Klaebo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 golds at Winter Games
TESERO, Italy — Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo accomplished his historic gold medal sweep of the lads’s cross-country snowboarding occasions on Saturday by profitable his sixth race and setting the report for probably the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics.
Klaebo’s victory within the 50-kilometer mass begin race shattered the almost 50-year report set by American velocity skater Eric Heiden, who gained 5 golds within the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.
All of Heiden’s wins had been in particular person races and two of Klaebo’s have are available staff occasions, so Heiden’s report for particular person wins nonetheless stands.
Klaebo mentioned he was overwhelmed with feelings crossing the end line and could not describe how he felt after repeating the feat he completed at final 12 months’s world championships in Trondheim, Norway, when he gained all six occasions.
(*6*) he mentioned. “It still feels really good to race, and I’m always looking forward to going out there and fighting for the medal.”
Klaebo’s teammates, Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, took silver, and Emil Iversen, gained bronze in a Norwegian sweep.
“I’m starting to believe maybe he is a machine,” Nyenget mentioned of Klaebo, who sprinted uphill previous him at the top to win in his trademark trend. “It’s close to impossible to beat him in the finish.”
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 profitable transfer.
As the 2 reached the ultimate hill, Klaebo actually ran away from Nyenget and was sure 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.
France’s Theo Schely completed fourth, almost three minutes again and Savelii Korostelev, a Russian competing as a person impartial athlete, completed fifth at 3:38.3 again.
The highest-placed US skier was Gus Schumacher, who gained a silver in a staff relay, in thirteenth place.
The win extends Klaebo’s report for many profession Winter Olympic gold medals to 11 over three Games. The earlier report had been eight, which Klaebo broke Feb. 15.
Klaebo has the second-most Olympic golds general. US swimming nice Michael Phelps is 23.
The win gave Norway a report 18th gold medal and additional elevated their lead within the whole medal rely in these video games to 40 general.
The nation set the report Friday for probably the most gold medals gained by a nation at a single Winter Olympics when biathlete Johannes Dale-Skjevdal gained the 15-kilometer mass begin race.
