February 21, 2018 (PyeongChang, South Korea) – Jessie Diggins (Aton, Minn) and Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska) won Team Sprint GOLD bringing home the USA’s first Olympic women’s medal today at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games.

The dynamic duo repeated their gold medal performance from the Nordic World Championships at Val di Fiemme, Italy, back in 2013 as they made history again only this time on the Olympic stage.

The race came down to a final sprint to the line between Nilsson and Diggins with the American catching and passing the Swede just before the line for the historic victory. Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla and Stina Nilsson won the silver with Norway’s Marit Bjoergen and Maiken Caspersen Falla taking the bronze.

American Bill Koch captured the USA’s first Olympic medal winning silver in the men’s 30km Classic at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, that stunned the world. Marty Hall, the Team USA head coach at those Games, formed and coached the first U.S. women’s team back in 1969 with early pioneers like Martha Rockwell, Alison Owen, and Trina Hosmer. – ed

The win capped an amazing Games for Diggins with two fifth-place finishes and was icing on the cake of Randall’s amazing career as the triple Sprint Cup globe winner will retire after this season ends.

Results here.