Jessie Diggins’ Unique QF Choice Strategy

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Author

Joran Elias

Published

January 27, 2024

Has anyone else noticed that Jessie Diggins isn’t making QF choices like any of her peers?

The “normal” choice is to opt for QFs 1 & 2, presumably for the additional rest, while Jessie has been gravitating towards QF 5 at a steadily increasing rate. I wonder what the rationale is here. Trying to avoid the bulk of the Swedes in the quarterfinals? Something else?