When the multi-stage Tour de Ski cross-country skiing competition got underway last week, Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins had yet to stand on a World Cup podium during the 2018-19 season. Six days and five races later, the Minnesota native has now notched three podium finishes and is third in the women’s Tour de Ski standings.
Diggins finished third in the opening race of the Tour de Ski (a freestyle sprint in Toblach, Italy) and then secured another podium finish at the third stop, placing third behind American teammate Sophie Caldwell in a freestyle sprint in Val Muestair, Switzerland.