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Norway and Sweden win Olympic cross-country team sprints

Klaebo earned his tenth career gold as Sundling and Dahlqvist won the women’s race.

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Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and Einar Hedegart won the Olympic men’s cross-country team sprint for Norway. The United States took silver through Gus Schumacher and Ben Ogden, finishing 1.4 seconds behind, while Italy’s Federico Pellegrino and Elia Barp claimed bronze.

Klæbo accelerated on the final uphill section to secure his fifth gold of Milano Cortina and tenth career Olympic title. Schumacher remained close into the finishing straight but could not displace the Norwegian pair.

Sweden’s Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist won the women’s team sprint. Switzerland’s Nadine Fähndrich and Nadja Kälin took silver, with Germany’s Coletta Rydzek and Laura Gimmler earning bronze after holding off Norway in a close finish for the final medal.

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