Norway’s Johannes Klaebo won the men's classic cross-country ski sprint with ease on Tuesday for his seventh career Olympic gold medal, while Linn Svahn led a Swedish podium sweep in the women's race at the Milano Cortina Games.

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo blazed to his second consecutive victory at the Milan Cortina Games in the cross-country sprint Tuesday and his seventh gold medal closed in on the Winter Olympics record.

The men’s and women’s cross-country skiing sprint classic finals of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics take place on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 at the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium.

Norwegian cross-country superstar Johannes Klaebo's explosive dash up a hill on skis in the closing moments of the Olympic classic sprint quickly became an internet sensation, casting the spotlight on a sport that often lacks the global fanfare of events such as figure skating or ice hockey.

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Bruised ribs are undermining American cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins' hopes of achieving something satisfying from her last Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina. Diggins was hurt in a fall in her opening race — the 20-kilometer skiathlon — on Sunday and the toll also limited her ability to put in a strong finish in the sprint classic on Tuesday in Tesero.