Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has powered Norway to a record-breaking Winter Olympics by winning all six men’s cross-country ski races at the Milan Cortina Games. With a Norway sweep in the 50-kilometer mass start on Saturday, the nation hit winter Olympics records with 18 golds and 40 medals total.
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Maren Kirkeeide, of Norway, left, and Marthe Krakstad Johansen, of Norway, cross the finish line in the women’s 12.5-kilometer mass start biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Gold medalist Anna Odine Stroem, of Norway, applauds as silver medalist Eirin Maria Kvandal, also of Norway, celebrates and bronze medalist Nika Prevc, of Slovenia, right, applauds after the ski jumping women’s large hill individual at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Predazzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. Gold medalists Andreas Skoglund and Jens Luraas Oftebro, of Norway, pose after finishing the nordic combined team sprint at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, crosses the finish line to win the gold medal during the cross country skiing men’s 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, crosses the finish line to win the gold medal during the cross country skiing men’s 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Silver medalist Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, gold medalist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo and bronze medalist Emil Iversen, all three of Norway, pose on the podium of the cross country skiing men’s 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Silver medalist Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, gold medalist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo and bronze medalist Emil Iversen, all three of Norway, pose on the podium of the cross country skiing men’s 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Maren Kirkeeide, of Norway, left, and Marthe Krakstad Johansen, of Norway, cross the finish line in the women’s 12.5-kilometer mass start biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Maren Kirkeeide, of Norway, left, and Marthe Krakstad Johansen, of Norway, cross the finish line in the women’s 12.5-kilometer mass start biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Gold medalist Anna Odine Stroem, of Norway, applauds as silver medalist Eirin Maria Kvandal, also of Norway, celebrates and bronze medalist Nika Prevc, of Slovenia, right, applauds after the ski jumping women’s large hill individual at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Predazzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. Gold medalist Anna Odine Stroem, of Norway, applauds as silver medalist Eirin Maria Kvandal, also of Norway, celebrates and bronze medalist Nika Prevc, of Slovenia, right, applauds after the ski jumping women’s large hill individual at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Predazzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. Gold medalists Andreas Skoglund and Jens Luraas Oftebro, of Norway, pose after finishing the nordic combined team sprint at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Gold medalists Andreas Skoglund and Jens Luraas Oftebro, of Norway, pose after finishing the nordic combined team sprint at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. His half-dozen golds helped catapult Norway to new heights in first-place finishes and total Winter Games medals. Klaebo has plenty of company atop the podium. The nation has won big on cross-country skis — in classic and freestyle races and Nordic combined in Tesero, and biathlon in Anterselva.The latest records build on Norway’s dominance in the Winter Games: It has more winter medals than any other country and has led the medal count in the past three Olympics.Six of Norway’s 18 gold medals through Saturday afternoon were won by Klaebo, though two were for relays involving teammates.won both the normal and large hills competitions, becoming the first woman to do so because it was the first year women jumped on the bigger hill. Stroem also won a silver inNorway won a pair of golds in men’s freestyle skiing. Birk Ruud won freeski slopestyle and Tormod Frostad won men’s freeski big air. In alpine skiing, Thea Louise Stjernesund won silver in women’s giant slalom and Henrik Kristoffersen got the bronze in the men’s slalom.stood atop the podium in all three competitions in Nordic combined, the sport that begins with a ski jump and ends with a cross-country ski race. Oftebro won individually on the normal and large hills and again in the team relay.On the women’s side, Ragne Wiklund hauled in three medals: silvers in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters and bronze in the 5000 meters.All of Heiden’s wins were in individual races and two of Klaebo’s have come in team events, so Heiden’s record for individual wins still stands.The biathlon team won 11 medals, led by Maren Kirkeeide, who won individual gold in the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint and silver in the 10-kilometer pursuit and was part of the bronze medal-winning four by 6-kilometer relay. On the men’s side, Johan‑Olav Botn won gold in the individual 20-kilometer and Johannes Dale‑Skjevdal won in the 15-kilometer mass start.Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen won an individual silver and shared a silver in the four by 7.5-kilometer race with Laegreid and Botn.Cross-country skiers captured the most medals, with Klaebo laying claim to nearly half of them — with a little help from his friends in the team relay and sprint titles. Teammates who won the four by 7.5-kilometer relay with Klaebo all enjoyed some hardware of their own. Martin Loewstrøm Nyenget won silver in the 50-kilometer mass start and bronze in the 20-kilometer skiathlon. Einar Hedegart also shared gold in the team sprint with Klaebo and won a bronze in the 10-kilometer interval start. Emil Iversen won bronze in the 50-kilometer race. Norwegian women beat dominant Sweden in the team four by 7.5-kilometer race and Heidi Weng, who was in that foursome, added an individual bronze in the 20-kilometer skiathlonThe gold medals beat its previous record of 16 won at the 2022 Beijing Olympics for the most won by a nation in a single Winter Olympics.
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