‘My needles are waiting’: Ben Ogden credits knitting habit after cross-country silver
Vermont native ends US men’s 50-year medal drought
Result continues strong showing at Milan-Cortina
Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo wins seventh gold
Ben Ogden delivered the most significant result in US men’s cross-country skiing in decades on Tuesday afternoon, winning Olympic silver in the men’s sprint classic at the Milano Cortina Games to end a 50-year medal drought. And afterwards he credited the relaxation he finds in knitting.
The mustachioed 25-year-old finished in 3min 40.61sec after surging through the final with his trademark classical technique, less than a second behind Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, who secured the seventh Olympic gold medal of his career in 3:39.74. Klæbo’s teammate Oskar Opstad Vike took bronze after climbing from 20th in qualifying to the podium. Continue reading...
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