Brave Enough

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A two-time Olympian, Jessie Diggins is the most decorated U.S. cross-country athlete in World Championship history: she is the first American woman to win the World Cup Distance title and the World Cup Overall Champion title, and she has earned thirty-five medals in World Cup competitions. In 2021, she became the first American to win the prestigious Tour de Ski.

Todd Smith is author of Hockey Strong. His sportswriting has contributed to Minnesota Hockey, USA Hockey, and the Minnesota Wild on the NHL Network. His work has been published in The Rake Magazine, Minnesota Monthly, and Twin Cities METRO Magazine, and he has been a commentator on Minnesota Public Radio’s 89.3 The Current and WCCO Radio.

Klappentext

"In her new memoir Brave Enough, 2018 Olympic Gold Medalist Jessie Diggins shares her story for the first time. The core of Brave Enough traces her amazing journey from the heartland of the United States into the history books of sports. The memoir details her childhood in Afton, Minnesota (an idyllic small town nestled in a virtual snow globe), her meteoric rise as an elite youth athlete (she turned pro straight out of high school), and her dazzling athletic achievements on the world stage (she is a four time World Championship medalist and one of the most decorated women's winter athletes of all time). She also addresses important, personal issues like the importance of girls participation in sports. Diggins is also one of the most outspoken athletes that is stepping up to bring awareness to global climate change. Diggins also shares at length, for the first time, about her personal struggle with a serious eating disorder that nearly killed her"--

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Contents

Prologue: I Can Do It Myself

1. Snow Baby

2. Wild Child

3. Super Speed

4. Thunder Bay

5. The Stillwater Way

6. Pain Cave

7. The Great Balancing Act

8. To Ski or Not to Ski

9. Slow Spiral

10. The Emily Program

11. Never Alone

12. Blood, Sweat, and Tears

13. The National Team

14. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

15. Because 96 Isn’t 100

16. From Sochi, with Love

17. Give It All You Got

18. Know When to Fold ’Em

19. PyeongChang

20. Brave Hearts

21. Let’s Go Get It

22. One Team

23. Here Be Dragons

24. Coming Home; or, The Week I Masqueraded As a Rock Star

Epilogue

Acknowledgments