Winter Olympics: Ben Ogden takes home silver medal for Team USA

American Ben Ogden gave Group USA its third medal on the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Ogden took the silver medal within the males’s cross-country basic dash race with a time of three:40.61. He completed behind Norwegian Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, who crossed the road with a time of three:39.74. He completed forward of Norwegian Oskar Opstad Vike, who recorded a time of three:46.55.

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Ben Ogden of america celebrates after profitable the silver medal within the males’s cross-country dash basic on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Tesero, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photograph/Matthias Schrader)

Norway, Sweden and Finland are normally the nations that dominate cross-country snowboarding. Ogden’s podium end was the primary for an American within the self-discipline. American males had not medaled in any cross-country snowboarding occasion since Invoice Koch in 1976.

Ogden completed in first place within the second quarterfinal in opposition to the Swede Alvar Myhlback, the Italian Federico Pellegrino and the Finn Lauri Vuorinen. American teammate JC Schoonmaker additionally fought for a spot within the closing, however fell brief in his semi-final race.

Ben Ogden of america holds the American flag after profitable the silver medal within the males’s cross-country dash basic on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Tesero, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photograph/Matthias Schrader)

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Ogden is not any stranger to the historical past books of American cross-country snowboarding. He and his teammates earned a silver medal on the 2018 Junior World Ski Championships in Switzerland, the primary medal for the U.S. on the junior world.

He made his Olympic debut in 2022 in Beijing, ending twelfth within the occasion. 4 years later, Ogden can now name himself an Olympic medalist.

Ben Ogden of america leads in a quarterfinal of the lads’s cross-country dash basic on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Tesero, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photograph/Matthias Schrader)

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For the Norwegian Klæbo he has now taken house the gold on the final three Olympic Video games.

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