Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I kōwhiria a Pettersen kia uru atu ki te kapa Norwegian i te 2010 Winter Olympics i Vancouver, Canada. I tana whakataetae Olympic tuatahi,
i te tauwhāinga takitahi, i noho ia hei tuaono, ko ia tētahi o ngā Norewihi tokotoru i eke ki te whakataetae whakamutunga. I muri mai ka wikitoria ia i te mētara koura me tana hoa kapa a Petter Northug i roto i te kaupapa sprint kapa i te mutunga tata ki nga roopu mai i Tiamana me Ruhia. I te timatanga, kaore a Pettersen e whakataetae i roto i te kaupapa, engari ko te tangohanga o te meneti whakamutunga a te toa o te ao a Ola Vigen Hattestad na te mate i waiho he waahi tuwhera, a ka tohua a Pettersen ki te whakakii. He maha nga tiima i tohe i muri i te mahinga a Pettersen i te waahanga tuatahi o te whakataetae, a tae noa ki te puke whakamutunga ka pahemo a Northug i ona hoa riri ka eke ki te ara ka uru ki te papa takaro i mutu ai te whakataetae.