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Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo stood out from all the other Winter Olympians who preceded him on Saturday during the Milan Cortina Games.
Klaebo won his sixth gold medal of the Games, this time in the 50 kilometer mass start. He set the record for the most gold medals won by an athlete in a single Winter Olympic Games. He breaks a record set by American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five golds at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.
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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway poses after winning the gold medal in the men’s cross-country skiing 50 km mass start classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Heiden still holds the individual record, as two of Klaebo’s victories came in team events.
Klaebo’s teammates Marin Loewstroem Nyenget and Emil Iversen took silver and bronze respectively. The Norwegian trio took an early lead and then continued to open the gap on their pursuers.
Klaebo took the lead as they reached the last hill. He didn’t look back from there.
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Silver medalist Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, right, shakes hands with gold medalist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, both of Norway, after the men’s cross-country skiing 50 km mass start classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
He already entered Michael Phelps territory earlier in the Games when he became the first Winter Olympian to have at least 10 gold medals. He now has 13 on his resume. Phelps finished his career with 23.
The victory gave Norway a record 18th gold medal and further increased its lead in the total medal count at these Olympic Games to 40 in total.
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, left, Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, right, and Emil Iversen, all three from Norway, compete in the men’s cross-country 50 km mass start classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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On Friday, the country set a record for the most gold medals won by a nation in a single Winter Olympics. Norwegian Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the 15 kilometer mass start.
