Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's team sprint

The women's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 19 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.[1]

Women's team sprint
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates19 February
Competitors34 from 17 nations
Winning time16:04.05
Medalists
Marit Bjørgen
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg		  Norway
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Kerttu Niskanen		  Finland
Ida Ingemarsdotter
Stina Nilsson		  Sweden
Cross-country skiing at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Distance
Classicalmenwomen
Skiathlonmenwomen
Mass startmenwomen
Relaymenwomen
Sprint
Individualmenwomen
Teammenwomen

Results

The races were started at 14:05.[2]

In November 2017, Yuliya Ivanova was disqualified from the event meaning that the whole Russian team was also disqualified.[3]

Semifinals
RankHeatBibCountryAthletesTimeNote
111 NorwayIngvild Flugstad Østberg
Marit Bjørgen		16:43.45Q
213 SwedenIda Ingemarsdotter
Stina Nilsson		16:48.76Q
312 United StatesSophie Caldwell
Kikkan Randall		16:51.36LL
417 SwitzerlandBettina Gruber
Seraina Boner		17:02.14LL
516 CanadaPerianne Jones
Daria Gaiazova		17:09.13
615 FranceAurore Jéan
Célia Aymonier		17:10.07
714 ItalyIlaria Debertolis
Gaia Vuerich		17:35.98
818 ChinaMan Dandan
Li Hongxue		17:40.90
919 KazakhstanYelena Kolomina
Anastassiya Slonova		17:49.66
1211 FinlandAino-Kaisa Saarinen
Kerttu Niskanen		16:42.15Q
2213 PolandSylwia Jaśkowiec
Justyna Kowalczyk		16:49.43Q
DSQ214 RussiaAnastasia Dotsenko
Yuliya Ivanova		16:49.61LL
4212 GermanyStefanie Böhler
Denise Herrmann		16:58.98LL
5215 AustriaKateřina Smutná
Teresa Stadlober		16:59.50LL
6210 SloveniaAlenka Čebašek
Katja Višnar		17:00.32LL
7216 SlovakiaAlena Procházková
Daniela Kotschová		18:51.94
217 UkraineMarina Lisogor
Kateryna Serdyuk		DNS

On 19 February Ukrainian athletes asked for and were refused permission by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to wear black arm bands to honor those killed in the violent clashes Ukrainian's capital Kiev the previous day.[4] According to press reports Lisogor and Serdyuk had refused to start because they had been denied to wear black arm bands.[5] The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine claimed Serdyuk was injured.[6]

Final
RankBibCountryAthletesTimeDeficit
1 NorwayIngvild Flugstad Østberg
Marit Bjørgen		16:04.05—
11 FinlandAino-Kaisa Saarinen
Kerttu Niskanen		16:13.14+09.09
3 SwedenIda Ingemarsdotter
Stina Nilsson		16:23.82+19.77
412 GermanyStefanie Böhler
Denise Herrmann		16:24.97+20.94
513 PolandSylwia Jaśkowiec
Justyna Kowalczyk		16:35.54+31.49
DSQ14 RussiaAnastasia Dotsenko
Yuliya Ivanova		16:44.91+40.86
67 SwitzerlandBettina Gruber
Seraina Boner		16:45.47+41.42
72 United StatesSophie Caldwell
Kikkan Randall		16:48.08+44.03
815 AustriaKateřina Smutná
Teresa Stadlober		16:49.16+45.11
910 SloveniaAlenka Čebašek
Katja Višnar		16:57.98+53.93

Medal ceremony

At the medal ceremony in Sochi on 20 February, the day after the race, all medals were awarded by IOC member H.R.H. Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and flowers to all medalists were awarded by Mats Årjes, FIS council member.

References
  1. "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  3. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-four-russian-athletes-and-closes-one-case-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings
  4. Hockey heartache for hosts, Ukraine violence shocks Games, Reuters (19 February 2014)
  5. (in Ukrainian) Ukrainians in Sochi did not come to Sprint, because they were forbidden mourning ribbons, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 February 2014)
  6. (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian skier did not come to start in Sochi, the NOC said, but not because of Maidan, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 February 2014)
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