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02/21 06:09 CST 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's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo completed 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 single Winter Olympics.
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.
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.
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AP Winter Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
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