Jessie Diggins does not often think back to the team sprint at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 — the race where she and Kikkan Randall won the U.S. cross-country team’s first every Olympic gold medal. She prefers to live in the moment and focus on the next challenge at hand.
That next challenge is the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. After a “rollercoaster” Tour de Ski — where she won two of six stages but finished eighth overall after getting knocked down in the classic sprint, then catching a cold — and a series of FIS World Cup cancellations, Diggins should be rested and focused by the time she arrives in China.
In Beijing, Diggins and two-time Olympian Rosie Brennan will lead a team of eight women and six men, ten of whom are making their Olympic debuts. But it won’t just be Diggins and Brennan vying for Olympic medals. The new generation of U.S. cross-country skiers is promising, with two of them already making it onto the world cup podium and others finishing in the top 10.
Here’s a look at the 14 cross-country skiers nominated to the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team.
That next challenge is the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. After a “rollercoaster” Tour de Ski — where she won two of six stages but finished eighth overall after getting knocked down in the classic sprint, then catching a cold — and a series of FIS World Cup cancellations, Diggins should be rested and focused by the time she arrives in China.
In Beijing, Diggins and two-time Olympian Rosie Brennan will lead a team of eight women and six men, ten of whom are making their Olympic debuts. But it won’t just be Diggins and Brennan vying for Olympic medals. The new generation of U.S. cross-country skiers is promising, with two of them already making it onto the world cup podium and others finishing in the top 10.
Here’s a look at the 14 cross-country skiers nominated to the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team.