The story is just so worthy of the word, I couldn't... resist... using it! https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1495281881885069315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1495281881885069315%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Folympics%2F2022%2F02%2F20%2Fjessie-diggins-food-poisoning-silver-cross-country-skiing NBC Olympics tweet with post-race video of Jessie Diggins 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 …
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Excitation x Opportunity
The Olympics are on. Jessie Diggins won her second Olympic medal three days ago, and in today's Men's 15k Classic, the podium was stacked with the favorites from Finland, Russia (ROC), and Norway. I can justify paying for cable because it allows me to watch the replays on the NBCSports streaming app. People who aren't …
Transnational Olympians, cont’d
Four years ago I wrote a post about 'transnational athletes' in cross-country skiing. None were anywhere near medal-contenders. But what happens when a transnational athlete wins Gold, as Eileen Gu just did? Add to that some international tension between the two countries that can 'claim' her in some way: the country she was born and …
Congrats Jessie Diggins!
... on winning a Bronze medal in the women's cross-country freestyle sprint; and to teammate Rosie Brennan who came in close behind in fourth. The featured photo for this post (via Twitter @pegmcshinn) shows a blurry Diggins in the center just crossing the finish line with Brennan right behind. Diggins was maybe 1/4-second behind Silver …
Intrepid XC skiers
For every major snowstorm on the east coast, there has to be at least one photo in the news featuring an 'intrepid cross-country skier' out there enjoying the snow: XC skier in Maine (via New York Times) XC skier on Lower East Side of Manhattan (via Gothamist) XC skier in Times Square (via Washington Post)
Across the Snow Line 