American Jessie Diggins wins her 2nd cross-country Tour de Ski title

Jessie Diggins won a second title for the United States in cross-country skiing's Tour de Ski on Sunday, three years after securing America's first victory in the competition.

Diggins, who is from Afton, Minn., began the seventh and final stage of the competition raced in Italy and Switzerland with a 43-second lead.

The 32-year-old Diggins placed sixth in the 10-kilometre leg. That was enough to claim her second title with an overall time of four hours, 13 minutes, 19 seconds. She finished almost 32 seconds ahead of Norway's Heidi Weng overall. Kerttu Niskanen of Finland was third.

In 18 years of the marathon competition, Diggins' victory in 2021 and her third place six years ago are the only other podium finishes by an American man or woman.

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