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

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.Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 4 November 2009.

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.2006 Winter Olympics women's 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit results. - accessed 4 November 2009. Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk was the defending world champion.FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 women's 7.5 km + 7.55 km double pursuit results. - accessed 4 November 2009. Kowalczyk also won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 17 January 2009.FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Whistler Olympic Park 17 January 2009 women's 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit results. - accessed 4 November 2009. 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.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.

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.2010 Winter Olympic Cross-country skiing 19 February 2010 women's 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit results. - accessed 20 February 2010.

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

References

External links 2010 Winter Olympics results: Ladies' 15 km Pursuit (7.5 Classic+7.5 Free), from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-18.