The women's 7.5 kilometre + 7.5 kilometre double pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 19 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 13:00 PST.[1]
| Women's 15 kilometre pursuit at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Whistler Olympic Park | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 19 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 68 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 39:58.1 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The 15 km double pursuit format has been competed at the world championship level since 2005 and at the Winter Olympic level since 2006. Estonia's Kristina Šmigun-Vähi was the defending Olympic champion.[2] Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk was the defending world champion.[3] Kowalczyk also won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 17 January 2009.[4] The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 23 January 2010 in Rybinsk, Russia and was won by Kowalczyk.[5]
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 takes time (approximately 30 seconds) to change skis and poles in a pit stop.
Results
Leaders after the classical portion were Finland's Saarinen (who finished fifth), Bjørgen, and Kowalczyk. Pit stop leaders were tied for first with Saarinen and Italy's Follis (who finished ninth), and Finland's Roponen (who finished 15th). Kowalczyk edged out Størmer Steira in a photo finish in the bronze. For Størmer Steira, it became the fourth fourth-place finish in the Olympics (following three fourth places in 2006), and she again failed to win a medal. (She became on Olympic champion in the relay several days later). Defending Olympic champion Smigun-Vähi dropped out during the classical portion of the event.[6]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | 7.5 km C | Rank | Pitstop | 7.5 km F | Rank | Finish Time | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | Marit Bjørgen |  Norway | 21:00.8 | 2 | 25.8 | 18:31.5 | 1 | 39:58.1 | |
 | 11 | Anna Haag |  Sweden | 21:04.5 | 4 | 24.7 | 18:37.8 | 2 | 40:07.0 | +8.9 |
 | 1 | Justyna Kowalczyk |  Poland | 21:02.2 | 3 | 23.2 | 18:42.0 | 4 | 40:07.4 | +9.3 |
| 4 | 4 | Kristin Størmer Steira | Norway | 21:05.1 | 5 | 22.7 | 18:39.7 | 3 | 40:07.5 | +9.4 |
| 5 | 2 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen |  Finland | 21:00.7 | 1 | 21.9 | 19:18.0 | 7 | 40:40.6 | +42.5 |
| 6 | 23 | Therese Johaug | Norway | 21:06.1 | 7 | 26.9 | 19:17.0 | 5 | 40:50.0 | +51.9 |
| 7 | 9 | Marianna Longa |  Italy | 21:05.5 | 6 | 23.1 | 19:33.6 | 14 | 41:02.2 | +1:04.1 |
| 8 | 3 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 21:26.4 | 9 | 24.6 | 19:27.5 | 11 | 41:18.5 | +1:20.4 |
| 9 | 7 | Arianna Follis | Italy | 21:26.0 | 8 | 21.9 | 19:33.7 | 15 | 41:21.6 | +1:23.5 |
