ZHANGJIAKOU, China — When she pushed her ski over the finish line, Jessie Diggins wasn't sure she had won a medal. She glanced up at the video screen and saw her name in third place, but she still wasn't ready to believe it.
Diggins had wrung every last ounce of energy out of her body in Tuesday's freestyle sprint, her second race of the Beijing Olympics. A little disoriented — and a little afraid to celebrate just yet — she kept looking at the results board, seeking confirmation that she really was an Olympic bronze medalist.
"Then I saw our whole team along the finish line, right along the boards,'' Diggins said. "And that's when I was like, 'Oh, my gosh. We got a medal.' ''
