Jessie Diggins competes during the women's 30km mass start free cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb. 20, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Jessie Diggins made history on multiple fronts Sunday when she took the silver in the ...
"That might have been the best race of my entire life, I'm not going to lie," Diggins said. "It's been an emotional roller-coaster, but I am so happy we made it to the end," Diggins said. She battled frigid temperatures and high winds the entire 30 kilometers, even though her legs began to cramp up halfway through, a Team USA news release said.
On the final day of the Olympics, Jessie Diggins of Afton seized her last shot to make more history, despite being sick with food poisoning just hours ...
Looking fresh even on the climbs, she peeked back over her shoulder at the 12km mark to see the rest of the field in the distance. "I felt like the whole world was helping me get up those hills,'' she said. She advised Jessie to wait and see how she felt at the start of the race, and at each 5km checkpoint. At 15km, Diggins had a 48-second gap on Andersson. Claudel had dropped back to the chase pack, which wasn't gaining any ground. The cramping spread through her legs and hips. In 2018, she teamed with Kikkan Randall to win gold in the team sprint at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the first Winter Games gold won by the U. S. in cross-country skiing. "This course, this weather, was just like skiing at Giants Ridge when I was a kid,'' she said. Sunday, Diggins became the first non-European to earn an Olympic medal in the women's 30km. Johaug left everyone else far behind to win her third gold medal of the Beijing Games. She finished in one hour, 24 minutes, 54 seconds, with Diggins 1:43.3 behind. Already known as one of the most fearless skiers in the world, Sunday's performance just added to her legend. It was also maybe the hardest race of my entire life. When Diggins approached the finish, though, she felt the tears coming.
Jessie Diggins ended her ambitious Olympics racing schedule with a silver medal in the women's 30-kilometer mass start.
I have been trying to be a good all-around athlete my whole life, so this has been really cool,” Diggins said. Jessie Diggins came to Beijing as the only American cross-country skier—man or woman—to win a gold medal at the Olympics. She’ll leave China as the most decorated U. S. cross-country skier ever, ending her ambitious racing schedule with a silver medal in the women’s 30-kilometer mass start on Sunday. Earlier in the Olympics, she earned a bronze in the women’s sprint free.
In 2021, Diggins became the first American to win an overall world cup title. She also won a historic Olympic gold medal four years ago. Diggins and teammate Kikkan Randall's win in the women's team sprint was the first gold medal for any ...
BEIJING — On the last day of the Winter Olympics, cross-country skier Jessie Diggins won Team USA's final medal in the hell marathon also known as the ...
A positive coronavirus test at the start of the Olympics meant Meyers Taylor had to spend eight days in isolation, separated from her husband and young son, before she could compete. Jackson’s gold medal in the 500 meters was also a win for representation, too, as Team USA has faced questions over its lack of diversity in Games past. She is the first non-European skier to win a medal in the Olympic women’s 30-kilometer final. Diggins woke up the morning before her race having consumed a fortifying meal of chicken, rice and vegetables but sick to her stomach nonetheless. Diggins propelled herself occasionally only with her arms and poles when her legs failed her, and at some point her mind went blank, so she relied on others to tell her which lap she was skiing. The 30-year-old’s super power, aside from her athletic gifts, is her ability to withstand unimaginable levels of pain.
The Stratton Mountain School trainee won silver in the 30-km freestyle cross-country event.
Graves says he anticipates the U. S. will become a power in cross-country the same way European countries are. It’s a more modern, young, younger term than my era, although there were plenty of tough people in my era, but she can tolerate a level of pain that is simply extraordinary. The silver marked Diggins’ third career Olympic medal.