by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
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. Her third Olympic medal, however, required a long slog. But the result is just as shiny. Read...
by admin | Jan 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Reigning Olympic team sprint gold medalist Jessie Diggins is back for her third Games, determined to prove she’s among cross-country skiing’s individual elites after claiming a Tour de Ski title and two crystal globes in 2021, while two-time World Cup...
by admin | Jan 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The last few seconds are brutal. They are supposed to be. No matter how much or how hard Jessie Diggins trains, she never expects to feel good when she pushes toward her absolute limit at the end of a race. Sometimes she squeezes so much out of her body that her...
by admin | Jan 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The phrase “control the controllables” is recited so frequently by athletes that the cliched phrase has lost some of its meaning. But for Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist Jessie Diggins, that mentality is at the core of her success. “I know I sound like a...
by admin | Dec 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Jessie Diggins earned her second win in three stages of the Tour de Ski, moving back into first place in the overall standings of the Tour de France-like cross-country skiing stage race. Diggins won a furious sprint to the finish line of a 10km freestyle in...
by admin | Aug 17, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Nike confirmed Tuesday that it had renamed the Alberto Salazar Building on its Beaverton, Ore., campus, whose namesake was the famed distance running coach who has been barred from the sport for sexual and emotional misconduct. The change is a stunning and perhaps...
by admin | Jan 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In recent years, however, American Nordic skiers have gained significant funding from U.S. Ski and Snowboard, and from individual donors such as the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund. The team now has its own wax truck, nutritionist, physical therapist and sports...
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