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Sprint (Freestyle), Women

Date	11 February 2014
Status	Olympic
Location	Kompleks Dlya Sorevnovaniy Po Lyzhnym Gonkam i Biatlonu Laura, Mountain Cluster, Krasnaya Polyana
Participants	67 from 31 countries
Format	Final standings based on time achieved in last round competed in.
Details	Course Length: 1250 m Height Differential: 23 m Maximum Climb: 21 m Total Climbing: 31 m

In the ladies sprint none of the three favorites, Norway’s Marit Bjørgen, US sprinter Kikkan Randall and World Cup leader Denise Herrmann of Germany, even made it to the final. Instead Norway’s lesser known Maiken Caspersen Falla took the gold, the country’s 100th Olympic Winter Games medal. She was not only the fastest qualifier but also won both her quarter-final and semi-final races. In the final, Slovenian starter Vesna Fabjan took an early lead, but Falla quickly came back to the head of the pack. Later in the race, Fabjan, Falla and her compatriot Ingvild Flugstad Østberg dropped the three other finalists. But Falla always appeared to be in command winning in a time of 2:35.49. Metres from the finish line, Østberg made a final effort for the silver in a photo finish, with Fabjan taking bronze.

The only accident in the final occurred when American Sophie Caldwell ski got tangled up with Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen’s pole. Jacobsen, whose brother had sadly died just prior to the Games, came through to take fourth.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	QF	SF	Final
1	–	Maiken Caspersen Falla	NOR	2:32.07 (1)	2:33.23 (1 h1)	2:35.80 (1 h1)	2:35.49 (1)	Gold
2	–	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	NOR	2:34.18 (6)	2:36.62 (1 h3)	2:36.66 (1 h2)	2:35.87 (2)	Silver
3	–	Vesna Fabjan	SLO	2:34.13 (4)	2:37.22 (2 h2)	2:36.02 (2 h1)	2:35.89 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	NOR	2:35.00 (7)	2:37.01 (1 h2)	2:36.32 (4 h1)	2:37.31 (4)
5	–	Ida Ingemarsdotter	SWE	2:34.16 (5)	2:36.64 (2 h3)	2:36.05 (3 h1)	2:42.04 (5)
6	–	Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton	USA	2:35.18 (9)	2:37.21 (2 h4)	2:36.67 (2 h2)	2:47.75 (6)
7	–	Gaia Vuerich	ITA	2:35.81 (13)	2:35.65 (3 h5)	2:36.87 (3 h2)	–
8	–	Denise Herrmann	GER	2:35.11 (8)	2:34.87 (1 h5)	2:36.94 (4 h2)	–
9	–	Katja Višnar	SLO	2:32.47 (2)	2:36.45 (1 h4)	2:37.76 (5 h2)	–
10	–	Stina Nilsson	SWE	2:35.37 (10)	2:34.01 (2 h1)	2:36.42 (5 h1)	–
11	–	Marit Bjørgen	NOR	2:33.17 (3)	2:35.42 (2 h5)	2:52.27 (6 h2)	–
12	–	Aurore Jean	FRA	2:37.96 (21)	2:35.55 (3 h1)	2:38.28 (6 h1)	–
13	–	Jessie Diggins	USA	2:35.64 (12)	2:38.06 (3 h4)	–	–
14	–	Britta Johansson-Norgren	SWE	2:35.98 (15)	2:37.86 (3 h3)	–	–
