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Jessie Diggins spoke to TNT Sports after successful cross-country bronze within the ladies’s 10km regardless of her bruised ribs.
💬 “I’m the happiest, most grateful bronze medalist in the world. Two days ago I was thinking ‘I don’t know how I’m going to do this’. I’ve been up at night with my ribs clicking in and out of place.
“It’s been a journey to get here. Being able to find my husband to get a big kiss before the start, knowing my family and friends will love me the same no matter what.
“I just wanted to cross the finish line with nothing left, to control my own effort, that’s what I did out there. I’m grateful and lucky that it was enough for bronze but I’m so proud of myself just for getting to the finish line.
“I felt like I was skiing out of my body the whole time, trying to fight for every single second and to leave it all out there. Just getting to the finish line was going feel like a gold medal, no matter what.”