physician.On July 20, it was revealed that Sundby lost the World Cup and the Tour de Ski victory because a male doctor had mismatched the dose of Ventolin for the nebuliser at least twice, but on September 5, Therese Johaug started the treatment with clostebol cream, regardless of anything but the doctor's instructions.She did not notice the "DOPING" on the box, which she quickly threw away, did not read the end of the leaflet.- In this case, exercising diligence is asking the staff physician.Therese was not even required to look at the packaging - said the advocate of the runner Christian Hjoert."But if you had followed this course in time, would you have acted differently if you had received the Trofodermin?"asked Judge Solberg."No, I would still listen to the doctor because he is an expert here," Johaug replied.And she was echoed by Marit Bjoergen, who had been called in as a defense witness.- I'd do anything like Therese.I would trust a staff physician one hundred percent, especially one like Fredrik Bendiksen.I have known Therese since 2007, she has always been very diligent, well-organized and positive about various anti-doping activities.I would trust the doctor as much as she does.Today, we have clearly ordered that you also check the drugs yourself, but the doctor remains the best source - said Bjoergen.Throughout the trial, no "maybe" or "if" came from Johaug's part.No, she had done everything right about Trofodermin from start to finish.And the fact that she is now sitting in a hall at Ullevaal stadium and has to explain it is kind of absurd, she said.It would have been enough for Therese Johaug to glance at the box, and we wouldn't be sitting here.It is incomprehensible how an athlete making millions could ignore such a basic security.Every day on the tube she was taking, Therese Johaug could see: clostebol.The fact that you are in the frame and have a doctor in it is no excuse.We are talking about the Olympic champion and the world champion, she should know such things - said Nils Kiaer, a representative of the Norwegian anti-doping agency, in the speech closing the trial, that is formally: the prosecutor in this trial.Kiaer defended the agency's proposal that a penalty of 14 months would be the best in this case.He agreed with the defense that the principle of proportionality of punishment to guilt was important.And he applied this proportionality, but within the limits set by WADA as a penalty: from one to four years for such an offense.- It is impossible to go below 12 months in this case.In recent years, the requirements have been tightened and only two times have the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne (TAS) gone below the minimum required by WADA - said Kiaer, emphasizing that the judges' verdict will be very important for the world of sport, because it concerns the fundamental principle of responsibility athletes for what substances they take.The three judges must take into account when issuing a judgment that an overly lenient sentence will be challenged by the International Ski Federation or WADA.And the protest does not have to be appealed to the Norwegian sports federation, maybe right away to the TAS.Judge Solberg reminded Johaug and her attorney that in similar cases, TAS had not imposed penalties of less than 16 months (such a penalty would mean Johaug would not have had time to qualify for the Olympics).And in the final hour of the hearing, Thursday, he was asking the skier's lawyer what he thought about the Sundby case."Why did TAS find Sundby complicit when he overdosed on drugs by a doctor's mistake?"- There was a question of using the nebulizer outside the hospital, such use should be a warning signal for the athlete.Besides, the treatment was permanent there, and here it was only temporary lubrication of the lips with ointment.A nebulizer requires more caution than a tube of cream, replied Hjoert.But his successor, Nils Kiaer, recalled one detail on behalf of the accusers.- The attorney, citing the TAS ruling, omitted an important passage: the Court pointed out to Sundby that he relied only on the professionalism of the doctor, and did not check the WADA regulations himself - said Kiaer.Soon after, the trial was over.But after these two days it is hard to imagine that the appeal will not be continued.Ana Ivanović ended her career!See her most beautiful photos [GALLERY]