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Michael Phelps has company.
Since 2008, the iconic swimmer had been the only Olympian with double-digit gold medals – until now.
Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won a 10th gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Cortina Olympics in Milan on Wednesday.
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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo joined Michael Phelps as the only other Olympian with 10 gold medals. (Lars Baron, Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Klaebo, 29, racing with Einar Hedegart, won the men’s team sprint for his fifth gold at the 2026 Games, finishing in 18 minutes, 28.9 seconds.
Klaebo has won every race he has entered at these Games and broke the Winter Olympic record in Sunday’s 4×7.5-kilometer relay.
As one would imagine, Klaebo has also dominated world championships, winning 15 titles. Of his 30 medals in international competition, 25 are gold.
Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo celebrates after crossing the finish line for Norway to win gold during the men’s cross-country freestyle sprint final at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at the Tesero Cross-Country Stadium in Lago di Tesero (Val di Fiemme), Feb. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images)
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Phelps won 23 golds over four Olympics from 2004 to 2016, including 8-for-8 at the 2008 Games in Beijing. He won six in Athens, four in London and five in Rio de Janeiro.
Klaebo is now the only Winter Olympian to have won 10 gold medals – the next three are all from Norway, each with eight, but no longer active. So it’s safe to say that Klaebo’s record will be intact for at least a while.
Gold medalist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway stands on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Team Men’s 4 x 7.5 km relay on day nine of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at the Tesero Cross-Country Stadium on February 15, 2026 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. (Davide Barbieri/NordicFocus/Getty Images)
He will look to go 6-for-6 at these Games in Saturday’s 50-kilometer mass start. With a win, Klaebo would join three swimmers — Phelps (twice), Mark Spitz and Kristin Otto — and gymnast Vitaly Scherbo with at least six golds at an Olympics.