| 10 | 28 | Sara Renner |  Canada | 21:28.1 | 10 | 25.5 | 19:44.3 | 21 | 41:37.9 | +1:39.8 |
| 11 | 15 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle |  Germany | 21:38.3 | 12 | 26.7 | 19:32.9 | 13 | 41:37.9 | +1:39.8 |
| 12 | 14 | Olga Zavyalova |  Russia | 21:35.7 | 11 | 26.6 | 19:36.0 | 16 | 41:38.3 | +1:40.2 |
| 13 | 5 | Irina Khazova | Russia | 22:07.0 | 18 | 28.9 | 19:20.2 | 9 | 41:56.1 | +1:58.0 |
| 14 | 13 | Valentyna Shevchenko |  Ukraine | 22:06.6 | 17 | 24.5 | 19:27.6 | 12 | 41:58.7 | +2:00.6 |
| 15 | 8 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | Finland | 22:20.4 | 31 | 22.2 | 19:17.6 | 6 | 42:00.2 | +2:02.1 |
| 16 | 36 | Silvia Rupil | Italy | 22:18.2 | 28 | 24.0 | 19:19.4 | 8 | 42:01.6 | +2:03.5 |
| 17 | 61 | Barbara Jezeršek |  Slovenia | 22:16.2 | 26 | 24.1 | 19:36.7 | 17 | 42:17.0 | +2:18.9 |
| 18 | 21 | Sabina Valbusa | Italy | 22:11.0 | 22 | 26.8 | 19:41.6 | 19 | 42:19.4 | +2:21.3 |
| 19 | 26 | Karine Laurent Philippot |  France | 22:11.5 | 23 | 24.5 | 19:45.2 | 22 | 42:21.2 | +2:23.1 |
| 20 | 27 | Masako Ishida |  Japan | 21:57.8 | 14 | 24.7 | 20:01.8 | 31 | 42:24.3 | +2:26.2 |
| 21 | 20 | Riikka Sarasoja | Finland | 22:20.8 | 32 | 24.6 | 19:39.0 | 18 | 42:24.4 | +2:26.3 |
| 22 | 40 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | 22:30.3 | 36 | 28.3 | 19:26.5 | 10 | 42:25.1 | +2:27.0 |
| 23 | 25 | Kamila Rajdlová |  Czech Republic | 22:06.0 | 16 | 26.8 | 19:53.7 | 25 | 42:26.5 | +2:28.4 |
| 24 | 19 | Katrin Zeller | Germany | 21:51.9 | 13 | 27.7 | 20:07.3 | 34 | 42:26.9 | +2:28.8 |
| 25 | 18 | Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina |  Kazakhstan | 22:19.2 | 29 | 25.6 | 19:42.3 | 20 | 42:27.1 | +2:29.0 |
| 26 | 17 | Olga Rocheva | Russia | 22:07.5 | 19 | 29.1 | 19:53.9 | 26 | 42:30.5 | +2:32.4 |
| 27 | 35 | Laura Orgue |  Spain | 22:15.2 | 25 | 26.5 | 19:56.6 | 28 | 42:38.3 | +2:40.2 |
| 28 | 22 | Elena Kolomina | Kazakhstan | 22:22.5 | 34 | 27.9 | 19:58.0 | 29 | 42:48.4 | +2:50.3 |
| 29 | 31 | Kateřina Smutná |  Austria | 22:19.7 | 30 | 28.0 | 20:02.6 | 32 | 42:50.3 | +2:52.2 |
| 30 | 24 | Pirjo Muranen | Finland | 22:10.4 | 21 | 25.7 | 20:14.4 | 40 | 42:50.5 | +2:52.4 |
| 31 | 41 | Tetyana Zavalíy | Ukraine | 22:21.2 | 33 | 30.4 | 19:59.1 | 30 | 42:50.7 | +2:52.6 |
| 32 | 37 | Aurore Cuinet | France | 21:59.8 | 15 | 42.9 | 20:09.0 | 35 | 42:51.7 | +2:53.6 |
| 33 | 38 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 22:10.1 | 20 | 29.0 | 20:13.9 | 37 | 42:53.0 | +2:54.9 |
| 34 | 46 | Sylwia Jaśkowiec | Poland | 22:30.0 | 35 | 28.6 | 19:56.2 | 27 | 42:54.8 | +2:56.7 |
| 35 | 52 | Kornelia Marek | Poland | 22:17.7 | 27 | 25.2 | 20:14.0 | 39 | 42:56.9 | +2:58.8 |
| 36 | 29 | Stefanie Böhler | Germany | 22:12.0 | 24 | 26.2 | 20:39.7 | 45 | 43:17.9 | +3:19.8 |
| 37 | 34 | Li Hongxue |  China | 22:44.1 | 39 | 26.3 | 20:13.9 | 37 | 43:24.3 | +3:26.2 |
