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Roxanna Scott, USA TODAY Sports
Published 12:42 pm ET July 11, 2018 | Updated 12:43 pm ET July 11, 2018
Kikkan Randall celebrates winning the gold medal in the ladies' cross-country ski team sprint final freestyle during the 2018 Olympics (Photo: Soobum Im, USA TODAY Sports)
Olympic gold medalist Kikkan Randall along with US teammate Jessie Diggins, made history in Pyeongchang by becoming the first American female cross country skiers to win an olympic medal -and it was gold. The five-time Olympian wrote on Twitter that the prognosis is good after the cancer was detected early on. (19659018) A trailblazer in women's cross country skiing, Randall came back from maternity leave to make the U.S. Olympic team for Pyeongchang. She gave birth to her Breck in April 2016.
The color pink has taken on a new chapter in my life as I was recently diagnosed with bad cancer. Although we caught it early and the prognosis is good, my life will change quite a bit in the coming months. Please check https://t.co/b4sNiAxtT6 for updates 🙂 #Kikkanimal pic.twitter.com/SQEeJAXaFV
– Kikkan Randall (@kikkanimal) July 11, 2018
Until this year's Pyeongchang Olympics, Bill Koch was the only American to reach the Olympic podium in the sport of cross country skiing, winning a silver medal in the 30-kilometer event at the 1976 Innsbruck Games.
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