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TESERO, Italy (AP) — Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo cruised to a sixth Olympic gold medal in his opening race of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics in males’s skiathlon Sunday.
The 29-year-old was within the lead pack all through, hammering rivals within the dash to finish in 46 minutes, 11 seconds, forward of Mathis Desloges of France and Norwegian pacemaker Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, who have been 2.0 seconds and a pair of.1 seconds behind.
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The French escaped immediate disqualification after snowboarding by way of the cones to chop a nook, with judges anticipated to overview the race.
Challengers Edvin Anger of Sweden and Norway’s Harald Oestberg Amundsen suffered falls within the icy course.
Klaebo entered because the clear favourite within the 20 kilometer skiathlon, that splits the race between basic and freestyle methods, with athletes switching skis halfway. This 12 months marks the primary Olympic Video games the place each women and men race an equal 20 kilometer distance, with males lowering the gap from 30 kilometers.
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AP Winter Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
