At the 2018 Olympics, she was fifth in the 10km freestyle, just three seconds from the podium. Instead of looking forward to a near-perfect race, she started accusing herself of being too fat, that's where the three seconds were.
SVT: Brave Enough
Olympic champion Jessica Diggins has suffered from severe eating disorders throughout her career. It was so bad it could have cost her her life.
Diggins, a big profile in the World Cup after ten seasons, has a Olympic gold in sprint relay from Pyeongchang 2018 and a World Cup gold in the same branch from the World Cup in Val di Fiemme 2013. In addition, she has six individual World Cup wins and 25 podium places.
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