US EditionKlaebo 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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After every Olympic Games, it is also interesting to look at the list of the best athletes who have thrilled, amazed or surprised the sports public with their successes. All three could also be attributed to six-time Olympic champion Norwegian Johannes Hoesflot Klaeb, if a similar film had not been made at last year's World Championships in Trondheim.
How Johannes Klaebo’s 6 gold medals rank among the all-time Olympic performances
If you want to win a lot of gold medals at an Olympics, you can be Johannes Klaebo, the cross-country skier who won all six of his events at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. His latest was the gold Saturday in the 50-kilometer mass start individual race.
Touch the 18 km/h with a 15% slope, lives in enclosure only to dominate on the skis: yesterday closed the circle in the 50 km
Johannes Klaebo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 golds at a Winter Games as Norway sweeps 50km mass start
TESERO, Italy — 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 setting the record for the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics. Klaebo’s victory in the 50-kilometer mass start race broke 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’…
Norway's Johannes Klaebo wins 6th gold at Olympics, breaks Eric Heiden mark
TESERO, Italy -- Johannes Klaebo led a Norwegian podium sweep in the men's 50km classic cross-country race on Saturday to claim his sixth gold of the Milan Cortina Games and break the record for most titles in a single Winter…
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