The men’s 10km interval start looked wide open early on. Several skiers posted fast splits, and for a while France’s Mathis Desloges appeared to be setting the pace. Klæbo, meanwhile, sat off the leaders through the opening checkpoints, skiing with a calm that almost felt calculated.
France United States 5 - 1 Czechia Friday, Feb. 6 Japan 3 - 2 France Czechia 3 - 4 Switzerland (SO) Saturday, Feb. 7 Germany 5 - 2 Japan Sweden 6 - 1 Italy United States 5 - 0 Finland Canada 4 - 0 Switzerland Sunday,
Norway's Johannes Klaebo overcame his biggest hurdle to cementing a spot in Winter Olympic history on Friday, taking gold in a race he had not yet won on the professional circuit and clearly sowing doubt among his competitors about whether he can be beaten.
TESERO, Italy, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Norway's Johannes Klaebo won the men's 10km freestyle cross-country ski race on Friday to earn his eighth Olympic title and equal the record for the most gold medals at the Winter Games. Mathis Desloges of France won silver, his second of this Olympics, while Norway's Einar Hedegart won the bronze.
The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,
The Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games are spread across 8,500 square miles in over a dozen venues.
It appears that the athletes at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are getting in some extra cardio when they aren’t getting in their reps on the ice or on the slopes. In a wild, yet entertaining report from Italian
Nordic combined has been part of the Winter Olympics since its beginnings in 1924. It requires precision, courage, strength and endurance to follow the “daredevil thrill” of ski jumping with a “physically exhausting cross-country ski race”, said The Associated Press. It makes for a “two-day event unlike any other”.
Eileen Gu, a freestyle skier, boasts an estimated net worth of $50 million, far above that of most of her competitors. One of the highest‑earning Winter Olympians ever, the vast majority of her income comes from endorsements and fashion contracts rather than prize money.