Winter Olympics recap: Klaebo completes historic sweep in cross-country, Stolz 4th in speedskating

MILAN — Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo set the record for the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics as the Norwegian star completed his historic gold medal sweep of the men's cross-country skiing events on Saturday.

Klaebo's triumph in the 50-kilometer mass start race was his sixth victory at the Milan Cortina Games and shattered the nearly 50-year record set by American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five golds in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

Klaebo's teammates, Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, took silver, and Emil Iversen won bronze in a Norwegian sweep.

The win extends Klaebo's record for most career Winter Olympic gold medals to 11 over three Games. The previous record had been eight, which Klaebo broke Feb. 15.

Klaebo has the second-most Olympic golds overall. U.S. swimming great Michael Phelps has 23.

No gold for Stolz

Jordan Stolz missed out on his chance to become the first man since 1994 to collect three gold medals in long track speedskating at one Olympics, with the American finishing fourth in the mass start behind 40-year-old champion Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands.

The gold in the women's mass start also went to a Dutch skater: reigning world champion Marijke Groenewoud. Ivanie Blondin of Canada was the silver medalist for the second Games in a row, followed by Mia Manganello of the U.S. with the bronze.

Golden record for U.S.

The United States Olympic team won its record-breaking 11th gold medal of the Games when the trio of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Chris Lillis took the title in mixed aerials.

The 11th gold breaks the country's record set at the last Olympics on U.S. soil — in Salt Lake City in 2002.

Finland crushes Slovakia for hockey bronze

Erik Haula scored two goals and Joel Armia had a goal and two assists for Finland, which also got bronze in Sochi in 2014 and in Vancouver in 2010, and left Turin in 2006 with silver.

The U.S. faces Canada for gold on Sunday.

Canada's curlers get gold and bronze

The Canadian men beat Britain for gold in curling while the women's team overcame its disappointment to beat the U.S, for the bronze.

Brad Jacobs' team defeated Bruce Mouat's all-Scottish squad 9-6 inside Cortina's historic ice arena to give curling powerhouse Canada it's only gold of the Olympics in the sport.

Rachel Homan's team had been upset by Sweden in the semifinals.

Humphries Armbruster gets Olympic mark

Kaillie Humphries Armbruster won her sixth career Olympic bobsled medal, tying monobob gold medalist Elana Meyers Taylor for the most by any woman in the sport's history.

The American claimed bronze in the two-woman race, behind Laura Nolte — who successfully defended her title — and Lisa Buckwitz.

Skimo's debut continues

Harrop and Anselmet finished the Stelvio course in a time of 26 minutes, 57.44 seconds, holding off the Swiss team of Marianne Fatton and Jon Kistler by 11.86 seconds. Spanish racers Ana Alonso Rodriguez and Oriol Cardona Coll captured the bronze.

Harrop had been favored to win the individual sprint race on Thursday and the first-ever skimo Olympic medal but finished behind Fatton. Anselmet was third in his race, with Cardona Coll claiming gold.

Italian one-two

Freeskiers Simone Deromedis and Federico Tomasoni added to the Olympic host country's medal haul with a 1-2 finish in the men's skicross final.

Deromedis dominated the four-skier final to win gold while Tomasoni needed a photo-finish to claim silver after stretching to barely beat Alex Fiva. They both celebrated with Italian flags draped over their shoulders as snow fell.

Italy's previous best Winter Olympics was the Lillehammer Games in 1994, when it picked up 20 medals.

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