Jessie Diggins’ golden career, from early success to Olympic glory, in photos
After 15 seasons, four Olympic medals, seven world championship medals and four World Cup season titles, American cross-country skiing great Jessie Diggins is calling it a career. The 34-year-old Diggins, who clinched her third straight crystal globe as the overall World Cup season champion Friday, will compete in her last race Sunday in Lake Placid, N. Y.
A celebratory lap with fans will follow. Diggins arrived on the big stage in the early 2010s after a promising junior career and delivered on the hype, famously winning the nation’s first and still only cross-country Olympic gold at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She’s added three Olympic medals since, and U.
S. teammates Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher won the first medals for American men in 50 years at this year’s Games in Milan Cortina, pointing to a legacy of team building that she’s proud to leave . As Diggins steps away, here’s a look back at her career in photos.
2008: The early days Born in Minnesota, Diggins (pictured above in 2008) was a walk-on at age 13 to the cross-country ski team at Stillwater Area High School, just outside the Twin Cities, and quickly became a star, shooting to the top of the state rankings and winning big races. She was added to the U. S.
junior team in 2010. 2011: First world championships Diggins’ first taste of the biggest stage, she made the U. S.
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