Cross-country skiing lit up the snow at Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics!

The race schedule set the rhythm at Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
New champions rose — while the legends of Olympic cross-country skiing echoed through history.

20 km Skiathlon

Frida Karlsson set the pace in the classic leg and skated away solo, in a league of her own — while Johannes Høsflot Klæbo spoke gold, mastering the skiathlon to claim his first Olympic title in Milan Cortina.

Classic Sprint

Sprint supremacy belonged to Sweden with clean sweep and Linn Svahn taking gold, while Johannes Høsflot Klæbo left no room for error — delivering exactly what was expected and claiming another Olympic title.

Ben Ogden soared to silver — the first U.S. men’s Olympic cross-country medal since Bill Koch in 1976 — completing a full-circle moment after being mentored by Koch and growing up just miles from his Landgrove home.

He sealed it with a backflip — a promise to his 15-year-old self to land his signature move if he ever made an Olympic podium.

Skate 10 km interval start

Frida Karlsson claimed her second Olympic gold, while Johannes Høsflot Klæbo captured his first-ever Olympic 10 km skate title — and with Einar Hedegart racing at superior level, it was an Olympic day to remember.

Jessie Diggins won a gritty bronze medal — her third consecutive Olympic medal — powering through bruised ribs suffered in a crash during the skiathlon.

🥇 Gold – 2018 PyeongChang, Team Skate Sprint with Kikkan Randall
🥈 Silver – 2022 Beijing, Team Classic Sprint
🥉 Bronze – 2022 Beijing, 30 km Skate Mass Start
🥉 Bronze – 2026 Milan Cortina, 10 km Skate Interval Start

4 X 7.5 km relay

The new queens of cross-country skiing — Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs, Astrid Øyre Slind, Karoline Simpson-Larsen and Heidi Weng — struck gold for Norway, capitalizing as Sweden battled crashes.

On the men’s side, with Emil Iversen, Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget and Einar Hedegart setting the tempo, the man rewriting history — the most decorated Winter Olympian after this race, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo — delivered yet another gold.

Team Skate Sprint

The reigning World Champion duo is now the reigning Olympic Champion duo in the women’s Team Sprint — Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist delivered Sweden’s gold.

In the men’s race, Einar Hedegart was rock-solid in the setup, putting Johannes Høsflot Klæbo exactly where he wanted to be for Gold No. 5 — while Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher shook up the entire field for Team USA’s silver, the second silver of the Games for Ogden.