Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pettersen akasarudzwa kuti apinde muchikwata cheNorway paMitambo yeOlympic yechando ya2010 muVancouver, kuCanada. Mumutambo wake wokutanga weOlympic,
mumakwikwi omunhu oga, akaiswa pachinhanho chechitanhatu, mumwe wevanhu vatatu vokuNorway vakapinda mumakwikwi okupedzisira. Gare gare akahwina menduru yegoridhe newaaitamba naye Petter Northug mumutambo wechikwata wekumhanyisa muchikamu chekupedzisira nemapoka anobva kuGerman neRussia. Pakutanga, Pettersen akanga asiri kuzokwikwidza mumutambo uyu, asi mukwikwidzi wepasi rose Ola Vigen Hattestad akasiya mutambo uyu pamusana pekurwara, uye Pettersen akasarudzwa kuzadza nzvimbo iyi. Zvikwata zvinoverengeka zvakanga zviri mukukwikwidza zvichitevera kuita kwaPettersen mukati mekutanga kwemakwikwi, uye kwakanga kusati kuri kusvikira mugomo wokupedzisira apo Northug akapfuura vadzivisi vake ndokutungamirira kupinda munhandare umo makwikwi akapera.