MINNEAPOLIS — The United States got its cross-country ski champion Sunday in the long-awaited return of the sport to the United States. But it was not at all who anyone thought would be at the top of the podium.
Afton-native Jessie Diggins, the Olympic champion and the greatest U.S. racer the sport has ever seen, was the unofficial host of the Loppet Cup at Theodore Wirth Park this weekend.
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