For all the success the Americans have had at the Winter Olympics over the last half-century, men's cross-country skiing has remained an unsolvable puzzle. Ben Ogden changed all of that on Tuesday at the Milan Cortina Games when he earned a silver medal in the men's sprint, finishing in 3:40, behind Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway. Oskar Vike of Norway finished in third place, claiming bronze.
Ogden is only the second American man to ever medal in the event, joining Bill Koch, who won silver at the 1976 Games in Montreal. Both Koch and Ogden are from Vermont and the younger skier grew up honing his craft in a league named after the elder. Jessie Diggins has won three medals—a gold, silver and bronze—on the women's side.
