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Michael Phelps has company.
Since 2008, the iconic swimmer was the only Olympic athlete to win double-digit gold medals – until now.
Norwegian Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won a 10th gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games on Wednesday.
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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo joined Michael Phelps as the only other Olympians to hold 10 gold medals. (Lars Baron, Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Klaebo, 29, who was racing with Einar Hedegart, won the men’s team sprint for his fifth gold medal at the 2026 Games, finishing in 18 minutes and 28.9 seconds.
Klaebo won every race he entered at these Games, breaking the Winter Olympics record in the 4×7.5 kilometer relay on Sunday.
As one might imagine, Klaebo also dominated the world championships, winning 15 titles. Of his 30 medals in international competition, 25 are gold.
Norwegian Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo celebrates after crossing the finish line for Norway to win gold in the men’s team cross-country sprint freestyle final event of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Tesero Cross-Country Stadium in Lago di Tesero (Val di Fiemme), February 1, 2021. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images)
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Phelps won 23 gold medals in four Olympics from 2004 to 2016, including an 8-for-8 finish at the 2008 Beijing Games. He won six in Athens, four in London and five in Rio de Janeiro.
Klaebo is now the only Winter Olympic athlete to win 10 gold medals – the next three closest are all Norwegian, each with eight but no longer active. It is therefore safe to say that Klaebo’s file will be intact for at least a little while.
Gold medalist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway stands on the podium during the medal ceremony for the men’s 4 x 7.5 km team relay on the ninth day of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at the Tesero Cross-Country Stadium on February 15, 2026 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. (Davide Barbieri/NordicFocus/Getty Images)
He will aim for a score of 6 out of 6 at these Games in Saturday’s 50-kilometer mass start. With a victory, Klaebo would join three swimmers – Phelps (twice), Mark Spitz and Kristin Otto – and gymnast Vitaly Scherbo with at least six gold medals at a single Olympics.
