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Winter Olympics 2026: Team USA takes silver in cross-country team sprint as Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo sets record
Defeating Noway and the dominant Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo was going to be an impossible task for every team taking part in the men’s cross-country team sprint Wednesday. Of all the other teams to compete, the U.S. came the closest, picking up a silver-medal finish in the event.
Team USA’s Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher got stronger as the event progressed, eventually finishing just 1.4 seconds behind Klaebo and Einar Hedegart for the silver.
It marked Ogden’s second medal of the 2026 Olympics. He also won the silver in the cross-country sprint, becoming the first U.S. male cross-country skier to medal since 1976. It was Schumacher’s first-ever Olympic medal.
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