Ben Ogden becomes 1st U.S. man in 50 years to medal in cross-country

Ben Ogden of Team USA won the silver medal successful the cross-country sprint Tuesday astatine the Winter Olympics successful Italy.

The U.S. Ski Team said Ogden is the archetypal American antheral to triumph an Olympic medal successful cross-country skiing since Bill Koch successful 1976.

Ogden finished 0.8 seconds down Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, who blazed to his 2nd triumph to triumph his seventh Olympic golden medal.

Silver medalist Ben Ogden of Team USA celebrates connected the podium for the men's cross-country sprint astatine the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium successful Lago, Italy, Feb. 10, 2026. Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach

The 29-year-old Norwegian prima separated from the tract with a punishing precocious uphill tally to decorativeness successful 3 minutes, 39.8 seconds, easing disconnected successful the location stretch. Another Norwegian, Oskar Opstad Vike, placed third, 6.8 seconds down the leader.

Linn Svahn led a Swedish expanse successful the women's competition, edging defending Olympic champion Jonna Sundling with Maja Dahlqvist successful 3rd spot successful a contention watched by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf.

Top-ranked Jessie Diggins of the United States was eliminated successful the quarterfinals, compounding her disappointment aft a autumn successful her opening contention astatine the weekend.

Klaebo's 7 golden medals are 1 shy of the Olympic grounds successful cross-country skiing.

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