Jessie Diggins becomes first US cross-country skier to win individual world title

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Jessie Diggins becomes first US cross-country skier to win individual world title

  • Three-time Olympic medalist wins 10km freestyle world title
  • Diggins, 31, skis to first US cross-country individual gold medal

Jessie Diggins skied to the first individual gold medal in US cross-country skiing history on Tuesday in Planica, Slovenia.

The three-time Olympic medalist from Afron, Minnesota, won the 10km freestyle world title in a time of 23min 40sec, edging a pair of Swedes in Frida Karlsson by 14sec, who earned silver, and Ebba Andersson by 19.5sec, who took bronze.

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