“Every last drop of energy went race” – Jessie Diggins wins 2022 Beijing Olympics silver 30 hours after food poisoning
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American skier Jessie Diggins grabbed a silver medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for the best result by an American in an individual cross-country skiing event since 1976. On the other hand, Norwegian great Therese Johaug won her third gold medal of the recently-concluded Games while Kerttu Niskanen of Finland led a chase group to the line for bronze.
“Every last drop of energy went into that race,” Diggins said in an interview with the Associated Press. “The last two laps, my legs were cramping. We had amazing cheering out there, and I thought, I just can’t give up, I have to put everything I had into the snow today and finish with nothing left. I did try really, really hard.”
Notably, Diggins revealed she was sick with food poisoning the day before the final, spending the Saturday in bed and force-feeding herself. The three-time Olympic medalist had earlier grabbed the bronze medal in the individual sprint event at the Beijing Games.
“Was feeling pretty bad 24 hours ago” – Diggins
“I was feeling pretty bad 24 hours ago,” the American said. “I was talking to my parents and my mom said, ‘Don’t decide how you feel right now. Just go out there and ski because you love to race.’ And she was right.”
“That might have been the best race of my entire life, I’m not going to lie. It was also maybe the hardest race of my whole life,” she added.
Meanwhile, the Dalsbygda native Jouhag has named the 15 km skiathlon as well as 10 km classical against her name.
“I’m born in a small place where there’s a lot of wind and a lot of cold temperatures in the region, so this was nothing for me,” Johaug stated.
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