Jessie Diggins wins Olympic silver in gritty 30km, final medal for Team USA
Much like the glitter she wears on her cheeks, Team USA‘s Jessie Diggins’ first and second career Olympic medals came with sparkling fashion marked by furious sprints.
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Cross-country skiing-Wind no problem as Johaug breezes to third Beijing gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Therese Johaug brushed off the high winds at the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre to breeze to victory in the women's 30km mass start and claim her third individual gold medal of the Beijing Games, which she said would be her final Olympics.
Johaug, del infierno al cielo
Los 30 kilómetros libres en salida masiva son una de las pruebas más duras de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno. Muestra de ello es la estadounidense Jessie Diggins, medalla de plata. Nada más cruzar la meta, cuerpo al suelo, sucumbiendo a la emoción del momento, pero también al esfuerzo. Aún más, con la meteorología actual, que ha estado cerca de cancelar la primera prueba olímpica, el paralelo por equipos mixtos, desde 1928. Pekín, que arrancó con un clima más o menos amable para los atletas, ha visto como, con el avance de las competición, sus condiciones se complicaban de forma drástica. Casi -15º, no excesivos para lo visto, pero endurecidos por las fuertes rachas de viento. En el podio, sin ir más lejos, las atletas recibían sus premios con la cara visiblemente helada, añadiendo épica a una de las carreras reinas del olimpismo invernal.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Therese Johaug overcomes wild weather to emerge with gold in brutal women's 30km mass start
Norway’s Therese Johaug won gold in the 30 kilometre mass start to secure a hat-trick of titles at Beijing 2022 and close her Olympic career with victory. Johaug had won the 10km classical and 15km skiathlon events earlier in the Games, and survived a ferocious wind to prevail after nearly an hour and a half of tough racing.
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Cross-country skiing remains the main driving force behind Norway's success at the Olympic Winter Games. Their standards are so high in the sport, that their eight medals at Beijing 2022 might look like an underwhelming result compared to the 14 of PyeongChang 2018.
Olympics Live: Norway's Johaug wins 30K cross-country race
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Cross-country skiing-Johaug dominates women's 30km to win Norway's 16th gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Norway's Therese Johaug powered to victory in the final race of her Olympic career, winning the women's 30km freestyle mass start in a display of enormous strength and discipline and netting her third individual gold of the Beijing Games.