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Historic moment for US cross-country skiing. 🥈 Ben OGDEN [USA] claims silver in the men's sprint classic — his first Olympic medal and the first medal for a US male cross-country skier since 1976. What a breakthrough 🤩 #MilanoCortina2026 | @FISCrossCountry | #MedalAlert |… pic.twitter.com/xN39TUbZBH

Skiing evidently becomes much harder without the actual skis. Sweden blew its chance to win gold in the women’s 4 X 7.5km relay on Saturday when Ebba Andersson fell hard and was forced to race with just one ski for roughly 30 seconds.

Vermont's Ben Ogden captured silver in the men's sprint classic Tuesday, becoming the second American man to win an Olympic cross-country skiing medal.