Overview
- Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher earned silver in the men’s team sprint in Tesero, Italy, the first U.S. men’s Olympic medal in that event.
- Gus Schumacher finished 1.4 seconds behind Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and held off Italy’s Federico Pellegrino on the final leg to secure second place.
- Norway took gold through Klæbo and teammate Einar Hedegard, pushing Klæbo’s career total to a Winter Olympics record of 10 gold medals.
- Ogden had previously ended a 50-year U.S. men’s medal drought in cross-country skiing by taking silver in the individual sprint earlier in the Games.
- Jessie Diggins and Julia Kern placed fifth in the women’s team sprint, and officials reported a brief dog-on-course incident during the heats that did not affect results.