The women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 13 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland won the race after taking a commanding lead early on, then never threatened. Swede Charlotte Kalla won her second silver medal of the 2014 Olympic Games, and Therese Johaug of Norway edged into third place to win the bronze medal.
Qualification
An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on January 20, 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.
Results The race was started at 14:00.Final results
Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit 43 Justyna Kowalczyk 28:17.8 — 40 Charlotte Kalla 28:36.2 46 Therese Johaug 28:46.1 4 37 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 28:48.1 5 45 Marit Bjørgen 28:51.2 6 31 Stefanie Böhler 29:04.3 7 20 Natalya Zhukova 29:15.5 8 41 Kerttu Niskanen 29:16.7 9 42 Heidi Weng 29:28.2 +1:10.4 10 39 Krista Lähteenmäki 29:36.0 +1:18.2 11 23 Emma Wikén 29:38.9 +1:21.1 12 28 Olga Kuzyukova 29:41.9 +1:24.1 13 36 Anne Kyllönen 29:52.8 +1:35.0 14 35 Masako Ishida 29:55.7 +1:37.9 15 30 Sara Lindborg 29:56.2 +1:38.4 16 26 Sadie Bjornsen 29:59.7 +1:41.9 17 44 30:01.6 +1:43.8 18 24 Anna Haag 30:04.5 +1:46.7 19 34 Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová 30:06.7 +1:48.9 20 27 Kateřina Smutná 30:13.6 +1:55.8 21 25 Nicole Fessel 30:27.0 +2:09.2 22 21 Valentyna Shevchenko 30:33.0 +2:15.2 23 33 Katrin Zeller 30:38.5 +2:20.7 24 53 Kornelia Kubińska 30:43.5 +2:25.7 25 19 Célia Aymonier 30:45.8 +2:28.0 26 14 Laura Orgué 30:48.0 +2:30.2 27 29 Aurore Jéan 31:01.0 +2:43.2 28 9 Tetyana Antypenko 31:06.9 +2:49.1 29 13 Sophie Caldwell 31:11.4 +2:53.6 30 17 Alenka Čebašek 31:13.6 +2:55.8 31 50 Ida Sargent 31:15.1 +2:57.3 32 18 Holly Brooks 31:19.1 +3:01.3 33 5 Elena Kolomina 31:20.1 +3:02.3 34 1 Li Hongxue 31:20.7 +3:02.9 35 8 Nathalie Schwarz 31:23.2 +3:05.4 36 11 Paulina Maciuszek 31:25.8 +3:08.0 37 16 Elisa Brocard 31:28.0 +3:10.2 38 15 Barbara Jezeršek 31:40.0 +3:22.2 39 54 Brittany Webster 31:41.0 +3:23.2 40 12 Alena Sannikova 31:42.2 +3:24.4 41 49 Daria Gaiazova 31:47.0 +3:29.2 42 58 Triin Ojaste 31:54.3 +3:36.5 43 69 Anastassiya Slonova 31:56.6 +3:38.8 44 4 Veronika Mayerhofer 31:59.6 +3:41.8 45 48 Klara Moravcová 32:00.6 +3:42.8 46 47 Kateryna Grygorenko 32:03.5 +3:45.7 47 3 Alena Procházková 32:08.4 +3:50.6 48 52 Lee Chae-won 32:16.9 +3:59.1 49 2 Tatyana Ossipova 32:20.1 +4:02.3 50 55 Man Dandan 32:25.1 +4:07.3 51 61 Katja Višnar 32:47.0 +4:29.2 52 6 Amanda Ammar 32:48.8 +4:31.0 53 59 Kelime Çetinkaya 32:58.0 +4:40.2 54 51 Heidi Widmer 33:01.9 +4:44.1 55 10 Maryna Lisohor 33:35.4 +5:17.6 56 56 Vedrana Malec 33:42.3 +5:24.5 57 7 Nika Razinger 33:54.1 +5:36.3 58 68 Esther Bottomley 34:30.1 +6:12.3 59 62 Timea Sara 34:48.2 +6:30.4 60 60 Aimee Watson 34:56.0 +6:38.2 61 70 Katya Galstyan 35:26.4 +7:08.6 62 66 Inga Dauškāne 36:13.1 +7:55.3 63 57 Rosamund Musgrave 36:18.5 +8:00.7 64 64 Ingrida Ardišauskaitė 36:52.1 +8:34.3 65 67 Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean 37:26.7 +9:08.9 66 71 Ágnes Simon 38:36.7 +10:18.9 67 74 Chinbatyn Otgontsetseg 38:43.1 +10:25.3 68 73 Alexandra Camenșcic 39:52.6 +11:34.8 69 63 Tanja Karišik 41:34.6 +13:16.8 70 65 Farzaneh Rezasoltani 42:31.3 +14:13.5 71 75 Marija Kolaroska 44:46.0 +16:28.2 72 72 Ivana Kovačević 45:21.3 +17:03.5 DSQ 38 Yuliya Chekalyova 29:36.1 +1:18.3 32 Yuliya Ivanova 29:59.4 +1:41.6 22 Marina Piller 31:07.6 +2:49.8 76 Angelica di Silvestri Did not start
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