{"id":287536,"date":"2026-02-08T16:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/287536\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:40:11","slug":"maloney-westgaard-35th-in-mens-skiathlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/287536\/","title":{"rendered":"Maloney Westgaard 35th in men&#8217;s skiathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the men&#8217;s 10km + 10km skiathlon at the Winter Olympics, Ireland&#8217;s Thomas Maloney Westgaard finished 35th of the 73 competitors who completed.<\/p>\n<p>Using both the classic and free techniques in the same race, Maloney Westgaard competing at a third Olympics, finished three minutes and 13 second behind gold medallist Johannes Klabeo of Norway.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">After the 10km+10Km skiathlon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WestgardThomas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@WestgardThomas<\/a><br \/>finishes 35th of the 73 competitors who completed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIreland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TeamIreland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MilanoCortina2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MilanoCortina2026<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rtesport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#rtesport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tnUJY0oVHg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tnUJY0oVHg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RT\u00c9 Sport (@RTEsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTEsport\/status\/2020475026433077285\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s Mathius \u2060Desloges took the \u2060silver, pending a possible protest, while \u2060Norway&#8217;s Martin \u2060Nyenget won bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Maloney Westgaard targeted a finish between 30th and 40th, his starting bib was 36, so all told a satisfactory outcome, with the 30-year admitting afterwards that he &#8220;put everything out there&#8221; in what a challenging race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brutal, that was a tough one, soft conditions, quite icy, and quite tricky,&#8221; he said afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a real challenging course for sure and I was a bit anxious in some of the downhills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My plan was to stick in the front for as long as I could but the pace was ridiculous, full-out right from the start. No time for rest, the cramps were coming. It was so tough just like it should be in the Olympics. I put everything out there and I can&#8217;t really ask for more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I struggle a bit with overreaching. So, I had kind of no clue what kind of shape I came here to the Olympics, and I mean, I had had better races for sure, but, I&#8217;m really happy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud to represent Ireland here, and I put everything else there, and I can&#8217;t really ask for more, I gave everything, and I couldn&#8217;t really do more, and I just look forward to the upcoming races.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maloney Westgaard has two more events in Italy and will return to action on Friday next for the 10km freestyle event before the 50k classic on Saturday 21 February.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thomas Maloney Westgaard after finishing men's skiathlon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0023dd15-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the men&#8217;s 10km + 10km skiathlon at the Winter Olympics, Ireland&#8217;s Thomas Maloney Westgaard finished 35th of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-287536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}