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Klaebo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 golds at a Winter Games as Norway sweeps 50km mass start
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo set a new Winter Olympics record with six golds in one Games, surpassing Eric Heiden's 1980 mark; Norway achieved a medal sweep in the event.
- Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won his sixth gold medal at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in the 50-kilometer mass start, setting a new record for the most gold medals won by one athlete at a single Winter Games.
- Klaebo surpassed Eric Heiden's 1980 record of five gold medals at one Winter Olympics, though Heiden still holds the record for most individual golds because two of Klaebo's wins were in team events.
- Norway swept the 50km mass start with Klaebo winning gold, Martin Loewstroem Nyenget silver, and Emil Iversen bronze, after leading early and Klaebo taking the final lead uphill.
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Olympic star makes Winter Games history as he captures sixth gold medal
Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo set himself apart from every other Winter Olympian who came before him on Saturday during the Milan Cortina Games.Klaebo won his sixth gold medal of the Games – this one coming in the 50-kilometer mass start. He set the record for the most gold medals by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics. He breaks a record set by American speedskater Eric Heiden, who won five golds in the 1980 Lake Pl…
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