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TESERO, Italy, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Norway's Johannes Klaebo won the men's 10km freestyle cross-country ski race on Friday to earn his eighth Olympic title and equal the record for the most gold medals at the Winter Games. Mathis Desloges of France won silver, his second of this Olympics, while Norway's Einar Hedegart won the bronze.