Genually nice guys. The first time I heard about Terje Bø was when the long time commentator for NRK on the biathlon shooting arena, Ola Lunde, told the viewers about the greatest talent he had ever seen as long as he had followed biathlon. The way he described Terje Bø gave the impression that we really had something special coming up. And when the guy eventually arrived at the national scene he started talking about his worries that - although he had high hopes for his own chances to succeed - he might be surpassed by his younger brother rather soon.
Terje is the sencible one who works hard and is very diligent in his training. He has had a string of health problems, especially he had huge problems recovering from a twar virus attack, that really set him back and maybe deprived him of his best years. Johannes has benefitted greatly from an insane natural talent and great technical abilities. He is even described as a bit lazy and unstructured in his training, but when he "wakes up", he is just a freak of nature. He also has some hang ups on details and last season he experimented a lot on details with his weapon. Not always very wise, but at least he would get all options out of his head before the olympics. Both are of course very competitive also in all other matters than biathlon. I would also describe them as very intelligent.
They are portrayed as positive, good humored and humble. And it is very true. Although they can sometimes be a bit cocky, it is always done with some charm or tongue in cheek and they have never grown to full of themselves. Always crediting their teammates, their coaches and with great respect to their competitors. I can understand why some Norwegian skiers are disliked, but when it comes to the Bø-brothers I don't understand why anyone would have any reasons to dislike them other than being excellent at what they do.