Who is Johannes Klaebo? He took the eighth gold, his sprints went around the world, he is a YouTube star

​- He is the king of cross-country skiing. I think we will never again see an athlete who will win six out of six gold medals at one World Championship. I was speechless.

Norwegian cross-country skierč Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo (30) and a year later, he leaves the Olympic world speechless because he is one medal away from another Olympic endeavor. After it is on At the Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina, he won the third gold medal in the third race, according to predictions in his weakest discipline at 10 km, equaling the Olympic record with eight gold medals, shared by Marit Bjørgen, Bjørn Dæhlie, or biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Moreover, the medal on Friday was also my tenth Olympic medal, i.e. now there are only two less than the record holder Dæhlie.

Given that Klaebo will complete three more races, 50 km, classic relay and team sprint, there are almost no longer those who do not believe that Klaebo will become the most trophy-winning Winter Olympian in history at the age of 30. Klaebo is moreć now, in a sport that requires superhuman strength and technique, he redefined the limits of the possible and became the undisputed king of this sport and set standards that future generations will find difficult to reach.

At only 19 years old, he made his debut in the World Cup in the 2015/16 season, and moreć in the following season he achieved his first victory, while in 2018 he became the youngest winner. of the great Crystal Globe in history. Klæbo holds the records as the youngest winner of the World Cup, Tour de Ski, World Championship race and the youngest winner of the World Cup. Olympic gold in cross-country skiing. With more than 100 victories in the World Cup and is the most successful ski racerč in the history of the competition.

A revolution on the trail: the “Klæbo shuffle” and the hill named after it

What sets Klæba apart is not only the number of victories, butć and the way in which they are reached. He revolutionized the sport with an innovative technique, the so-called “Klæbo shuffle”. Riverč is about a specific way of running on skis uphill, almost without the use of poles, which enables him to develop incredible acceleration on the steep parts of the track and leave the competition behind. Those sprints went viral and traveled the world.

That’s where superiority was shown by the elderć at the Olympic Games in Pyongyang in 2018, where he won three gold medals. On a particularly demanding climb on the Olympic track, he easily overtook his rivals on several occasions. The Norwegian media called that part of the track “Klæbo-bakken” (“Klæbo hill”), and that nickname became synonymous with his tactical and physical dominance.

Family as a secret weapon of success

Behind incredible successes is family. His “secret weapon” for years was his grandfather Kåre Høsflot, who was his main coach from an early age. His father Haakon is his manager, while his younger brother Ola manages his extremely popular profiles on social networks. Klæbo is also a YouTube star. His channel, on which he shows the daily life of a professional athlete through weekly vlogs, has hundreds of thousands of subscribers and millions of views, which earned him the status of a pop star in Norway and made him one of the most recognizable faces in the country. After Milan and Cortina, if not before, he definitely went beyond the Norwegian borders…