Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre pursuit

Women's 15 kilometre pursuit
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for cross country
VenueWhistler Olympic Park
Dates19 February
Competitors68 from 25 nations
Winning time39:58.1
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marit Bjørgen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anna Haag  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Justyna Kowalczyk  Poland
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The women's 7.5 kilometre + 7.5 kilometre double pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 19 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 13:00 PST.[1]

The 15 km double pursuit format has been competed at the world championship level since 2005 and at the Winter Olympic level since 2006. Estonia's Kristina Šmigun-Vähi was the defending Olympic champion.[2] Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk was the defending world champion.[3] Kowalczyk also won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 17 January 2009.[4] The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 23 January 2010 in Rybinsk, Russia and was won by Kowalczyk.[5]

The pursuit consisted of a 7.5 kilometre section raced in the classical style, followed by a 7.5 kilometre portion raced freestyle. In between the sections, each skier takes time (approximately 30 seconds) to change skis and poles in a pit stop.

Results

Leaders after the classical portion were Finland's Saarinen (who finished fifth), Bjørgen, and Kowalczyk. Pit stop leaders were tied for first with Saarinen and Italy's Follis (who finished ninth), and Finland's Roponen (who finished 15th). Kowalczyk edged out Størmer Steira in a photo finish in the bronze. For Størmer Steira, it became the fourth fourth-place finish in the Olympics (following three fourth places in 2006), and she again failed to win a medal. (She became on Olympic champion in the relay several days later). Defending Olympic champion Smigun-Vähi dropped out during the classical portion of the event.[6]

