PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Cross-country gold medalist Jessie Diggins has been voted by her fellow Team USA athletes to be the U.S. flag bearer during Sunday’s Winter Olympics closing ceremony.
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The announcement was made Friday morning on the "Today" show.
#TeamUSA’s flag bearer for the Olympic closing ceremony will be… Jessie Diggins! pic.twitter.com/soVMVe3chA
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 23, 2018
“I really thought there maybe had been a mistake. It is so humbling, and I feel so honored to have been picked,” Diggins said.
Diggins and her teammate Kikkan Randall won the first-ever gold for Team USA in cross-country skiing. They shocked Norway and Sweden by winning the women's team sprint in PyeongChang.
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