Norway's Klaebo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 golds at a Winter Games
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Key Points:
- Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won his sixth gold medal at the Winter Olympics by triumphing in the 50-kilometer mass start cross-country skiing race, setting a new record for the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Games.
- Klaebo surpassed the nearly 50-year-old record of five golds set by American speed skater Eric Heiden in 1980, though Heiden still holds the record for individual race wins.
- Norway swept the podium in the event with Martin Loewstroem Nyenget taking silver and Emil Iversen bronze, highlighting the country's dominance in cross-country skiing.
- Klaebo’s total of 11 career Winter Olympic gold medals is the most ever
