Jessie Diggins places 16th in second stage of Tour de Ski

The Afton cross-country skier is in second place in the overall standings.

December 30, 2021 at 3:11AM
United States' Jessie Diggins competes during a women's Tour de Ski, cross-country ski sprint event, in Val di Fiemme, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Jessie Diggins (Alessandro Trovati, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Jessie Diggins finished 16th in the second stage of the Tour de Ski on Wednesday, putting the Afton cross-country skier in second place in the overall standings. Diggins had a time of 28 minutes, 11.9 seconds for a 10-kilometer classic race in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, 1:07.9 behind winner Kerttu Niskanen of Finland.

Diggins, who won the Stage 1 freestyle sprint Tuesday, sits 29 seconds behind Niskanen in the overall time standings. The six-stage Tour continues Friday with a 10K freestyle mass start in Oberstdorf, Germany.

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