Sports · 23 February 2026
Norway breaks own gold medal record at Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
Exam-focused facts from the 23 February 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Norway won its 17th gold medal of the Milano Cortina Winter Games when Johannes Dale-Skjevdal claimed victory in the 15-kilometre mass start biathlon race.
- Dale-Skjevdal hit all 20 targets and finished in 39 minutes, 17.1 seconds on 20 February 2026 in Anterselva, Italy.
- Sturla Holm Laegreid of Norway took silver, 10.5 seconds behind, for his fifth medal of these Games.
- Quentin Fillon Maillet of France secured bronze, 25.6 seconds behind Dale-Skjevdal.
- Norway’s previous record was 16 golds at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
- Norway leads the overall medal table with 37 medals (17 golds), followed by Team USA with 27 medals (9 golds) and host Italy with 27 medals.