Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won a record sixth gold medal at a single Winter Olympics
Klæbo's victory in the 50km mass start completed a Norwegian podium sweep
No athlete had previously won six gold medals at a single Winter Olympics
Norway leads the medal table with 40 total medals (18 gold)
Dutch speed skater Jorrit Bergsma won gold at age 40
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Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo achieved an unprecedented feat by winning his sixth gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Tesero during the final weekend of the 2026 Games, cementing his status as the most decorated athlete in cross-country skiing history. Klæbo's victory in the 50km mass start event was the culmination of two weeks of dominance, where he has skied a total of 93.5km across six events. His fellow competitor Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget remarked, 'I'm starting to believe maybe he is a machine,' after watching Klæbo's performance, as the Norwegian unleashed his signature finishing speed on the final uphill slope to secure gold, with Nyenget taking silver and Emil Iversen completing a Norwegian one-two-three podium sweep. This historic achievement places Klæbo in elite company, as no athlete had previously won six gold medals at a single Winter Olympics, surpassing even the legendary Norwegian skier Marit Bjørgen, who had three gold medals in one Games and remains the all-time Winter Olympic medal leader with 15 total medals.
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Athletic excellence, Olympic records, National dominance
Mass start is a format of starting in some racing sports such as long-distance running in sport of athletics, speed skating, long-distance cross-country skiing and biathlon.
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Tésero (Tiézer in local dialect) is a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located in the Val di Fiemme about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Trento.
The municipality of Tesero contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and haml...
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**Norway**, officially the **Kingdom of Norway**, is a Nordic country situated in Northern Europe. It occupies the western and northernmost portions of the Scandinavian Peninsula and maintains territory extending into the Arctic and Subantarctic regions.
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Winter Olympics briefing: king Klæbo’s greatness on show with sixth gold Norwegian cross-country skier achieved unprecedented feat with victory in the 50km mass start “I ’m starting to believe maybe he is a machine.” Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget was not alone in his assumption on the final weekend of an Olympics that has belonged to Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. Nyenget had as good a view as anyone of his fellow Norwegian’s sixth gold medal of the Games in the 50km mass start. It was not until the final uphill slope that Klæbo landed the killer blow. Nyenget had stayed with him until then and admirably fended off a couple of attacks on the final lap of the 7.2km course. It was inevitable, though, that when push came to shove, Klæbo would find another gear. “It’s close to impossible to beat him in the finish,” said Nyenget, who could only laugh as crossed the line for silver and Emil Iversen completed a Norway one-two-three. Nobody had won six gold medals at a Winter Olympics before this. Over the course of 14 days, across six events, he has skied 93.5km cross-country. But not for the first time, having swept all six events at last year’s world championships. His puffing competitors lined up to label him the greatest of all time in Tesero. “Johannes could probably have gone backwards faster than me up the last hill,” said Great Britain’s Andrew Musgrave. And he finished sixth. Marit Bjørgen, the legendary Norwegian cross-country skier who tops the all-time Winter Olympic medal table with 15, only ever managed three golds in one Games. Klæbo can not be blamed for losing count of his tally – “Is it 14 or something?” – he is actually still two away from Bjørgen. Norway leave the mountain sides of Tesero with 13 cross-country medals in total. Only France can match that sort of dominance on a sport with 13 of their own in the biathlon, the 23-year-old Océane Michelon leaving it late to claim the women’s mass start title on Saturday. “If you are not at the finish line it’s not finish...