| 38 | 44 | Morgan Arritola |  United States | 23:06.6 | 43 | 28.8 | 19:50.5 | 24 | 43:25.9 | +3:27.8 |
| 39 | 32 | Alena Sannikova |  Belarus | 22:34.5 | 37 | 27.1 | 20:32.1 | 43 | 43:33.7 | +3:35.6 |
| 40 | 12 | Yevgeniya Medvedeva | Russia | 23:27.9 | 49 | 25.8 | 20:05.9 | 33 | 43:59.6 | +4:01.5 |
| 41 | 54 | Madeleine Williams | Canada | 23:09.3 | 44 | 29.2 | 20:32.7 | 44 | 44:11.2 | +4:13.1 |
| 42 | 48 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 22:43.3 | 38 | 24.4 | 21:08.8 | 53 | 44:16.5 | +4:18.4 |
| 43 | 59 | Caitlin Compton | United States | 24:01.2 | 56 | 35.3 | 19:46.8 | 23 | 44:23.3 | +4:25.2 |
| 44 | 47 | Tatjana Mannima |  Estonia | 23:01.9 | 42 | 28.7 | 20:53.6 | 48 | 44:24.2 | +4:26.1 |
| 45 | 43 | Cécile Storti | France | 23:41.7 | 54 | 30.0 | 20:12.6 | 36 | 44:24.3 | +4:26.2 |
| 46 | 58 | Vita Yakymchuk | Ukraine | 23:30.2 | 50 | 24.9 | 20:29.7 | 42 | 44:24.8 | +4:26.7 |
| 47 | 50 | Daria Gaiazova | Canada | 23:00.6 | 40 | 30.1 | 21:05.2 | 51 | 44:35.9 | +4:37.8 |
| 48 | 53 | Marina Matrosova | Kazakhstan | 23:13.0 | 46 | 30.9 | 20:52.3 | 46 | 44:36.2 | +4:38.1 |
| 49 | 60 | Emilie Vina | France | 23:01.1 | 41 | 27.3 | 21:16.6 | 56 | 44:45.0 | +4:46.9 |
| 50 | 45 | Ekaterina Rudakova | Belarus | 24:01.8 | 57 | 26.1 | 20:22.6 | 41 | 44:50.5 | +4:52.4 |
| 51 | 39 | Eva Nývltová | Czech Republic | 23:23.9 | 48 | 29.1 | 20:59.8 | 49 | 44:52.8 | +4:54.7 |
| 52 | 62 | Paulina Maciuszek | Poland | 23:23.0 | 47 | 33.4 | 21:00.2 | 50 | 44:56.6 | +4:58.5 |
| 53 | 30 | Britta Johansson Norgren | Sweden | 23:46.6 | 55 | 27.0 | 21:12.1 | 54 | 45:25.7 | +5:27.6 |
| 54 | 49 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 23:35.4 | 52 | 29.6 | 21:22.9 | 57 | 45:27.9 | +5:29.8 |
| 55 | 57 | Monika Gyorgy |  Romania | 24:18.9 | 59 | 26.2 | 20:52.4 | 47 | 45:37.5 | +5:39.4 |
| 56 | 51 | Holly Brooks | United States | 23:38.2 | 53 | 28.7 | 21:31.9 | 58 | 45:38.8 | +5:40.7 |
| 57 | 64 | Perianne Jones | Canada | 23:30.6 | 51 | 27.0 | 21:51.1 | 59 | 45:48.7 | +5:50.6 |
| 58 | 42 | Liz Stephen | United States | 24:21.3 | 60 | 27.2 | 21:05.3 | 52 | 45:53.8 | +5:55.7 |
| 59 | 67 | Lee Chae-Won |  South Korea | 25:48.9 | 62 | 29.9 | 21:15.8 | 55 | 47:34.6 | +7:36.5 |
| 60 | 65 | Anja Eržen | Slovenia | 24:18.5 | 58 | 30.0 | 23:34.4 | 62 | 48:22.9 | +8:24.8 |
| 61 | 68 | Kelime Çetinkaya |  Turkey | 25:12.7 | 61 | 29.3 | 23:04.0 | 60 | 48:46.0 | +8:47.9 |
| 62 | 66 | Antonia Grigorova |  Bulgaria | 25:59.7 | 63 | 26.3 | 23:05.5 | 61 | 49:31.5 | +9:33.4 |
| 56 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 23:11.1 | 45 | 29.7 | DNF | ||||
| 10 | Vibeke Skofterud | Norway | DNF | |||||||
| 16 | Kristina Šmigun-Vähi | Estonia | DNF | |||||||
| 55 | Kaija Udras | Estonia | DNF | |||||||
| 33 | Ivana Janečková | Czech Republic | DNS | |||||||
| 63 | Katherine Calder |  New Zealand | DNS | |||||||