Jessie Diggins' Nightmare Ending – Got Punched in the Face

11/26/2023, 10:27:39 AM

Highlights: Jessie Diggins had the chance to win the women's mass start. She was stabbed in the face and led away bloody after the finish. The 32-year-old was helped away from the finish line by U.S. officials. Moa Ilar won the competition in Ruka, Croatia, after a giant sprint. The race was taking place in the town of Ruka in the Croatian far north of the island of Hordaland. The event is one of the biggest mass starts in the history of the sport.

Jessie Diggins had the chance to win the women's mass start. But the American had a nightmare finish. She was stabbed in the face and led away bloody after the finish.

The women's mass start in Ruka came to a dramatic end. On the penultimate hill, American Jessie Diggins lost a pole.

She quickly got a new one, but at the handover she was hit by the pole in the face and then crossed the finish line bloodied.

The 32-year-old was helped away from the finish line by U.S. officials.

Moa Ilar won the competition.

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