Team USA picks up silver medal in cross-country skiing team sprint at Winter Olympics

Team USA’s cross-country skiing competitors continued to marque a lasting content astatine the Winter Olympics arsenic they picked up a metallic medal successful the squad sprint connected Wednesday.

Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher sealed the Americans’ 3rd medal successful the athletics with a metallic successful squad sprint. They duo finished down Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo and Einar Hedegart. The U.S. crossed the enactment with a clip of 18:30.35 conscionable nether 2 seconds down Norway.

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Ben Ogden, of the United States, left, competes successful the cross-country skiing men's squad sprint escaped astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.  (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Italy’s Elia Barp and Federico Pellegrino took location the bronze.

It’s the 2nd medal for Ogden, who won a metallic medal successful the classical sprint contention earlier successful the Games. Schumacher performed good connected the juniors circuit but Wednesday marked his archetypal Olympic medal.

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Ben Ogden, right, and Gus Schumacher, of the United States, observe with the American emblem aft winning the metallic medal successful the cross-country skiing men's squad sprint escaped astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Three medals for Team USA marked the astir successful cross-country skiing and could prime up a 4th successful the women’s squad sprint arsenic Jessie Diggins and Julia Kern are inactive to perform. Diggins won a bronze medal successful the 10-kilometer freestyle race.

The squad sprint has mostly been dominated by the Norwegian athletes. They person won golden medals successful the lawsuit the past 2 Olympics and successful 2010 successful Vancouver.

Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher, of the United States, airs aft winning the metallic medal successful the cross-country skiing men's squad sprint escaped astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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Klaebo has 5 golden medals successful this Olympics alone. He has 10 full golden medals connected his resume and 13 medals overall.

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