Klaebo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 golds at a Winter Games as Norway sweeps 50km mass start - VOUX MAG

VOUX MAG

CELEBRITIES NEWS

Hot

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Home Unlabelled Klaebo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 golds at a Winter Games as Norway sweeps 50km mass start

Klaebo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 golds at a Winter Games as Norway sweeps 50km mass start

Klaebo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 golds at a Winter Games as Norway sweeps 50km mass start

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Norway'sJohannes Hoesflot Klaebocompleted his historic gold medal sweep of the men's cross-country skiing events on Saturday by winning his sixth race and set the record for the most golds by one athlete in a singleWinter Olympics.

Associated Press Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, from left, Emil Iversen and Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, all three of Norway, compete in the cross country skiing men's 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, from left, Martin Loewstroem Nyenget and Emil Iversen, all three of Norway, compete in the cross country skiing men's 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Theo Schely, of France, competes in the cross country skiing men's 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, of Norway, right, leads at the start of the cross country skiing men's 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, of Norway, from left, Emil Iversen, of Norway, and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, compete in the cross country skiing men's 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Milan Cortina Olympics Cross Country

Klaebo's victory in the 50-kilometer mass start race shattered the nearly 50-year record set by American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five golds in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

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.

Advertisement

Klaebo also extended his record for most career Winter Olympic gold medals to 11 over three Games. The previous record had been eight, which Klaebo broke Feb. 15.

AP Winter Olympics:https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics

Posted by at