Olympic star makes Winter Games history as he captures sixth gold medal

Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo acceptable himself isolated from each different Winter Olympian who came earlier him connected Saturday during the Milan Cortina Games.

Klaebo won his sixth golden medal of the Games – this 1 coming successful the 50-kilometer wide start. He acceptable the grounds for the astir golden medals by 1 jock successful a azygous Winter Olympics. He breaks a grounds acceptable by American speedskater Eric Heiden, who won 5 golds successful the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, poses aft winning the golden medal successful the transverse state skiing men's 50km wide commencement Classic astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.  (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Heiden inactive owns the idiosyncratic grounds arsenic 2 of Klaebo’s wins person travel successful squad events.

Klaebo’s teammates Marin Loewstroem Nyenget and Emil Iversen took location metallic and bronze respectively. The trio of Norwegians broke retired to an aboriginal pb and past continued to physique a spread connected their chasers.

Klaebo took implicit the pb arsenic they reached the last hill. He didn’t look backmost from there.

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Silver medalist Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, right, shakes hands with golden medalist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, some of Norway, aft the transverse state skiing men's 50km wide commencement Classic astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

He already entered Michael Phelps territory earlier successful the Games erstwhile helium became the archetypal Winter Olympian to person astatine slightest 10 golden medals. He present has 13 connected his resume. Phelps finished his vocation with 23.

The triumph gave Norway a grounds 18th golden medal and further accrued their pb successful the full medal number successful these Olympics to 40 overall.

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, left, Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, right, and Emil Iversen, each 3 of Norway, vie successful the transverse state skiing men's 50km wide commencement Classic astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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On Friday, the state acceptable a grounds for the astir golden medals won by a federation astatine a azygous Winter Olympics. Norway’s Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the 15-kilometer wide start.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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