15	–	Mari Laukkanen	FIN	2:39.06 (23)	2:37.48 (3 h2)	–	–
16	–	Anne Kyllönen	FIN	2:35.57 (11)	2:37.07 (4 h1)	–	–
17	–	Alenka Čebašek	SLO	2:35.94 (14)	2:37.69 (4 h2)	–	–
18	–	Kikkan Randall	USA	2:36.67 (18)	2:35.70 (4 h5)	–	–
19	–	Ida Sargent	USA	2:39.80 (25)	2:39.05 (4 h3)	–	–
20	9	Nataliya Matveyeva	RUS	2:40.15 (28)	2:38.66 (4 h4)	–	–		1
21	16	Laurien van der Graaff	SUI	2:37.84 (20)	2:37.95 (5 h1)	–	–
22	36	Perianne Jones	CAN	2:38.63 (22)	2:38.66 (5 h5)	–	–
23	46	Petra Nováková	CZE	2:39.44 (24)	2:47.52 (5 h3)	–	–
24	26	Dasha Gaiazova	CAN	2:40.04 (26)	2:40.45 (5 h2)	–	–
25	17	Greta Laurent	ITA	2:36.30 (16)	2:52.07 (6 h3)	–	–
26	27	Nika Razinger	SLO	2:36.55 (17)	2:43.61 (6 h2)	–	–
27	4	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	FIN	2:40.08 (27)	2:41.20 (6 h5)	–	–
28	12	Yevgeniya Shapovalova	RUS	2:37.03 (19)	2:38.83 (5 h4)	–	–		2
29	20	Hanna Kolb	GER	2:40.17 (29)	2:38.43 (6 h1)	–	–
30	32	Lucia Anger	GER	2:40.22 (30)	–	–	–
31	39	Ilaria Debertolis	ITA	2:40.29 (31)	–	–	–
32	43	Man Dandan	CHN	2:40.29 (32)	–	–	–
33	55	Maryna Antsybor	UKR	2:40.55 (33)	–	–	–
34	35	Claudia Nystad	GER	2:41.13 (34)	–	–	–
35	37	Marion Buillet	FRA	2:41.30 (35)	–	–	–
36	33	Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja	FIN	2:41.55 (36)	–	–	–
37	38	Karolína Grohová	CZE	2:41.75 (37)	–	–	–
38	29	Alena Procházková	SVK	2:41.95 (38)	–	–	–
39	34	Célia Aymonier	FRA	2:42.57 (39)	–	–	–
40	40	Agnieszka Szymańczak	POL	2:43.06 (40)	–	–	–
41	44	Posy Musgrave	GBR	2:43.31 (41)	–	–	–
42	41	Heidi Widmer	CAN	2:43.36 (42)	–	–	–
43	42	Chandra Crawford	CAN	2:43.59 (43)	–	–	–
44	57	Kateryna Serdiuk	UKR	2:44.12 (44)	–	–	–
45	54	Yelena Kolomina	KAZ	2:46.37 (45)	–	–	–
46	47	Valiantsina Kaminskaya	BLR	2:46.76 (46)	–	–	–
47	45	Triin Ojaste	EST	2:47.07 (47)	–	–	–
48	62	Timea Sara	ROU	2:48.16 (48)	–	–	–
49	50	Irina Khazova	RUS	2:48.64 (49)	–	–	–
50	52	Li Hongxue	CHN	2:48.72 (50)	–	–	–
51	3	Hanna Erikson	SWE	2:48.83 (51)	–	–	–
52	48	Nathalie Schwarz	AUT	2:49.54 (52)	–	–	–
53	60	Teodora Malcheva	BUL	2:49.66 (53)	–	–	–
54	58	Daniela Kotschová	SVK	2:49.81 (54)	–	–	–
55	49	Esther Bottomley	AUS	2:50.54 (55)	–	–	–
56	53	Tatyana Osipova	KAZ	2:51.44 (56)	–	–	–
57	51	Maryna Lisohor	UKR	2:53.22 (57)	–	–	–
58	56	Inga Dauškāne	LAT	2:53.90 (58)	–	–	–
59	67	Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova	BUL	2:54.31 (59)	–	–	–
60	59	Vedrana Malec	CRO	2:54.60 (60)	–	–	–
61	61	Ingrida Ardišauskaitė	LTU	2:55.24 (61)	–	–	–
62	7	Sylwia Jaśkowiec	POL	3:01.21 (62)	–	–	–
63	65	Panagiota Tsakiri	GRE	3:02.75 (63)	–	–	–
64	63	Jaque Mourão	BRA	3:02.83 (64)	–	–	–
65	64	Ágnes Simon	HUN	3:04.72 (65)	–	–	–
66	66	Kelime Aydın-Çetinkaya	TUR	3:05.00 (66)	–	–	–
DQ	31	Anastasiya Dotsenko	RUS	[2:38.14] (DQ)	[2:38.83] (DQ h4)	–	–		3

