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Jessie Diggins made history as the first American woman to win a long-distance cross-country skiing race at the Olympics.

Team GB’s women won curling gold before a Beijing closing ceremony to a Games embroiled in controversy

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Jessie Diggins knew she couldn't escape the expectations. Never mind that the team sprint at the Beijing Olympics would be raced in a different technique, at a different altitude, on different snow, with a different partner.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Jessie Diggins has been making the case that the U.S. really isn't defending the Olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing she won four years ago. The team sprint at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games was a freestyle, while Wednesday's team sprint at the Beijing Games is in the…

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — When Jessie Diggins began the anchor leg of the women's 4 x 5K relay on Saturday, Team USA trailed the leaders by 57.6 seconds.

MINNEAPOLIS — The thrill of the races, the boredom of the mountain bus rides, even the confusion of navigating airports — sure, Deb Diggins wishes she was experiencing the Beijing Olympics like she did the Games in Sochi and PyeongChang.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Jessie Diggins didn't expect to win a medal Thursday. By her own admission, the 10-kilometer classic is her weakest event.

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.

Day four of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Jessie Diggins didn't win a medal Saturday in her first race of the Beijing Olympics. That was hard to tell from her upbeat mood after a sixth-place finish in the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon.

BEIJING — Jessie Diggins competes in her first race at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, the 15 km skiathlon.