Charlotte Kalla won first gold medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics, but Marit Bjoergen made history in women's cross-country 15K skiathlon.

In the same sprint free relay where Norway cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen became the most decorated athlete in Winter Olympics history, the U.S. women won the gold medal.

Jessica Diggins, of the United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the during women's team sprint freestyle cross-country skiing final at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang ...

It was an up and down day at the Olympics. All three of the U.S. women's figure skaters fell or stumbled in the short program, but the U.S. women won their first ever medal in cross-country skiing.

U.S. cross-country skiers previously won 13 Olympic or world championships medals dating to 1976, but Tuesday marked the first gold medal in an individual event. Diggins, already the U.S.

She became the first Castle Rock girls runner to finish in the top 16 and earn a medal at State for cross country in the nearly 43-year history of the girls program. (The boys program began around ...

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo became the first cross-country skier to win six gold medals at one worlds. ... though he did cross ...

Haley Batten also made history in cross-country mountain biking, becoming the first American woman to win Olympic silver in the sport. Here's where the medal count stands going into competition on ...