Tesero (Italy), Feb. 21 -- Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo crowned a historic Winter Olympic campaign on Saturday, capturing his sixth gold medal at Milan-Cortina as Norwayswept the 50km mass start podium.
"To be able to finish it up with six out of six, there couldn't be a better way to do that," Klaebo said. "Italy has treated me well this Olympics."The triumph completed a remarkable clean sweep of all six men's cross-country skiing events and set a new record for the most gold medals won by a single athlete at one Winter Olympics.
With the win, Klaebo surpassed the 46-year benchmark set by American speed skating great Eric Heiden, who claimed five gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, according to Xinhua.
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