He ultimately secured sixth place with a commendable time of 21:06.3, marking his best-ever performance at a Winter Olympic games. However, it wasn’t all smooth sailing for Musgrave.

Owing to unusually warm temperatures, he had to sport a rather striking vest. He then had to abruptly exit an interview due to feeling sick.

Discussing the incident, Musgrave said: “Quite often with shorter, harder races, when we push with super-high lactic acid levels, I sometimes have to vomit at the end. That’s always a sign I have pushed it hard.

“It just came a bit quickly so I had to go for a little spew there. I’ve got mixed feelings. The position is fairly decent and I was feeling good.

“But when I’m out training every day, it’s not sixth spot I’m dreaming of. I’m not going to go and party tonight and pop the champagne or anything like that.

“The wax techs did an awesome job, so I had super good skis. I stuck to my plan well over the first two laps.

“It was hot so you don’t want to go out too hard, because it’s easy to push a bit too hard and then die. But I pushed a bit too hard on the last lap and those last two hills I was absolutely dying.

“I was never going to be in the fight for the medals. It was a long way up to the guys fighting for the podium. I should probably have been able to take fourth spot, though.

“After the first two laps, I felt like I had plenty in the tank – and could go up another gear. But I probably should have increased the speed a bit more gradually rather than losing my head with 2.5 kilometres to go.”

After his latest performance, Musgrave indicated he wasn’t contemplating retirement – just yet – although he acknowledged uncertainty about competing at the 2030 games. He said: “I don’t know. I have no plans for when I’m going to retire. I love skiing. I love training.

“There’s nothing else I want to do. I don’t feel any reason to think about retiring at the moment. But whether I’ve got another four years in me, I don’t know. We’ll see.”