Ben Ogden, of america, celebrates after profitable the primary medal for U.S. males in cross-country snowboarding since 1976. Ogden took silver within the males’s dash basic on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026.
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VAL DI FIEMME, Italy – Vermont cross-country ski racer Ben Ogden pulled off a feat at this time on the Tesero Cross-Nation Snowboarding Stadium in Val di Fiemme, Italy, that no males’s U.S. skier has completed since 1976 — ascending a podium at a Winter Olympics.
Ogden, 25, received silver, ending behind Johannes Klaebo of Norway. Oskar Vike of Norway completed in third place, claiming bronze.
In the present day’s race was a dash within the basic model, requiring racers to qualify after which advance by quarter-finals and semi-finals earlier than the ultimate warmth of six skiers by which medals are determined. Ogden certified in second place and appeared robust within the heats. He completed properly behind Klaebo, the winningest cross nation skier ever, however properly forward of Vike.
The final U.S. males’s ski racer to medal in cross-country was Ogden’s fellow Vermonter Invoice Koch, who took silver on the Winter Video games in Innsbruck, Austria.
The U.S. Ski group rapidly celebrated Ogden’s highly effective displaying, posting on X that he climbed to “SECOND on the planet to turn out to be the primary American man to win an Olympic medal since Invoice Koch in 1976!!”
That is Ogden’s third Olympic video games.
BEN OGDEN SILVER!!! ✅🥈
SECOND on the planet to turn out to be the primary American man to win an Olympic medal since Invoice Koch in 1976!! 🇺🇸📣 pic.twitter.com/wCwKUJoSBw
— U.S. Ski & Snowboard Staff (@usskiteam) February 10, 2026
The highest U.S. cross-country ski racer on the ladies’s aspect, Jessie Diggins, didn’t advance in basic dash races Tuesday. Julia Kern reached the finals and completed in sixth place.
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