Qualifying Round

Date	11 February 2014 — 14:00
Format	Top 30 finishers advance to quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Maiken Caspersen Falla	NOR	2:32.07	Q
2	Katja Višnar	SLO	2:32.47	Q
3	Marit Bjørgen	NOR	2:33.17	Q
4	Vesna Fabjan	SLO	2:34.13	Q
5	Ida Ingemarsdotter	SWE	2:34.16	Q
6	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	NOR	2:34.18	Q
7	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	NOR	2:35.00	Q
8	Denise Herrmann	GER	2:35.11	Q
9	Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton	USA	2:35.18	Q
10	Stina Nilsson	SWE	2:35.37	Q
11	Anne Kyllönen	FIN	2:35.57	Q
12	Jessie Diggins	USA	2:35.64	Q
13	Gaia Vuerich	ITA	2:35.81	Q
14	Alenka Čebašek	SLO	2:35.94	Q
15	Britta Johansson-Norgren	SWE	2:35.98	Q
16	Greta Laurent	ITA	2:36.30	Q
17	Nika Razinger	SLO	2:36.55	Q
18	Kikkan Randall	USA	2:36.67	Q
19	Yevgeniya Shapovalova	RUS	2:37.03	Q
20	Laurien van der Graaff	SUI	2:37.84	Q
21	Aurore Jean	FRA	2:37.96	Q
22	Perianne Jones	CAN	2:38.63	Q
23	Mari Laukkanen	FIN	2:39.06	Q
24	Petra Nováková	CZE	2:39.44	Q
25	Ida Sargent	USA	2:39.80	Q
26	Dasha Gaiazova	CAN	2:40.04	Q
27	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	FIN	2:40.08	Q
28	Nataliya Matveyeva	RUS	2:40.15	Q
29	Hanna Kolb	GER	2:40.17	Q
30	Lucia Anger	GER	2:40.22
31	Ilaria Debertolis	ITA	2:40.29
32	Man Dandan	CHN	2:40.29
33	Maryna Antsybor	UKR	2:40.55
34	Claudia Nystad	GER	2:41.13
35	Marion Buillet	FRA	2:41.30
36	Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja	FIN	2:41.55
37	Karolína Grohová	CZE	2:41.75
38	Alena Procházková	SVK	2:41.95
39	Célia Aymonier	FRA	2:42.57
40	Agnieszka Szymańczak	POL	2:43.06
41	Posy Musgrave	GBR	2:43.31
42	Heidi Widmer	CAN	2:43.36
43	Chandra Crawford	CAN	2:43.59
44	Kateryna Serdiuk	UKR	2:44.12
45	Yelena Kolomina	KAZ	2:46.37
46	Valiantsina Kaminskaya	BLR	2:46.76
47	Triin Ojaste	EST	2:47.07
48	Timea Sara	ROU	2:48.16
49	Irina Khazova	RUS	2:48.64
50	Li Hongxue	CHN	2:48.72
51	Hanna Erikson	SWE	2:48.83
52	Nathalie Schwarz	AUT	2:49.54
53	Teodora Malcheva	BUL	2:49.66
54	Daniela Kotschová	SVK	2:49.81
55	Esther Bottomley	AUS	2:50.54
56	Tatyana Osipova	KAZ	2:51.44
57	Maryna Lisohor	UKR	2:53.22
58	Inga Dauškāne	LAT	2:53.90
59	Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova	BUL	2:54.31
60	Vedrana Malec	CRO	2:54.60
61	Ingrida Ardišauskaitė	LTU	2:55.24
62	Sylwia Jaśkowiec	POL	3:01.21
63	Panagiota Tsakiri	GRE	3:02.75
64	Jaque Mourão	BRA	3:02.83
65	Ágnes Simon	HUN	3:04.72
66	Kelime Aydın-Çetinkaya	TUR	3:05.00
DQ	Anastasiya Dotsenko	RUS	[2:38.14]	Q	4

Quarter-Finals

Date	11 February 2014 — 16:00
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time	16:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Maiken Caspersen Falla	NOR	2:33.23	Q
2	13	Stina Nilsson	SWE	2:34.01	Q
3	30	Aurore Jean	FRA	2:35.55	q
4	1	Anne Kyllönen	FIN	2:37.07
5	16	Laurien van der Graaff	SUI	2:37.95
6	20	Hanna Kolb	GER	2:38.43

Heat #2

Time	16:06

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	10	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	NOR	2:37.01	Q
2	15	Vesna Fabjan	SLO	2:37.22	Q
3	28	Mari Laukkanen	FIN	2:37.48
4	25	Alenka Čebašek	SLO	2:37.69
5	26	Dasha Gaiazova	CAN	2:40.45
6	27	Nika Razinger	SLO	2:43.61

Heat #3

Time	16:12

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	22	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	NOR	2:36.62	Q
2	18	Ida Ingemarsdotter	SWE	2:36.64	Q
3	8	Britta Johansson-Norgren	SWE	2:37.86
4	2	Ida Sargent	USA	2:39.05
5	46	Petra Nováková	CZE	2:47.52
6	17	Greta Laurent	ITA	2:52.07

Heat #4

Time	16:18

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Katja Višnar	SLO	2:36.45	Q
2	19	Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton	USA	2:37.21	Q
3	14	Jessie Diggins	USA	2:38.06
4	9	Nataliya Matveyeva	RUS	2:38.66
5	12	Yevgeniya Shapovalova	RUS	2:38.83
DQ	31	Anastasiya Dotsenko	RUS	[2:38.83]		5

Heat #5

Time	16:24

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	24	Denise Herrmann	GER	2:34.87	Q
2	21	Marit Bjørgen	NOR	2:35.42	Q
3	23	Gaia Vuerich	ITA	2:35.65	q
4	11	Kikkan Randall	USA	2:35.70
5	36	Perianne Jones	CAN	2:38.66
6	4	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	FIN	2:41.20

Semi-Finals

Date	11 February 2014 — 17:00
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to final.

Heat #1

Time	17:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Maiken Caspersen Falla	NOR	2:35.80	Q
2	15	Vesna Fabjan	SLO	2:36.02	Q
3	18	Ida Ingemarsdotter	SWE	2:36.05	q
4	10	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	NOR	2:36.32	q
5	13	Stina Nilsson	SWE	2:36.42
6	30	Aurore Jean	FRA	2:38.28

Heat #2

Time	17:07

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	22	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	NOR	2:36.66	Q
2	19	Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton	USA	2:36.67	Q
3	23	Gaia Vuerich	ITA	2:36.87
4	24	Denise Herrmann	GER	2:36.94
5	6	Katja Višnar	SLO	2:37.76
6	21	Marit Bjørgen	NOR	2:52.27

Final Round

Date	11 February 2014 — 17:29

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Maiken Caspersen Falla	NOR	2:35.49
2	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	NOR	2:35.87
3	Vesna Fabjan	SLO	2:35.89
4	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	NOR	2:37.31
5	Ida Ingemarsdotter	SWE	2:42.04
6	Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton	USA	2:47.75