How a ‘big crash’ prevented Team USA’s first 2026 Olympics medal

Fuente: New York Post

A “big crash” Saturday morning dashed Team USA’s hopes of capturing its first medal of the Winter Olympics. Star cross-country skier and three-time Olympic medalist Jessie Diggins was a favorite to be the first American to reach the podium as she competed in the women’s skiathlon on the first day of competition. But Diggins slipped up toward the beginning of the six-lap race and ultimately finished eighth in the Olympic cross-country skiing program.