Olympics-Cross-country skiing-Tough course provides golden moments at Beijing Games
By Philip O'Connor
Cross-country Sport News
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.
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.
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.
Olympics Live: Norway's Johaug wins 30K cross-country race
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
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.