Paired with Einar Hedegart, Klæbo was the big favorite in the sprint relay in Val di Fiemme. And that held true - even though the United States' Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher put up unexpectedly tough resistance and were only 1.3 seconds behind at the finish.
Afterwards Klæbo paid tribute to Hedegart.
Einar hasn't done that many sprint prologues before. This is not the easiest thing we do, but rather the hardest, the ski king told NRK.
Klæbo's latest record is that he is now also one of those who has won the most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics. He is now up to five - as many as legendary U.S. skier Eric Heiden won in Lake Placid in 1980.
And already on Saturday, Klæbo has a chance to surpass him, if he also wins the five-mile race.
The bronze in the sprint relay went to Elia Barp and Federico Pellegrino from Italy.