Rank Bib Name Country 7.5 km C Rank Pitstop 7.5 km F Rank Finish Time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Marit Bjørgen  Norway 21:00.8 2 25.8 18:31.5 1 39:58.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 11 Anna Haag  Sweden 21:04.5 4 24.7 18:37.8 2 40:07.0 +8.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Justyna Kowalczyk  Poland 21:02.2 3 23.2 18:42.0 4 40:07.4 +9.3
4 4 Kristin Størmer Steira  Norway 21:05.1 5 22.7 18:39.7 3 40:07.5 +9.4
5 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen  Finland 21:00.7 1 21.9 19:18.0 7 40:40.6 +42.5
6 23 Therese Johaug  Norway 21:06.1 7 26.9 19:17.0 5 40:50.0 +51.9
7 9 Marianna Longa  Italy 21:05.5 6 23.1 19:33.6 14 41:02.2 +1:04.1
8 3 Charlotte Kalla  Sweden 21:26.4 9 24.6 19:27.5 11 41:18.5 +1:20.4
9 7 Arianna Follis  Italy 21:26.0 8 21.9 19:33.7 15 41:21.6 +1:23.5
10 28 Sara Renner  Canada 21:28.1 10 25.5 19:44.3 21 41:37.9 +1:39.8
11 15 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle  Germany 21:38.3 12 26.7 19:32.9 13 41:37.9 +1:39.8
12 14 Olga Zavyalova  Russia 21:35.7 11 26.6 19:36.0 16 41:38.3 +1:40.2
13 5 Irina Khazova  Russia 22:07.0 18 28.9 19:20.2 9 41:56.1 +1:58.0
14 13 Valentyna Shevchenko  Ukraine 22:06.6 17 24.5 19:27.6 12 41:58.7 +2:00.6
15 8 Riitta-Liisa Roponen  Finland 22:20.4 31 22.2 19:17.6 6 42:00.2 +2:02.1
16 36 Silvia Rupil  Italy 22:18.2 28 24.0 19:19.4 8 42:01.6 +2:03.5
17 61 Barbara Jezeršek  Slovenia 22:16.2 26 24.1 19:36.7 17 42:17.0 +2:18.9
18 21 Sabina Valbusa  Italy 22:11.0 22 26.8 19:41.6 19 42:19.4 +2:21.3
19 26 Karine Laurent Philippot  France 22:11.5 23 24.5 19:45.2 22 42:21.2 +2:23.1
20 27 Masako Ishida  Japan 21:57.8 14 24.7 20:01.8 31 42:24.3 +2:26.2
21 20 Riikka Sarasoja  Finland 22:20.8 32 24.6 19:39.0 18 42:24.4 +2:26.3
22 40 Nicole Fessel  Germany 22:30.3 36 28.3 19:26.5 10 42:25.1 +2:27.0
23 25 Kamila Rajdlová  Czech Republic 22:06.0 16 26.8 19:53.7 25 42:26.5 +2:28.4
24 19 Katrin Zeller  Germany 21:51.9 13 27.7 20:07.3 34 42:26.9 +2:28.8
25 18 Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina  Kazakhstan 22:19.2 29 25.6 19:42.3 20 42:27.1 +2:29.0
26 17 Olga Rocheva  Russia 22:07.5 19 29.1 19:53.9 26 42:30.5 +2:32.4
27 35 Laura Orgue  Spain 22:15.2 25 26.5 19:56.6 28 42:38.3 +2:40.2
28 22 Elena Kolomina  Kazakhstan 22:22.5 34 27.9 19:58.0 29 42:48.4 +2:50.3
29 31 Kateřina Smutná  Austria 22:19.7 30 28.0 20:02.6 32 42:50.3 +2:52.2
30 24 Pirjo Muranen  Finland 22:10.4 21 25.7 20:14.4 40 42:50.5 +2:52.4
31 41 Tetyana Zavalíy  Ukraine 22:21.2 33 30.4 19:59.1 30 42:50.7 +2:52.6
32 37 Aurore Cuinet  France 21:59.8 15 42.9 20:09.0 35 42:51.7 +2:53.6
33 38 Oxana Yatskaya  Kazakhstan 22:10.1 20 29.0 20:13.9 37 42:53.0 +2:54.9
34 46 Sylwia Jaśkowiec  Poland 22:30.0 35 28.6 19:56.2 27 42:54.8 +2:56.7
35 52 Kornelia Marek  Poland 22:17.7 27 25.2 20:14.0 39 42:56.9 +2:58.8
36 29 Stefanie Böhler  Germany 22:12.0 24 26.2 20:39.7 45 43:17.9 +3:19.8
37 34 Li Hongxue  China 22:44.1 39 26.3 20:13.9 37 43:24.3 +3:26.2
38 44 Morgan Arritola  United States 23:06.6 43 28.8 19:50.5 24 43:25.9 +3:27.8
39 32 Alena Sannikova  Belarus 22:34.5 37 27.1 20:32.1 43 43:33.7 +3:35.6
40 12 Yevgeniya Medvedeva  Russia 23:27.9 49 25.8 20:05.9 33 43:59.6 +4:01.5
41 54 Madeleine Williams  Canada 23:09.3 44 29.2 20:32.7 44 44:11.2 +4:13.1
42 48 Ida Ingemarsdotter  Sweden 22:43.3 38 24.4 21:08.8 53 44:16.5 +4:18.4
43 59 Caitlin Compton  United States 24:01.2 56 35.3 19:46.8 23 44:23.3 +4:25.2
44 47 Tatjana Mannima  Estonia 23:01.9 42 28.7 20:53.6 48 44:24.2 +4:26.1
45 43 Cécile Storti  France 23:41.7 54 30.0 20:12.6 36 44:24.3 +4:26.2
46 58 Vita Yakymchuk  Ukraine 23:30.2 50 24.9 20:29.7 42 44:24.8 +4:26.7
47 50 Daria Gaiazova  Canada 23:00.6 40 30.1 21:05.2 51 44:35.9 +4:37.8
48 53 Marina Matrosova  Kazakhstan 23:13.0 46 30.9 20:52.3 46 44:36.2 +4:38.1
49 60 Emilie Vina  France 23:01.1 41 27.3 21:16.6 56 44:45.0 +4:46.9
50 45 Ekaterina Rudakova  Belarus 24:01.8 57 26.1 20:22.6 41 44:50.5 +4:52.4
51 39 Eva Nývltová  Czech Republic 23:23.9 48 29.1 20:59.8 49 44:52.8 +4:54.7
52 62 Paulina Maciuszek  Poland 23:23.0 47 33.4 21:00.2 50 44:56.6 +4:58.5
53 30 Britta Johansson Norgren  Sweden 23:46.6 55 27.0 21:12.1 54 45:25.7 +5:27.6
54 49 Nastassia Dubarezava  Belarus 23:35.4 52 29.6 21:22.9 57 45:27.9 +5:29.8
55 57 Monika Gyorgy  Romania 24:18.9 59 26.2 20:52.4 47 45:37.5 +5:39.4
56 51 Holly Brooks  United States 23:38.2 53 28.7 21:31.9 58 45:38.8 +5:40.7
57 64 Perianne Jones  Canada 23:30.6 51 27.0 21:51.1 59 45:48.7 +5:50.6
58 42 Liz Stephen  United States 24:21.3 60 27.2 21:05.3 52 45:53.8 +5:55.7
59 67 Lee Chae-Won  South Korea 25:48.9 62 29.9 21:15.8 55 47:34.6 +7:36.5
60 65 Anja Eržen  Slovenia 24:18.5 58 30.0 23:34.4 62 48:22.9 +8:24.8
61 68 Kelime Çetinkaya  Turkey 25:12.7 61 29.3 23:04.0 60 48:46.0 +8:47.9
62 66 Antonia Grigorova  Bulgaria 25:59.7 63 26.3 23:05.5 61 49:31.5 +9:33.4
56 Maryna Antsybor  Ukraine 23:11.1 45 29.7 DNF
10 Vibeke Skofterud  Norway DNF
16 Kristina Šmigun-Vähi  Estonia DNF
55 Kaija Udras  Estonia DNF
33 Ivana Janečková  Czech Republic DNS
63 Katherine Calder  New Zealand DNS

References

  1. ^ Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Archived 2010-08-31 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 4 November 2009.
  2. ^ 2006 Winter Olympics women's 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit results. Archived 2011-02-16 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 4 November 2009.
  3. ^ FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 women's 7.5 km + 7.55 km double pursuit results. Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 4 November 2009.
  4. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Whistler Olympic Park 17 January 2009 women's 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit results. Archived 22 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 4 November 2009.
  5. ^ FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Rybinsk 23 January 2010 women's 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit results. - accessed 23 January 2010.
  6. ^ 2010 Winter Olympic Cross-country skiing 19 February 2010 women's 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit results. Archived 31 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 20 February 2010.