Team USA's Jessie Diggins now owns a medal in each color, adding to her gold from the 2018 team sprint and bronze from the individual sprint earlier in Beijing:
Updated 4 mins agoJessie Diggins record-breaking Olympics continued in the women's 30km mass start race on Saturday night where she captured silver, second to only Therese Johaug of Norway.
The drama ensued after Diggins crossed the finish line when the chase pack caught Sweden's Ebba Andersson. Kerttu Niskanen of Finland ultimately pulled ahead to claim the third and final place on the podium.In 2018, Diggins and teammate Kikkan Randall won the first-ever cross-country skiing gold medal for the U.S. in team sprint. Diggins famously dove across the finish line, earning her an Olympic gold and legendary status along the way.
She returned to Beijing with high expectations and proved she's made for the big stage, winning bronze in the women's sprint. This was the first individual medal in cross country skiing by an American woman. Just when it seemed like Diggins was running out of records to break, she surprised the field with an impressive silver medal finish, becoming the first non-European woman to win a medal in this event.
Diggins crossed the line in one hour, 26 minutes and 37.3 seconds -- a minute, 43.3 seconds behind Johaug.