Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre pursuit

The Women's 15 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 12 February, at Pragelato.[1]

Women's 15 kilometre pursuit
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenuePragelato
DatesFebruary 12
Competitors67 from 28 nations
Winning time42:48.7
Medalists
Kristina Šmigun
 Estonia
Kateřina Neumannová
 Czech Republic
Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova
 Russia
Cross-country skiing at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Distance
10 kmwomen
15 kmmenwomen
30 kmmenwomen
50 kmmen
4 × 5 km relaywomen
4 × 10 km relaymen
Sprint
Individualmenwomen
Teammenwomen

Julija Tchepalova was the reigning World Champion in the event, while Canadian Beckie Scott won the 10 km pursuit at the 2002 Olympics. However, neither were in the medals here; Kristina Šmigun and Kateřina Neumannová were neck-and-neck coming into the stadium, but Šmigun was the quickest through the last straight and won by 1.9 seconds. Russia's Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova took bronze.

In 2014, the Estonian Olympic Committee was notified by the IOC that one of Šmigun's samples from the 2006 Turin Games had been retested with a positive result. On 24 October 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency Athletes' Commission stated that Šmigun faces a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing before the end of October. If Šmigun were to be stripped of her gold, Kateřina Neumannová of Czech Republic could be elevated to gold in the 15 km pursuit event.[2]

Results

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 took time (approximately 30 seconds) to 'pit', changing their skis.[3]

RankNameCountryTime
Kristina Šmigun Estonia42:48.7
Kateřina Neumannová Czech Republic42:50.6
Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova Russia43:03.2
4Kristin Størmer Steira Norway43:06.8
5Gabriella Paruzzi Italy43:18.9
6Beckie Scott Canada43:20.6
7Olga Zavyalova Russia43:23.7
8Justyna Kowalczyk Poland43:25.6
9Yuliya Chepalova Russia43:39.5
10Hilde G. Pedersen Norway43:40.5
11Petra Majdič Slovenia43:41.7
12Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina Kazakhstan44:00.0
13Riitta-Liisa Lassila Finland44:06.1
14Valentina Shevchenko Ukraine44:13.6
15Britta Norgren Sweden44:18.0
16Sara Renner Canada44:30.9
17Sabina Valbusa Italy44:44.7
18Claudia Künzel Germany44:48.1
19Kristin Mürer Stemland Norway44:59.2
20Karine Philippot France45:06.5
21Wang Chunli China45:09.6
22Antonella Confortola Italy45:11.9
23Ivana Janečková Czech Republic45:33.5
24Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Switzerland45:34.3
25Elena Kolomina Kazakhstan45:44.1
26Vita Jakimchuk Ukraine45:48.1
27Li Hongxue China45:56.4
28Stefanie Böhler Germany45:56.9
29Helena Erbenová Czech Republic45:57.0
30Sumiko Yokoyama Japan45:58.6
31Elin Ek Sweden46:02.7
32Liu Yuanyuan China46:18.5
33Elina Hietamäki Finland46:20.5
34Kirsi Välimaa Finland46:25.6
35Masako Ishida Japan46:37.7
36Arianna Follis Italy46:40.9
37Yelena Burukhina Russia46:42.9
38Chizuru Soneta Japan46:45.5
39Maja Benedicic Slovenia46:51.1
40Kateryna Grygorenko Ukraine46:55.2
41Oxana Jatskaja Kazakhstan46:57.0
42Clare-Louise Brumley Australia47:03.1
43Alena Sannikova Belarus47:05.6
44Ludmila Korolik Shablouskaya Belarus47:07.2
45Tatjana Zavalij Ukraine47:18.7
46Alena Procházková Slovakia47:45.2
47Anna-Karin Strömstedt Sweden47:51.3
48Rebecca Dussault United States47:53.7
49Ekaterina Rudakova Bulauka Belarus48:09.2
50Yevgeniya Voloshenko Kazakhstan48:17.2
51Olga Vasiljonok Belarus48:20.4
52Manuela Henkel Germany48:21.8
53Irina Terentjeva Lithuania48:33.7
54Milaine Thériault Canada48:38.9
55Lindsey Weier United States48:45.0
56Abby Larson United States48:47.5
57Lee Chae-Won South Korea49:01.2
58Xu Yinghui China49:47.3
59Mónika György Romania50:15.3
60Chandra Crawford Canada50:35.4
61Laia Aubert Torrents Spain50:41.3
62Lindsay Williams United States50:49.7
63Laura Orgué Spain51:16.5
64Maja Kezele Croatia51:36.3
Marit Bjørgen NorwayDNF
Kelime Aydin TurkeyDNF
Branka Kuzeljević Serbia and MontenegroDNF

References
  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Women's 15 km Skiathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. Butler, Nick (24 Oct 2016). "Šmigun-Vähi facing CAS hearing after "positive" retest at Turin 2006". INSIDETHEGAMES.BIZ. Dunsar Media Company Limited. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  3. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved Jun 11, 2009.
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