Diggins on 5th-place finish: Nerves might have gotten best of me
American cross-country skier Jessie Diggins says nerves may have gotten the best of her before the women's 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) skiathlon, causing her to throw up shortly before the race.
Diggins was third in the World Cup rankings coming in but finished fifth on Saturday at the Pyeongchang Games.
The 26-year-old says, ''I need to work on a few things to manage stress.''
She says she also struggled with cramping in her triceps during the race and will reconsider her hydration plan moving forward. Overall, though, she says she did the best she could and got the most out of her body.
Diggins says it wasn't her best race, but she still feels like she's in a ''good place'' to become the first American cross-country skier to win a medal since Bill Koch in 1976.