Norway is now unequaled when it comes to winter gold. A day after Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the 15-kilometer mass start race to set a new mark, Norway was back at it Saturday, sweeping the podium in the men's 50-kilometer mass start race to extend its Winter Games record with its 18th gold medal.

Norway is dominating the Milan Cortina Winter Games. It swept the men's 50-kilometer cross-country podium for its 18th gold, a Winter Olympics record, and set another mark by reaching 40 medals overall.

With his six medals at Milano Cortina, Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has broken​ and extended the previous record of eight for most career Winter Olympic gold medals.

The Norway Olympic Team racked up an incredible 40 total medals, setting a new standard for the most medals ever won at a single Winter Olympics. And that’s not all. Norway also topped its own gold-medal record from 2022 of 16 golds. This time around, Norway moved past that benchmark with 18 gold medals so far.

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo is officially 6-for-6: He's won gold in all six of his cross-country events at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Norway's 29-year-old Olympic legend entered rare air with one more signature kick on Saturday.

Johannes Klaebo won all six cross-country skiing events at this year's Winter Olympics, the surpassing Eric Heiden's five golds in 1980.

Klæbo's sixth title surpassed the long-standing mark of five gold medals established by American speed skater Eric Heiden at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid

Today sees Norway attempt to make further Olympic history and the United States go for curling and speed skating glory. Follow CNN for live updates on the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy.

While Norway rules the 2026 medal table, its hockey teams are at home — a stark difference from its Nordic neighbors Sweden and Finland.