Norway's Marit Bjoergen won her fifth medal in PyeongChang and increased her own world-best records, winning her eighth career gold medal and 15th overall. In her fifth and final Olympics, she went out in style by winning the 39-kilometer mass start cross-country ski race, besting silver medalist Krista Pamrakoski of Finland by nearly two minutes.

Bjoergen was so far ahead that then-second place Teresa Stadlober of Austria took a wrong turn, heading right instead of going left. She righted herself but ended up in ninth place. Stin Nillson of Sweden finished third and claimed the bronze medal.

Norway finished with 39 medals, the most for any country in any Winter Olympics. The win also gave Norway 14 cross-country medals, setting a new record. Russia held the previous record of 13, set in 1988 in Calgary.

Bjoergen raced the Olympics for the first time in 2002, in Salt Lake City, and has been on the podium at every Winter Games since. She has said that she will finish out the World Cup season but will definitely not return for another Winter Games.

Her Olympic success speaks for itself:

Year	Location	Event	Medal
2002	Salt Lake City	4 × 5km relay	Silver
2006	Turin	10km classical	Silver
2010	Vancouver	Individual sprint	Gold
2010	Vancouver	Individual pursuit	Gold
2010	Vancouver	4 × 5km relay	Gold
2010	Vancouver	30km classical	Silver
2010	Vancouver	10km freestyle	Bronze
2014	Sochi	15km skiathlon	Gold
2014	Sochi	30km freestyle	Gold
2014	Sochi	Team sprint	Gold
2018	PyeongChang	4 × 5km relay	Gold
2018	PyeongChang	30km classical	Gold
2018	PyeongChang	15km skiathlon	Silver
2018	PyeongChang	10km freestyle	Bronze
2018	PyeongChang	Team sprint	Bronze