Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre freestyle

The women's 30 kilometre mass start freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 22 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.[1] Three Norwegian athletes, Marit Bjørgen, Therese Johaug, and Kristin Størmer Steira, took the lead from 1 km on and skied in the group, never being threatened by other competitors. At the finish line, Bjørgen won gold, Johaug finished second, and Størmer Steira was third. This is the first gold for Norway in women's 30 km race, and the first clean sweep in Olympic cross country skiing since 1992. For Bjørgen, this was the sixth Winter Olympic gold medal, which, together with Lidiya Skoblikova and Lyubov Yegorova, made her a woman with the largest number of Winter Olympics gold medals won. Størmer Steira won her first individual Olympic medal.[2] The defending 2010 champion Justyna Kowalczyk did not finish.

Women's 30 kilometre freestyle
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates22 February
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Winning time1:11:05.2
Medalists
Marit Bjørgen  Norway
Therese Johaug  Norway
Kristin Størmer Steira  Norway
Cross-country skiing at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Distance
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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.[3]

Results

The race started at 10:30.[4]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
2Marit Bjørgen Norway1:11:05.2—
1Therese Johaug Norway1:11:07.8+2.6
10Kristin Størmer Steira Norway1:11:28.8+23.6
45Kerttu Niskanen Finland1:12:26.9+1:21.7
513Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová Czech Republic1:12:27.1+1:21.9
620Aurore Jéan France1:12:27.5+1:22.3
721Coraline Hugue France1:12:29.5+1:24.3
825Emma Wikén Sweden1:12:31.6+1:26.4
931Seraina Boner Switzerland1:12:35.0+1:29.8
1037Laura Orgué Spain1:12:37.3+1:32.1
1124Anna Haag Sweden1:12:40.1+1:34.9
1215Katrin Zeller Germany1:12:41.4+1:36.2
1334Elisa Brocard Italy1:12:42.0+1:36.8
1428Valentina Shevchenko Ukraine1:12:42.6+1:37.4
1529Natalya Zhukova Russia1:12:56.7+1:51.5
1630Debora Agreiter Italy1:12:58.5+1:53.3
1726Anouk Faivre Picon France1:13:29.4+2:24.2
187Krista Lähteenmäki Finland1:13:37.6+2:32.4
194Heidi Weng Norway1:13:46.1+2:40.9
2033Teresa Stadlober Austria1:13:50.1+2:44.9
219Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland1:13:52.5+2:47.3
2248Li Hongxue China1:14:01.5+2:56.3
2312Masako Ishida Japan1:14:09.0+3:03.8
2411Liz Stephen United States1:14:11.8+3:06.6
2527Marina Piller Italy1:14:44.7+3:39.5
2619Riitta-Liisa Roponen Finland1:14:51.6+3:46.4
2732Holly Brooks United States1:14:58.3+3:53.1
2816Kikkan Randall United States1:15:10.7+4:05.5
2922Irina Khazova Russia1:15:19.2+4:14.0
DSQ22Yuliya Ivanova Russia1:15:22.1+4:16.9
3135Barbara Jezeršek Slovenia1:15:35.8+4:30.6
DSQ8Yuliya Chekalyova Russia1:15:46.6+4:41.4
3344Sylwia Jaśkowiec Poland1:15:47.6+4:42.4
346Charlotte Kalla Sweden1:16:18.5+5:13.3
3541Maryna Antsybor Ukraine1:16:22.7+5:17.5
3652Lee Chae-won South Korea1:16:38.2+5:33.0
3740Petra Novaková Czech Republic1:17:49.6+6:44.4
3849Kateryna Grygorenko Ukraine1:17:53.0+6:47.8
3918Sara Lindborg Sweden1:18:03.9+6:58.7
4014Jessie Diggins United States1:18:13.0+7:07.8
4139Paulina Maciuszek Poland1:18:44.7+7:39.5
4238Alena Sannikova Belarus1:18:46.3+7:41.1
4353Kornelia Kubińska Poland1:19:57.7+8:52.5
4436Ilaria Debertolis Italy1:20:22.2+9:17.0
4530Klara Moravcová Czech Republic1:20:56.4+9:51.2
4654Brittany Webster Canada1:21:05.5+10:00.3
4746Emily Nishikawa Canada1:21:38.6+10:33.4
4843Elena Kolomina Kazakhstan1:21:50.0+10:44.8
4942Amanda Ammar Canada1:22:03.7+10:58.5
5047Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova Bulgaria1:23:05.6+12:00.4
5145Tatyana Ossipova Kazakhstan1:23:52.6+12:47.4
5251Heidi Widmer Canada1:24:11.5+13:06.3
5356Vedrana Malec Croatia1:24:13.4+13:08.2
5457Aimee Watson Australia1:34:00.1+22:54.9
3Justyna Kowalczyk PolandDNFDNF
23Nicole Fessel GermanyDNFDNF
55Teodora Malcheva BulgariaDNFDNF

References
  1. "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. "Cross country: Bjoergen leads rare Norwegian sweep". Reuters. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
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