February 21, 2026
Olympic star makes Winter Games history as he captures sixth gold medal
Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo set a mark for most medals picked up in a single Winter Olympics on Saturday as he took home gold in the men's 50-kilometer mass start.
TL;DR
- Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won his sixth gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games in the 50-kilometer mass start.
- This victory establishes a new record for the most gold medals by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics.
- Klaebo broke the previous record of five golds set by Eric Heiden in 1980.
- Two of Klaebo's golds were in team events, while Heiden's record was for individual events.
- Klaebo's teammates Marin Loewstroem Nyenget and Emil Iversen won silver and bronze, respectively.
- Klaebo now has 13 Olympic gold medals in total, surpassing his earlier achievement of becoming the first Winter Olympian with at least 10 golds.
- Norway set a record for the most gold medals won by a nation at a single Winter Olympics with this win.
- Norway leads the overall medal count at these Olympics with 40 medals.
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