Norway extends Winter Olympics gold
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Norway extends Winter Olympics gold record to 17 with biathlon gold in Italy

Norway already held the record for the most gold medals won by a nation at a Winter Olympics. With Johannes Dale-Skjevdal's biathlon gold - Norway's 17th at the Olympics in Italy - the record has been further extended.

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The previous record was set by Norway four years ago at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, where it won 16 gold medals.

Johannes Dale-Skjevdal's gold in the biathlon mass start on Friday was the country's 17th gold and 36th medal.

By comparison, Sweden has 16 medals in total, six of which are gold.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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