NAGANO, Japan (AP) - A star is Bjorn.

Norway's Bjorn Dahlie, the hometown hero of the Lillehammer Games, became the first man to win six career Winter Olympic gold medals with his victory in the men's 10-kilometer cross-county ski race.

The record-breaking Nagano gold now joins the three that Dahlie won in 1992 and the pair he collected in 1994. The five medals had tied Dahlie with two speedskaters: Eric Heiden of the United States and A. Clas Thunberg of Finland.

Dahlie, in a steady rain, led from wire to wire on the Snow Harp course. The victory followed Dahlie's stunning 20th-place finish in the 30K event, when the Norwegian used the wrong wax on his skis.

While Dahlie stormed to his record-setting medal, a wintry mixture of snow and rain - augmented by whipping winds and heavy fog - threatened to postpone the weather-cursed men's downhill yet again.

The race, one of the games' premier events, was originally set for Sunday, rescheduled for Wednesday, then finally moved to Thursday (Wednesday night EST) as snow plagued the Alpine events. It appeared likely the downhill portion of the men's combined would also be postponed.

In the first five days of the Alpine schedule at the Olympics, only one gold medal has been awarded - Picabo Street's narrow victory in the women's super-G on a sunny Wednesday.