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Olympic cross-country preview: US eager to build on success

FILE - Russia's Natalia Nepryaeva participates during the women's mass start free 10km event at the Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Trento, Italy, Jan. 4, 2022. Nepryaeva is showing strong form after taking the gold in the six-stage FIS Tour de Ski, which started in Switzerland, moved to Germany and concluded with a climb up an Alpine ski slope in Italy. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File)

FILE - Norway's Therese Johaug crosses the finish line to win the WSC Women's Mass Start 30km Classic cross-country event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, March 6, 2021. Johaug has won three Olympic medals (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

FILE - Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, right, and Finland's Iivo Niskanen compete in the men's mass start 15km classic cross-country event at the FIS Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Trento, Italy, Jan. 3, 2022. Klaebo was a rising star when he won three gold medals at PyeongChang. He has dominated the World Cup this season and will be back to defend his Olympic titles. Klaebo's teammates, Erik Valnes and Pål Golberg, will likely be in the mix. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File)

FILE - United States' Jessie Diggins competes during a women's Tour de Ski, cross-country ski sprint event, in Val di Fiemme, Italy, Jan. 9, 2021. Diggins and Rosie Brennan along with a revamped U.S. team head into the Beijing games with a list of podium finishes and hopes for earning more medals. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)

Olympic cross-country preview: US eager to build on success