February 12, 2026 - (Tesero, Italy) The USA’s Jessie Diggins added another medal to her historic career claiming bronze in the women’s 10k skate interval start at the Tesero Cross Country Stadium. The third-place result marked her fourth career Olympic medal and the first Olympic medal ever won by an American in the 10k event.

Diggins paced her 10k race carefully across the rolling Tesero course, staying within striking distance through the early checkpoints before delivering a decisive effort in the latter stages to secure her podium spot. The pace was securely set by Sweden’s Frida Karlsson, who secured a gold medal just days ago in the women’s skiathlon.

“Today, I went into the race with a mantra of: “Focus on what I could do right now. Focus on what I could do in the moment,” said Diggins.

Canadian 20-year-old cross-country skier, Alison Mackie, took home 8th place, Canada’s best-ever Olympic result in a women’s 10km in free technique. “I’ve actually never sat in a leader chair before,” said Mackie. “So yeah, it’s definitely a little bit overwhelming when you’re really tired at the end of the race.

With the bronze medal, Diggins now owns four Olympic podium medals. Her first came at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, where she teamed up to win gold in the team sprint with Kikkan Randall, the first cross country Olympic gold medal for the United States. She followed that performance in Beijing in 2022 with silver and bronze medals, and now adds bronze from Milano Cortina to her collection.

Team Sweden’s Karlsson and Ebba Andersson took the gold and silver medals with Karlsson’s winning time of 22 minutes and 49.2 seconds. Diggins rounded out the podium 49.7 seconds behind with a time of 23 minutes and 38.9 seconds.

Full results here.
Read US Ski Team report here.
Read the Team Canada report here.