Norwegian Johannes Klebo carved his name into the history of sports, after winning his third gold medal at the 25th Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, equaling the record of eight Olympic titles at the Winter Olympics. Klebo celebrated in the 10-kilometer cross-country skiing event (20:36,2 minutes), winning by 4,9 seconds ahead of Frenchman Mathis Deloze and 14 seconds faster than his compatriot Einar Hedergaard.
Klebo was behind on every pass, but in the last kilometer and a half in incredibly difficult conditions of high temperatures, he managed to find strength and finish the race as a champion.
- I was afraid of this discipline and honestly didn't expect gold. I just tried to follow all the technical details to the maximum in the last section. It may sound boring, but that's how it is. I have three more competitions and I won't hide it, I want gold in all of them - emphasized the 29-year-old superstar.
He is now tied with eight golds with Bjorn Dali, Marit Bjergen and Ole Einar Bjorndalen on the all-time list.
- Klebo is the best Nordic skier of all time - the best biathlete Bjorndalen is clear.
Like Kleb, in the incomparably more difficult discipline - the sprint biathlon, the champion's coat was shown by the Frenchman Quentin Fillon-Mayer (22;53,01 minutes). He lagged behind his compatriot Emilien Jacqueline in the last 1,4 kilometers, and then "stepped on the gas". Jacqueline, who spent just over six seconds on all 10 targets he shot, ultimately missed out on bronze by just two hundredths of a second (16,01 seconds behind). The rest of the podium was taken by the Norwegians Vetle Kristiansen with 13,7 seconds behind, and the lucky Sturla Legrejd (15,9).
Fillon-Mayer won his fourth Olympic gold in biathlon and is now only ahead of the legendary Bjorndalen with eight, Frenchman Martin Fourcade (6) and Norwegian Johannes Bo (5).
In the 10.000-meter speed skating race, Czech Metodij Jilek won in 12:33,43 minutes, while Russian Vladimir Smiruniy, who has been competing for Poland for four years, was 5,65 seconds behind. Bronze went to Dutch veteran Jorit Bergsma, 40, 7,05 seconds behind the winner.
In snowboard cross, Australian Josie Buff won, ahead of Czech Emma Adamkova and domestic competitor Michela Mojoli.
Yuto Totsuka from Japan won the gold medal in the men's snowboarding - halfpipe, his compatriot Risei Yamada took bronze, and Australian Scotty James earned silver.
The condition of the great champion Lindsey Vonn is also known. She will have to undergo another operation in Italy, and then she will have another operation in America, which will be her fifth after a fall in the downhill.
Tomorrow, the first run of the men's giant slalom will start at 10 am, and the spectacle - the large ski jump - will start at 6:45 pm. Domen Prevc managed to set a ski jump record of 143,5 meters during training.
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