Jessie Diggins earns team sprint silver for seventh cross-country worlds medal

• Diggins and Julia Kern win team sprint silver at worlds
• Swedish team take gold while Switzerland earn bronze

Jessie Diggins and Julia Kern won silver in the team sprint classic at the Nordic world ski championships on Wednesday, securing the US their second-ever world medal in the event's classic style.

The American duo finished 2.9sec behind Sweden's Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist, while Switzerland took bronze. It was a step up from the bronze medal Diggins and Kern won two years ago in the freestyle version of the event.