The story is just so worthy of the word, I couldn’t… resist… using it!

An emotional Jessie Diggins revealed she had food poisoning 30 hours prior to winning SILVER in the women's 30K cross-country race. 😱

"I don't know how I made it to the finish… that was so hard, but so special." #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/4CovprM4Yh

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 20, 2022

That might have been the best race of my entire life, I’m not going to lie. It was also maybe the hardest race of my whole life.

Jessie Diggins, after coming in second in the Olympic 30k freestyle

https://www.teamusa.org/News/2022/February/20/Cross-Country-Skier-Jessie-Diggins-Makes-History-Again-With-Silver-Medal-in-30K

All four US women finished in the top 20, which is totally awesome: https://fasterskier.com/2022/02/diggins-brings-home-a-second-silver-for-usa-in-windy-30k-johaug-earns-her-third-gold-of-the-games/