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Jessie Diggins takes 12th after crash in final World Cup cross-country ski race of storied career
Jessie Diggins crashed while in medal contention during her final World Cup race but finished 12th after securing her fourth overall World Cup title earlier in the weekend.
- On Sunday, Jessie Diggins, 34-year-old U.S. cross-country skier, crashed late in the women's 20-kilometer mass start and finished 12th in her final World Cup race.
- Diggins goes out on top after securing her fourth overall World Cup title earlier this weekend, leaving as the most decorated U.S. cross-country skier with 33 World Cup wins and two world championships.
- In the 20-kilometer mass start, Sundling finished in 48 minutes, 17.1 seconds, and the weekend also featured a Friday Interval Start 10 km Classic where Diggins and Swirbul embraced.
- Fans showed up wearing shirts featuring Diggins' image, and all of her competitors lined up for hugs, with her wearing her trademark glitter on her cheeks and receiving bubbly after the race.
- Diggins said, 'I'm really going to miss this' and plans to continue campaigning for climate change awareness and supporting people coping with eating disorders.
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Jessie Diggins, 34, has made a name for herself as an expert in downhill skiing. In the last competition of her career, she fell down a hill.
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Jessie Diggins takes 12th after crash in final World Cup cross-country ski race of storied career
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The final sprints of the Cross-Country Ski World Cup season in Lake Placid went to Linna Svahn and Federico Pellegrino.
Coletta Rydzek finished sixth in the last sprint of the season. As at the Olympic Winter Games, the Swedes Linn Svahn, Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist were on the podium.
Cross-country skiing results at the Lake Placid final and the World Cup standings
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