The Women's team sprint took place on 25 February 2009. Team sprint qualifying at 11:00 CET and finals at 13:00 CET. The defending world champions were Finland's Riitta-Liisa Roponen and Virpi Kuitunen. Kuitunen defended her title with Aino-Kaisa Saarinen. The Finns led at every exchange until the last rounds at the finish to win by 20 seconds. This event was Saarinen's third medal at these championships. Anna Olsson earned her first championship medal while Andersson, Longa and Follis earned their second medals at these championships.
Results Q – Qualified for final round due to placing in heat q – Qualified for final round due to times PF – Placing decided by Photo finish
Semifinals Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Semifinal 1
Rank Heat Bib Country Athletes Time Note
Semifinal 2
Rank Heat Bib Country Athletes Time Note
Final
Rank Bib Country Athlete Time Deficit Note 1 Aino-Kaisa SaarinenVirpi Kuitunen 19:43.7 — 3 Anna OlssonLina Andersson 20:03.7 +20.0 2 Marianna LongaArianna Follis 20:07.5 +23.8 15 Masako IshidaMadoka Natsumi 20:08.9 +25.2 12 Astrid Uhrenholdt JacobsenIngvild Flugstad Østberg 20:31.4 +47.7 13 Sara RennerPerianne Jones 20:47.3 +1:03.6 4 Katrin ZellerEvi Sachenbacher-Stehle 20:51.7 +1:08.0 16 Oxana YatskayaSvetlana Shishkina 20:52.8 +1:09.1 7 Ivana JanečkováKamila Rajdlová 21:37.9 +1:54.2 10 Yevgeniya ShapovalovaNatalya Matveyeva
References
External links Final results Results - International Ski Federation (FIS)