Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 17 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia.[1]

Women's sprint
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
The medalists
VenueWhistler Olympic Park
Dates17 February
Competitors54 from 27 nations
Winning time3:39.2
Medalists
Marit Bjørgen  Norway
Justyna Kowalczyk  Poland
Petra Majdič  Slovenia
Cross-country skiing at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Distance
10 kmwomen
15 kmmenwomen
30 kmmenwomen
50 kmmen
4 × 5 km relaywomen
4 × 10 km relaymen
Sprint
Individualmenwomen
Teammenwomen

Canada's Chandra Crawford was the defending Olympic champion in this event, though that event was in the freestyle technique.[2] Italy's Arianna Follis was the defending world champion in this event which was also held in freestyle technique.[3] Alena Procházková of Slovakia won the test event that took place at Olympic venue on 16 January 2009.[4] The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 6 February 2010 in Canmore, Alberta and was won by Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk.[5]

Follis did not qualify for the event at the Winter Olympics. Crawford and Procházková were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Kowalczyk won silver. It was Bjørgen's second medal at these Olympics and first gold for her. Majdič won her first Olympic medal and the first for Slovenia in cross-country skiing. During the warm-up she crashed down a bank, into an unprotected 3 m (9.8 ft) deep gorge and landed on ice and rocks, sustaining five broken ribs and a pneumothorax.[6] In spite of agonizing pain, she finished third in the sprint a few hours later, winning the first individual Winter Olympic medal for Slovenia in 16 years and its first ever in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics. She earned the highest praise from other skiers, staff and the media for her amazing bravery[7][8] as she attended the medal giving ceremony with a tube in her chest to relieve pneumothorax.[6]

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 10:15 PST.[1]

RankBibAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
12Marit Bjørgen Norway3:38.05+0.00Q
218Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland3:38.82+0.77Q
323Anna Olsson Sweden3:41.95+3.90Q
412Magda Genuin Italy3:42.18+4.13Q
517Justyna Kowalczyk Poland3:43.35+5.30Q
621Virpi Kuitunen Finland3:43.72+5.67Q
77Katja Višnar Slovenia3:44.10+6.05Q
813Celine Brun-Lie Norway3:44.71+6.66Q
922Nicole Fessel Germany3:44.79+6.74Q
1024Kikkan Randall United States3:44.97+6.92Q
1125Astrid Jacobsen Norway3:45.01+6.96Q
121Kateřina Smutná Austria3:45.03+6.98Q
138Magdalena Pajala Sweden3:45.50+7.45Q
145Natalya Korostelyova Russia3:45.56+7.51Q
1520Pirjo Muranen Finland3:46.04+7.99Q
166Alena Procházková Slovakia3:46.16+8.11Q
1727Daria Gaiazova Canada3:46.97+8.92Q
1847Chandra Crawford Canada3:47.25+9.20Q
193Petra Majdič Slovenia3:47.84+9.79Q
2010Kirsi Perälä Finland3:48.08+10.03Q
214Vesna Fabjan Slovenia3:48.40+10.35Q
2226Madoka Natsumi Japan3:48.48+10.43Q
2331Aurore Cuinet France3:48.52+10.47Q
2438Katrin Zeller Germany3:48.63+10.58Q
2519Ida Ingemarsdotter Sweden3:49.11+11.06Q
2616Yevgeniya Shapovalova Russia3:49.52+11.47Q
2714Hanna Falk Sweden3:49.94+11.89Q
2830Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway3:50.23+12.18Q
2933Hanna Kolb Germany3:50.29+12.24Q
3040Doris Trachsel Switzerland3:50.85+12.80Q
3128Kaija Udras Estonia3:51.05+13.00
3215Oxana Jatskaja Kazakhstan3:51.27+13.22
3337Eva Nývltová Czech Republic3:51.37+13.32
3443Sara Renner Canada3:51.79+13.74
359Elena Turysheva Russia3:51.99+13.94
3635Elena Kolomina Kazakhstan3:52.12+14.07
3734Triin Ojaste Estonia3:52.31+14.26
3850Holly Brooks United States3:52.51+14.46
3929Karin Moroder Italy3:53.74+15.69
4011Olga Rocheva Russia3:53.87+15.82
4139Perianne Jones Canada3:54.27+16.22
4245Nastassia Dubarezava Belarus3:56.87+18.82
4332Elisa Brocard Italy3:58.27+20.22
4452Monika Gyorgy Romania3:58.32+20.27
4546Elena Antonova Kazakhstan4:01.35+23.30
4636Olga Vasiljonok Belarus4:01.73+23.68
4749Katherine Calder New Zealand4:03.11+25.06
4848Marina Matrossova Kazakhstan4:03.14+25.09
4941Irina Terentjeva Lithuania4:04.47+26.42
5044Esther Bottomley Australia4:05.12+27.07
5142Man Dandan China4:08.55+30.50
5251Nina Broznić Croatia4:15.31+37.26
5353Kelime Çetinkaya Turkey4:22.32+44.27
5454Olga Reshetkova Kyrgyzstan4:32.96+54.91

