March 17, 2019 (Falun, Sweden) – The USA’s Jessie Diggins delivered a strong performance to land 3rd on the women’s 10km FR World Cup podium in Falun, Sweden on Sunday as Therese Johaug of Norway took home another victory.

“I knew my fitness and energy were in a great place going into today, and I love this course because it’s so twisty with a lot of turns and places to continue working the downhills all around the course,” said Diggins, who beat Norway’s Ingvild Flugstad Østberg in the final stretch by 0.5 seconds to secure the final podium position. Ebba Andersson of Sweden finished second.

Fellow American Sadie Bjornsen had a solid day as well finishing just outside the top 10 in 12th followed by rookie Julia Kern who skied to an impressive 25th, with Rosie Brennan 27th, Kaitlynn Miller in 34th and Rosie Frankowski was 35th.

“I focused on even pacing because it was slower with all the new snow and pushing as hard as I could in the V2 sections where it was easier to ski without the deeper snow. I was psyched to have great skis and even when the visibility on the downhills was a little sketchy in the snow, it was fun to send it,” added Diggins. No Canadian women competed in Falun.

The World Cup heads to North America for the World Cup Finals with three races in Quebec City, Canada, March 22-24 with a sprint freestyle, mass start classic and a pursuit freestyle.

Results here.