Klaebo turns into first athlete to win 6 golds at a Winter Games

TESERO, Italy — Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo accomplished his historic gold medal sweep of the boys’s cross-country snowboarding occasions on Saturday by profitable his sixth race and set the document for probably the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics.

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Klaebo’s victory within the 50-kilometer mass begin race shattered the practically 50-year document set by American pace skater Eric Heiden, who gained 5 golds within the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

All of Heiden’s wins have been in particular person races and two of Klaebo’s have are available in workforce occasions, so Heiden’s document for particular person wins nonetheless stands.

Klaebo’s teammates, Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, took silver, and Emil Iversen, gained bronze in a Norwegian sweep.

The three Norwegians broke out to an early lead after which continued to construct the hole on their chasers.

In the ultimate lap, Nyenget and Klaebo pushed uphill and dropped Iversen. Klaebo stayed in second ready to launch his textbook cost uphill.

As the 2 reached the ultimate hill, Klaebo actually ran away from Nyenget and was certain for glory.

As he glided towards the end, he pointed his fingers towards the sky, took one stride throughout the road, toppled over on his proper hip and rolled onto his again.

The win extends Klaebo’s document for many profession Winter Olympic gold medals to 11 over three Games. The earlier document had been eight, which Klaebo broke Feb. 15.

Klaebo has the second-most Olympic golds general. U.S. swimming nice Michael Phelps has 23.

The win gave Norway a document 18th gold medal and additional elevated their lead within the complete medal depend in these video games to 40 general.

The nation set the document on Friday for probably the most gold medals gained by a nation at a single Winter Olympics when biathlete Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the 15-kilometer mass start race.