Norway's Cross-Country Sweep

Norway dominated the cross-country skiing events as only Norway can, winning 7 of 12 gold medals in the discipline and finishing the Games with their highest-ever total of 14 gold medals overall. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won his third consecutive Olympic 50km title in conditions that drove most competitors to exhaustion, arriving at the finish line with enough energy to wave to the crowd. Sports commentators spent the Games asking: is Norwegian cross-country dominance a sporting dynasty or simply the natural order of things?