"MILAN (AP) Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo set the record for the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics as the Norwegian star completed his historic gold medal sweep of the men's cross-country skiing events on Saturday. Klaebo's triumph in the 50-kilometer mass start race was his sixth victory at the Milan Cortina Games and shattered the nearly 50-year record set by American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five golds in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. Klaebo's teammates, Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, took silver, and Emil Iversen won bronze in a Norwegian sweep."
"The win extends Klaebo's record for most career Winter Olympic gold medals to 11 over three Games. The previous record had been eight, which Klaebo broke Feb. 15. Klaebo has the second-most Olympic golds overall. U.S. swimming great Michael Phelps has 23. No gold for Stolz Jordan Stolz missed out on his chance to become the first man since 1994 to collect three gold medals in long track speedskating at one Olympics, with the American finishing fourth in the mass start behind 40-year-old champion Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands. Bergsma is the oldest man to win a speedskating gold, finishing ahead of Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark and Italy's Andrea Giovannini."
"The gold in the women's mass start also went to a Dutch skater: reigning world champion Marijke Groenewoud. Ivanie Blondin of Canada was the silver medalist for the second Games in a row, followed by Mia Manganello of the U.S. with the bronze."
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won the 50-kilometer mass start to claim his sixth gold at Milan Cortina, breaking the single-Games Winter Olympic record previously held by Eric Heiden. Klaebo's teammates Martin Loewstroem Nyenget and Emil Iversen completed a Norwegian sweep of the event. The victory raised Klaebo's career Winter Olympic gold total to 11, giving him the second-most Olympic golds overall behind Michael Phelps. In speedskating, Jorrit Bergsma won the men's mass start at age 40, while Jordan Stolz finished fourth. Marijke Groenewoud won the women's mass start. The U.S. earned a record 11th gold in mixed aerials, and Canada beat the U.S. for women's curling bronze.
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