Winter Olympics briefing: king Klæbo’s greatness on show with sixth gold

Norwegian cross-country skier achieved unprecedented feat with victory in the 50km mass start “I’m starting to believe maybe he is a machine.” Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget was not alone in his assumption on the final weekend of an Olympics that has belonged to Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. Nyenget had as good a view as anyone of his fellow Norwegian’s sixth gold medal of the Games in the 50km mass start. It was not until the final uphill slope that Klæbo landed the killer blow. Nyenget had stayed with ...

By Billy Munday