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MIlano Cortina 2026: Mikael gets Canada its first gold as Klaebo has become the most decorated Winter Olympian of all times
Canada after Mikael Kingsbury’s gold jumped to the 15th position on the tally with one gold, three silver and five bronze medals.
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Prabhjot Paul Singh - Sun, 15, Feb 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026. / Milano Cortina
Mikael Kingsbury did it for Canada. At last he put his country on the gold list as the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games are well past the halfway mark. The Games are not slowing down as they have already produced a legend, the most decorated Winter Olympian in Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, while continuing to provide a feast for the eyes on the ice and snow! Nine medal events were decided, including the first-ever skeleton mixed team and women’s ski jumping large hill events on Feb. 15. While there were so many standout performances at the midway stage that deserve mentioning, cross-country skiing king Johannes Høsflot Klæbo stole the show.
Others fighting for a place in the limelight include Alpine queen Federica Brignone, Canadian moguls legend Mikael Kingsbury, and British skeleton sensation Matt Weston. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo has been undisputed king of cross-country skiing. In the history of the Winter Olympic Games, no athlete has been more dominant than the Norwegian cross-country skiing phenom Klæbo.
Anchoring Norway to victory in the men’s 4 × 7.5 km relay, Klæbo became the first-ever athlete to win nine Winter Olympic golds across his career. He, along with teammates Emil Iversen, Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget and Einar Hedegart, finished 22.2 seconds ahead of France in silver and hosts Italy in bronze.
As the fight for supremacy continues both on ice and snow, Norway continued its domination on the medals tally by taking its swell to 12 gold, seven silver and seven bronze while the hosts Italy, though at number two in medals tally, has put to shade all its previous performances in Winter Olympic Games. With eight gold, four silver and 10 bronze medals, it never had so many medals in its bag ever. USA by adding yet another gold to its tally continued to hold its position at number three with five gold, eight silver and four bronze medals.
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Canada after Mikael Kingsbury’s gold jumped to the 15th position on the tally with one gold, three silver and five bronze medals.
The 29-year-old Klæbo clinched his fourth gold at Milano Cortina 2026 and doing so, overtakes three compatriots, Björn Dæhlie, Marit Bjørgen and Ole Einar Bjørndalen for the record for most gold medals at the Winter showpiece. And his total Olympic haul has touched a record nine.
Canadian freestyle skiing heavyweight Kingsbury added to his collection of Olympic medals as the first-ever men’s dual moguls champion. He claimed the gold ahead of silver medallist Ikuma Horishima of Japan in their head-to-head matchup. Australia’s Matt Graham won the small final for bronze.
Sweden and the Netherlands were tied at number four position with 11 medals, including five golds each. France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland have four golds each. Japan continues to lead the Asian challenge with three gold in a tally of 17 medals.
The 33-year-old Kingsbury now boasts a total of five Olympic medals, which include individual gold (PyeongChang 2018) and three silvers (Milano Cortina 2026, Beijing 2022 and Sochi 2014).
Martin Ponsiluoma shot quickly and cleanly on the last standing stage before skiing to his first Olympic medal in the men’s 12.5km pursuit. The Swedish biathlete was in second place before heading into the range, trailing France’s Émilien Jacquelin by 40 seconds.
The title slipped from Jacquelin’s grasp with two penalties as Ponsiluoma took advantage to claim the crown. Sturla Holm Lægreid of Norway won his third Olympic medal of these Games by taking silver, with Jacquelin settling for bronze.
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