Sports · 22 February 2026
Johannes Dale-Skjevdal wins 15km mass-start biathlon gold for record-setting Norway
Exam-focused facts from the 22 February 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway shot 20/20 and finished in 39 minutes 17.1 seconds to claim gold in the men’s 15km mass-start biathlon at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games.
- Sturla Holm Laegreid, also of Norway, missed one target and took silver, 10.5 seconds behind Dale-Skjevdal.
- Quentin Fillon Maillet of France overtook Philipp Horn of Germany on the final hill to secure bronze, 25.6 seconds behind the winner.
- Norway’s 17th gold medal of the Games broke its own Winter Olympics record of 16 golds set at Beijing 2022.
- Norway now leads the overall medal table with 37 medals (17 gold), followed by Team USA with 27 medals (9 gold) and host Italy with 27 medals.
- Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway has won five golds at Milano Cortina, taking his career Olympic gold tally to ten.