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Tour de Firsts for Americans, Plus a Second for Diggins

by Peggy Shinn
January 14, 2024January 14, 2024

For the U.S. Ski Team, the 2024 Tour de Ski—the notoriously grueling seven-stage, multi-day race in Italy and Switzerland—was a tour of firsts. It was the first time that a U.S. skier made the podium… Read More »Tour de Firsts for Americans, Plus a Second for Diggins

U.S. Skiers Wrap up Historic World Cup and World Championship Season

by Peggy Shinn
March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Few cross country ski racing fans are surprised that Jessie Diggins just had another historic season. The 31-year-old phenom is the Mikaela Shiffrin of the cross country circuit (or is Shiffrin the Jessie Diggins of… Read More »U.S. Skiers Wrap up Historic World Cup and World Championship Season