Jessie Diggins goes into her first home cross-country skiing World Cup event on Sunday (18 February) in Minneapolis, tipped to take a remarkable 21st victory at the top levels of the sport.
The Olympic and world champion from the U.S. is having the best season of her career after clinching her fifth individual World Cup race of 2023/24 in Canmore, Canada, to add to her Tour de Ski title.
She won the women's 15km freestyle last Friday (9 February), her 10th individual podium finish this season, and leads the standings for the World Cup overall title, which she also won in 2020/21.
With her win in Canmore, the 32-year-old surpassed the USA teammate she won Winter Olympic team sprint gold alongside, Kikkan Randall, for most wins in one season from an American cross-country skier.
It’s the first time in 23 years that the World Cup circuit includes a competition in the U.S., with sprint and distance races taking place, and the event is taking place just 40km away from Diggins' hometown of Afton.
Mark your calendars for the Stifel Loppet Cup and find out below how to watch all the action live from Minneapolis.
The Schedule for the Stifle Loppet Cup cross-country ski World Cup races in the U.S.
Saturday, 17 February
Sprint races
- 10:00am – Women’s Sprint Qualification
- 10:30am – Men’s Sprint Qualification
- 12:30pm – Men’s and Women’s Sprint Final
Sunday, 18 February
Distance races
- 10:30am – Men’s 10K Individual Start
- 12:45pm – Women’s 10K Individual Start - Jessie Diggins racing
How and where to watch Jessie Diggins compete in Minneapolis at the Stifel Loppet Cup
NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app and Peacock will stream all the action for subscribers in the USA.
CNBC will air action on Sunday 18 February at 12:30 p.m. ET, and NBC will show the competition at 4 p.m. (10km races from earlier that day).
Elsewhere in the world, Cross-country ski action is livestreamed by the FIS broadcast partners in each region, including Eurosport in Europe.
Higlights will also be made available on the FIS YouTube channel.