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Jessie Diggins earns team sprint silver for seventh cross-country worlds medal

Julia Kern, left, and Jessie Diggins of the United States react after crossing the finish line second in the women's team sprint classic event at the FIS Cross-Country World Ski Championships on Wednesday in Trondheim, Norway.
Julia Kern, left, and Jessie Diggins of the United States react after crossing the finish line second in the women's team sprint classic event at the FIS Cross-Country World Ski Championships on Wednesday in Trondheim, Norway. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images

Jessie Diggins and Julia Kern won silver in the team sprint classic at the Nordic world ski championships on Wednesday, securing the US their second-ever world medal in the event’s classic style.

The American duo finished 2.9sec behind Sweden’s Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist, while Switzerland took bronze. It was a step up from the bronze medal Diggins and Kern won two years ago in the freestyle version of the event.

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