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Jessie Diggins Ends Career in Lake Placid After Crash, Having Clinched Season Title

She leaves the sport as the United States' most decorated cross-country skier after clinching a fourth overall World Cup title.

Overview

  • The 34-year-old finished 12th in her final race, a 20 km mass start, after a late fall knocked her out of podium contention.
  • She had already locked up the season-long overall World Cup crystal globe earlier in the weekend, her fourth overall and third straight.
  • Her career totals include four Olympic medals, seven world championship medals, 33 World Cup victories and 90 World Cup podiums.
  • Diggins delivered the United States' first Olympic gold in cross-country skiing in 2018, teaming with Kikkan Randall in the team sprint.
  • At the 2026 Milan Cortina Games she rebounded from rib bruising to win bronze in the 10 km, and she says she will continue climate and eating-disorder advocacy in retirement.