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    Kikkan Randall Wins Her 1st Medal In Cross-Country — A Gold — After 18 Tries

    Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins are the first American women ever to win a medal in cross-country — and they made it gold.
    by Bill Chappell Feb 21, 2018 2 minutes
    Jessica Diggins (left) and Kikkan Randall celebrate winning their gold medal in the women's cross-country team sprint free final at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. Randall, 35, is retiring from Olympic sports after the games.

    In the last event of her last Olympics – she has been to five – Kikkan Randall finally did what no American woman had ever done: win a medal in cross-country skiing. And she made it a gold, as Randall and her teammate Jessica Diggins won the team sprint free final at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

    Randall and Diggins snared gold by a nose, with Diggins sprinting to the finish

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