A relay medal continues to be elusive for the U.S. women’s cross-country skiing team.
Hailey Swirbul, Sadie Maubet Bjornsen, Rosie Brennan and Jessie Diggins took fourth in the world championships, missing bronze by eight tenths of a second in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Thursday.
Diggins, who famously won the final sprint of the team sprint in PyeongChang in 2018 for the U.S.’ first-ever Olympic title, was overtaken by Finnish veteran Krista Parmakoski late on anchor after skiing right in front of Parmakoski for much of the leg.
“I played the only card I had, and I knew I had to ski twice as hard as the girls that were with us, and I did my absolute damndest to drop them in the only place I thought I could, and I am really proud of that effort,” Diggins said, according to U.