"After a little over two hours of racing Johannes Hsflot Klbo won his sixth gold medal of these Games when he beat his Norwegian teammate Martin Loewstroem Nyenget by just 17.4 seconds to win the men's 50km classic. The gold medal triumph meant the 29 year old set the record for the most gold medals in a single Winter Games, set by the US speed skater Eric Heiden when he won five at Lake Placid in 1980."
"Klbo now has a total of 11 Olympic gold medals, which puts him one ahead of the entire country of India on the all-time Olympic table. Were he a nation, he would be ninth in the 2026 medal table just for what he's done in this past fortnight, when he has competed in 10 races across 115km, in six different events, in the space of just 14 days, and won every single one of them."
Johannes Hsflot Klbo won the men's 50km classic by 17.4 seconds to claim his sixth gold medal of the Games. The victory broke the single-Winter-Games gold record previously set at five by Eric Heiden in 1980. Klbo, aged 29, now has 11 Olympic gold medals overall. He competed in 10 races covering 115km across six events in 14 days and won every event. No athlete has ever swept all cross-country events at a single Olympics. Only Michael Phelps has won more Olympic medals overall, with 23.
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