Winter Olympics: Ben Ogden takes home silver medal for Team USA

American Ben Ogden earned Team USA its third medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Ogden picked up the silver medal in the men’s sprint classic cross-country race with a time of 3:40.61. He finished behind Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, who crossed the line with a time of 3:39.74. He finished ahead of Norway’s Oskar Opstad Vike, who had a time of 3:46.55.

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Norway, Sweden and Finland are usually the countries that dominate cross-country skiing. Ogden’s podium finish was the first for an American in the discipline. American men had not won a medal in any cross-country event since Bill Koch in 1976.

Ogden finished first in the second quarterfinal race over Sweden’s Alvar Myhlback, Italy’s Federico Pellegrino and Finland’s Lauri Vuorinen. American teammate JC Schoonmaker was also in contention for a place in the final, but he fell short in his semi-final run.

Ben Ogden of the United States holds the American flag after winning the silver medal in the men’s cross country sprint classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Tesero, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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Ogden is no stranger to the history books of American cross-country skiing. He and his teammates took home a silver medal at the 2018 World Junior Ski Championships in Switzerland, the first medal for the United States at the junior worlds.

He made his Olympic debut in 2022 in Beijing, finishing 12th in the tournament. Four years later, Ogden can now call himself an Olympic medal winner.

Ben Ogden of the United States leads in a quarterfinal of the men’s cross-country sprint classic at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Tesero, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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For Norwegian Klæbo, he has now brought home the gold at the last three Olympics.