Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the X Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates	14–21 March

The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 and 21 March 2010.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	7	9	6	22
2	Canada (CAN)	3	1	1	5
3	Germany (GER)	3	1	0	4
4	Ukraine (UKR)	2	5	2	9
5	Japan (JPN)	2	1	0	3
6	Belarus (BLR)	2	0	6	8
7	Italy (ITA)	1	1	1	3
8	Norway (NOR)	0	2	1	3
9	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		20	20	20	60

Events

The program included a total of 20 events, 10 for men and 10 for women. Competitors are divided into three categories: standing, visually impaired, and sitting. Standing skiers are those that have a locomotive disability but are able to use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers, whereas sitting competitors use a sitski. Visually impaired skiers compete with the help of a sighted guide. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[1]

Men 1 km sprint Sitting Standing Visually impaired 10 km individual Sitting Standing Visually impaired 15 km individual Sitting 20 km individual Standing Visually impaired 1 × 4 km + 2 × 5 km relay

Women 1 km sprint Sitting Standing Visually impaired 5 km individual Sitting Standing Visually impaired 10 km individual Sitting 15 km individual Standing Visually impaired 3×2.5 km relay

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 km Sprint Classic details	visually impaired	Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich  Germany	4:14.2	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	4:44.2	Lioubov Vasilieva Guide: Natalia Yakimova  Russia	4:54.4
	sitting	Francesca Porcellato  Italy	2:58.5	Olena Iurkovska  Ukraine	3:00.0	Liudmila Vauchok  Belarus	3:01.9
	standing	Oleksandra Kononova  Ukraine	4:21.4	Shoko Ota  Japan	4:26.8	Anna Burmistrova  Russia	4:31.3
5 km Classic details	visually impaired	Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich  Germany	15:08.8	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	16:00.3	Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide: Valery Koshkin  Russia	17:18.4
	sitting	Liudmila Vauchok  Belarus	14:56.6	Andrea Eskau  Germany	15:11.4	Colette Bourgonje  Canada	15:16.4
	standing	Oleksandra Kononova  Ukraine	16:01.3	Iuliia Batenkova  Ukraine	16:03.7	Larysa Varona  Belarus	17:38.2
10 km details	sitting	Liudmila Vauchok  Belarus	30:52.9	Colette Bourgonje  Canada	31:49.8	Olena Iurkovska  Ukraine	32:43.5
15 km Free details	visually impaired	Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich  Germany	45:11.1	Lioubov Vasilieva Guide: Natalia Yakimova  Russia	48:34.1	Yadviha Skorabahataya Guide: Vasili Haurukovich  Belarus	49:19.3
	standing	Anna Burmistrova  Russia	49:16.3	Iuliia Batenkova  Ukraine	49:23.5	Katarzyna Rogowiec  Poland	51:04.1
3 × 2.5 km Relay details	open	Russia (RUS) Maria Iovleva Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Lioubov Vasilieva Guide: Natalia Yakimova	20:23.2	Ukraine (UKR) Olena Iurkovska Iuliia Batenkova Oleksandra Kononova	20:42.7	Belarus (BLR) Larysa Varona Liudmila Vauchok Yadviha Skorabahataya Guide: Vasili Haurukovich	22:04.2

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 km Sprint Classic details	visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever  Canada	3:42.9	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	3:47.0	Zebastian Modin Guide: Albin Ackerot  Sweden	3:50.2
	sitting	Sergey Shilov  Russia	2:31.8	Irek Zaripov  Russia	2:31.9	Vladimir Kiselev  Russia	2:36.6
	standing	Yoshihiro Nitta  Japan	3:30.7	Kirill Mikhaylov  Russia	3:32.3	Ilkka Tuomisto  Finland	3:33.9
10 km Classic details	visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever  Canada	26:01.6	Helge Flo Guide: Thomas Losnegard  Norway	27:27.3	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	27:40.7
	sitting	Irek Zaripov  Russia	27:12.1	Enzo Masiello  Italy	28:21.1	Dzmitry Loban  Belarus	28:25.1
	standing	Yoshihiro Nitta  Japan	26:29.5	Kirill Mikhaylov  Russia	27:01.7	Grygorii Vovchinskiy  Ukraine	27:03.7
15 km details	sitting	Irek Zaripov  Russia	41:01.01	Roman Petushkov  Russia	41:11.01	Enzo Masiello  Italy	41:54.09
20 km Free details	visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever  Canada	51:14:7	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	51:55.6	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski  Belarus	52:22.5
	standing	Kirill Mikhaylov  Russia	52:07.7	Nils-Erik Ulset  Norway	53:34.1	Vladimir Kononov  Russia	53:53.4
1 × 4 km + 2 × 5 km Relay details	open	Russia (RUS) Sergey Shilov Kirill Mikhaylov Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev	38:54.8	Ukraine (UKR) Iurii Kostiuk Grygorii Vovchinskyi Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov	39:16.7	Norway (NOR) Trygve Toskedal Larsen Vegard Dahle Nils-Erik Ulset	39:48.9

Competition schedule

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Day	Date	Start	Event
Day 3	Sun 14 Mar	10:00	Men's 15 km, sitting
		12:00	Women's 10 km, sitting
Day 4	Mon 15 Mar	10:00	Men's 20 km, standing
		10:15	Men's 20 km, visually impaired
		12:00	Women's 15 km, standing
		12:10	Women's 15 km, visually impaired
Day 7	Thu 18 Mar	10:00	Men's 10 km, standing
		10:16	Men's 10 km, visually impaired
		10:24	Women's 5 km, standing
		10:32	Women's 5 km, visually impaired
		11:15	Women's 5 km, sitting
		11:35	Men's 10 km, sitting
Day 9	Sat 20 Mar	10:00	Women's 3 × 2.5 km relay
		12:00	Men's 1×4 km + 2×5 km relay
Day 10	Sun 21 Mar	10:00	Men's 1 km sprint, sitting
		10:18	Women's 1 km sprint, sitting
		10:45	Men's 1 km sprint, visually impaired
		11:00	Men's 1 km sprint, standing
		11:25	Women's 1 km sprint, visually impaired
		11:37	Women's 1 km sprint, standing

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

References

1. Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, 13 March 2010

• – About the Sport Archived 12 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• Cross-country Schedule and Results Archived 23 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Results Book – Cross-Country Skiing – 14 to 21 March Archived 9 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Vancouver 2010