""She's so tough, she digs deep," Swirbul said. "I worked as an EMT last winter and I saw some people in pain for broken bones and Jessie looked comparable, but she's okay," Swirbul added."
""I've almost never failed to mentally find the will to dig for it," Diggins said. "Basically I ask myself one very simple question. 'How do I want to feel at the finish line?' I don't like living with regrets. I"
Jessie Diggins, 34, captured bronze at the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium while competing with injured ribs sustained in a hard crash during the skiathlon. Diggins produced a late, agonizing surge to secure third place in the 10-kilometer interval start freestyle, visibly in pain before collapsing to the snow. Frida Karlsson of Sweden won gold, finishing 46 seconds ahead of silver medalist Ebba Andersson. Diggins edged Norway's Astrid Oyre Slind by three-tenths of a second. Teammate Hailey Swirbul described Diggins as tough and compared her pain to broken bones. Diggins has now medaled at three consecutive Olympics.
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