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals took place at 12:30 PST.[1]

Quarterfinal 1
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
11Marit Bjørgen Norway3:35.4+0.0Q
211Astrid Jacobsen Norway3:39.0+3.6Q
310Kikkan Randall United States3:39.4+4.0LL
420Kirsi Perälä Finland3:39.7+4.3
521Vesna Fabjan Slovenia3:43.7+8.3
630Doris Trachsel Switzerland3:44.7+9.3
Quarterfinal 2
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
14Magda Genuin Italy3:41.9+0.0Q
214Natalya Korostelyova Russia3:42.9+1.0Q
324Katrin Zeller Germany3:43.0+1.1
47Katja Višnar Slovenia3:43.5+1.6
517Daria Gaiazova Canada3:44.4+2.5
627Hanna Falk Sweden4:22.5+40.6
Quarterfinal 3
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
15Justyna Kowalczyk Poland3:38.8+0.0Q
26Virpi Kuitunen Finland3:39.9+1.1Q
325Ida Ingemarsdotter Sweden3:40.0+1.2
416Alena Procházková Slovakia3:40.1+1.3
515Pirjo Muranen Finland3:41.7+2.9
626Yevgeniya Shapovalova Russia3:43.2+4.4
Quarterfinal 4
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
119Petra Majdič Slovenia3:40.2+0.0Q
212Kateřina Smutná Austria3:40.5+0.3Q
32Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland3:40.7+0.5
49Nicole Fessel Germany3:41.2+1.0
529Hanna Kolb Germany3:41.6+1.4
622Madoka Natsumi Japan3:42.6+2.4
Quarterfinal 5
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
13Anna Olsson Sweden3:36.5+0.0Q
213Magdalena Pajala Sweden3:37.7+1.2Q
38Celine Brun-Lie Norway3:39.7+3.2LL
428Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway3:41.6+5.1
523Aurore Cuinet France3:48.7+12.2
618Chandra Crawford Canada3:50.0+13.5

Semifinals

Semifinals took place at 13:20 PST.[1]

Semifinals 1
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
11Marit Bjørgen Norway3:39.3+0.0Q
24Magda Genuin Italy3:42.2+2.9Q
311Astrid Jacobsen Norway3:44.2+4.9
410Kikkan Randall United States3:45.9+6.6
56Virpi Kuitunen Finland3:46.4+7.1
614Natalya Korostelyova Russia3:48.1+8.8
Semifinals 2
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
15Justyna Kowalczyk Poland3:38.0+0.0Q
23Anna Olsson Sweden3:38.7+0.7Q
38Celine Brun-Lie Norway3:40.1+2.1LL
419Petra Majdič Slovenia3:41.2+3.2LL
513Magdalena Pajala Sweden3:45.0+7.0
612Kateřina Smutná Austria3:45.1+7.1

Final

Final took place at 13:45 PST.[1]

RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
1Marit Bjørgen Norway3:39.2+0.0
5Justyna Kowalczyk Poland3:40.3+1.1
19Petra Majdič Slovenia3:41.0+1.8
43Anna Olsson Sweden3:41.7+2.5
54Magda Genuin Italy3:49.1+9.9
68Celine Brun-Lie Norway3:51.5+12.3

See also

References
  1. Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - Accessed November 3, 2009.
  2. 2006 Winter Olympics women's individual sprint freestyle results. Archived 2011-02-16 at the Wayback Machine - Accessed November 3, 2009.
  3. FIS Nordic World Ski 2009 women's individual sprint freestyle results. Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine - Accessed November 3, 2009.
  4. Whistler Olympic Park World Cup 16 January 2009 women's individual sprint classical results. Archived 30 July 2012 at Archive.today - Accessed November 3, 2009.
  5. FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Canmore 6 February 2010 women's sprint classical results. - Accessed February 6, 2010.
  6. http://www.rtvslo.si/sport/preostali-sporti/olimpijske-igre-2010/majdiceva-s-4-zlomljenimi-rebri-in-cevko-po-medaljo-iger-zanjo-konec/223844
  7. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Olympics/2010/0217/Petra-Majdic-gives-Slovenia-its-first-ever-cross-country-medal
  8. http://in.reuters.com/article/worldOfSport/idINIndia-46258820100218
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