Victory in 50km mass start breaks record from 1980
Teammates Nyenget and Iversen lock out podium
Johannes Hoesflot Klæbo completed an 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.
The Norwegian’s victory in the 50km mass start race shattered the nearly 50-year record set by the 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.
Klæbo’s teammates, Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, took silver, and Emil Iversen, won bronze in a Norwegian sweep. The three Norwegians broke out to an early lead and then continued to build the gap on their chasers.
