“That was a bit of a roller coaster” – Silver-medalist Jessie Diggins reflects on Beijing Olympics triumph
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American skier Jessie Diggins created history at the recently-concluded 2022 Beijing Olympics where she clinched a silver medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. With this, she recorded the best result by an American in an individual cross-country skiing event since 1976.
The three-time Olympic-medalist recently had an interaction with Cathy Wurzer from Finland’s MPR News. She went on to shed light on how the Beijing 2022 episode unfolded for her. Notably, she was sick with food poisoning the day before the final, spending the entire day in bed and force-feeding herself.
“That was a bit of a roller coaster, emotionally and physically. The day before the race, I woke up and was definitely not in a good place. And I felt just really empty and kind of sick, and like the wind might knock me down if I went outside. So I mostly just stayed in bed the whole day, forcing myself to eat very, very simple foods,” Diggins revealed.
“Trying to process what it was like”
The Minnesota native Diggins reckoned that she is still trying to process what it feels like to win the silver and bronze medals at the Games.
She added: “To be honest, it was emotionally really hard, because I had been looking forward to this 30k for a really long time. And I knew I was in the best shape of my life. And I was laying in bed feeling ill and thinking, ‘Well, this is not the way I had envisioned feeling the day before the race.’
“I’m trying to process what it was like, because at the moment, I think it felt like you’re just trying to keep moving. And I’m only just now kind of taking a moment to stop and look back and be like, ‘Wow, that was really crazy.'”
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