Ridgelines: Transforming a Sport in America

Ridgelines: Transforming a sport in America

Amid a raging blizzard in Lake Placid that clouded the field in snow, Olympic champion Jessie Diggins powered through the pain with each stride of her Salomon skis before crossing the finish line. She looked upward, flashed a quick smile, and tumbled into six inches of freshly fallen snow after her final classical technique race on the World Cup tour.  Two days later, the Minnesota native crossed the finish line one last time, sealing her fourth…

Jessie Diggins’s Last Run

Bill McKibben writes about the cross-country skiing champion Jessie Diggins, who advocates for her sport and against the climate change that imperils it.

USA’s best, Jessie Diggins, retires after her Cross Country Ski World Cup in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Four-time Olympic medalist Jessie Diggins, the U.S. Ski Team athlete who’s the most accomplished cross country ski racer in America’s history, skied in the last World Cup of her career, retiring in Lake Placid, New York, on Sunday. She won the most points thus far this season, the season-long FIS Overall Crystal Globe for Distance. It was her third year in a row taking home one of the highly coveted trophies. In the 20k Mass …

Jessie Diggins leaves a legacy of glitter and grit as she ends her ski career in Lake Placid

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