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Jessie Diggins to Retire After 2025–26 Season, Ending Career at Lake Placid Finals

A three-time overall World Cup champion, she reshaped U.S. cross-country skiing, advancing openness on athlete mental health.

Overview

  • She will race at Milano–Cortina 2026 and close her career March 19–22 at the World Cup Finals in Lake Placid, N.Y.
  • Her Olympic resume includes the United States’ first cross-country gold in the Pyeongchang 2018 team sprint with Kikkan Randall, plus a Beijing 2022 sprint bronze and 30-kilometer silver.
  • She is the reigning overall World Cup winner and a three-time champion, with her 2021 title the first by a U.S. woman and the first American overall since 1982.
  • She captured the 10-kilometer skate world title in 2023, becoming the first American to win an individual gold at the World Championships, and has seven medals at the event.
  • She has been a prominent mental-health advocate, publicly discussing her eating-disorder recovery and pushing for stronger support for athletes.