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Sport20 February 2026Archive brief

Norway breaks the record for most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics event after skier Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the country's 17th gold medal in Milan–Cortina

Norway breaks the record for most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics event after skier Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the country's 17th gold medal in Milan–Cortina, surpassing their own record of 16 gold medals.

By Belfast Herald Sport2 min read

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The development was among the significant sport stories being followed from World. Contemporary coverage attributed the principal details to The Independent on 20 February 2026.

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