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10 kilometres (Freestyle), Women

Date15 February 2010 — 10:00
StatusOlympic
LocationWhistler Olympic Park, Whistler
Participants78 from 36 countries
DetailsCourse Length: 10,170 m
Height Differential: 72 m
Intermediate 1: 5.0 km
Maximum Climb: 60 m
Total Climbing: 364 m

Slovenia’s Petra Majdič had won the sprint World Cup in 2007-08 and 2008-09, but did not compete in this event in Vancouver. Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk was leading the sprint World Cup coming into Vancouver. Also considered contenders were the 2009 World Champion, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN), and runner-up in that event, Marianna Longa of Italy. Kristina Šmigun-Vähi (EST) also returned, and was aiming to become the first woman to successfully defend her Olympic title and, for a while, it looked as though she would be successful, coming home in a time of 25:05.0. However Charlotte Kalla (SWE) came through to defeat Šmigun-Vähi by 6.6 seconds. Kalla had won three gold medals at the Junior World Championships in 2006 and 2007, and in 2009, had won a bronze medal with the Swedish relay team at the World Championships. Third place went to Marit Bjørgen (NOR) while Kowalczyk could only finish 5th. Saarinen and Longa never contended, placing 15th and 18th, respectively.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
131Charlotte KallaSWE24:58.4Gold
217Kristina Šmigun-VähiEST25:05.0Silver
328Marit BjørgenNOR25:14.3Bronze
423Anna HaagSWE25:19.3
533Justyna KowalczykPOL25:20.1
626Riitta-Liisa RoponenFIN25:24.3
722Yevgeniya MedvedevaRUS25:26.5
830Kristin Størmer SteiraNOR25:50.5
921Valentyna ShevchenkoUKR25:51.1
1016Svetlana MalakhovaKAZ25:53.9
1127Arianna FollisITA25:54.1
=1218Evi Sachenbacher-StehleGER25:57.7
=1219Olga ZavyalovaRUS25:57.7
1434Silvia RupilITA25:58.5
1532Aino-Kaisa SaarinenFIN25:59.5
1614Claudia NystadGER25:59.8
1712Sabina ValbusaITA26:05.8
1825Marianna LongaITA26:06.2
1920Nataliya KorostelyovaRUS26:07.0
2029Irina KhazovaRUS26:08.7
2144Miriam GössnerGER26:14.8
2224Vibeke SkofterudNOR26:16.3
237Stefanie BöhlerGER26:19.2
248Anna OlssonSWE26:23.1
2510Kamila RajdlováCZE26:26.2
269Karine PhilippotFRA26:27.9
2711Yelena KolominaKAZ26:35.6
2847Sylwia JaśkowiecPOL26:37.2
296Britta Johansson-NorgrenSWE26:48.1
3055Caitlin ComptonUSA26:49.1
3113Riikka SarajosaFIN26:50.2
323Iva JanečkováCZE26:51.3
3346Vesna FabjanSLO26:51.6
3441Morgan ArritolaUSA27:04.4
352Li HongxueCHN27:05.7
3642Tatyana RoshchinaKAZ27:06.6
3753Maryna AntsyborUKR27:07.4
381Laura OrguéESP27:09.4
3937Oksana YatskayaKAZ27:16.3
4057Barbara JezeršekSLO27:17.3
4150Holly BrooksUSA27:17.6
4254Monika GyorgyROU27:19.5
435Alena SannikovaBLR27:21.3
4461Paulina MaciuszekPOL27:22.1
4548Kateryna HryhorenkoUKR27:29.7
4636Aurore CuinetFRA27:30.2
4740Célia BourgeoisFRA27:31.4
4815Marthe KristoffersenNOR27:38.4
4939Liz StephenUSA27:41.1
5052Madeleine WilliamsCAN27:43.6
5158Nobuko FukudaJPN27:47.7
524Krista LähteenmäkiFIN27:49.4
5365Lee Chae-WonKOR27:56.0
5438Eva NývltováCZE28:04.1
5535Volha VasilionakBLR28:06.2
5656Lada NesterenkoUKR28:06.4
5749Tatjana MannimaEST28:13.0
5843Katsiaryna Rudakova-BulavkaBLR28:16.1
5964Antoniya GrigorovaBUL28:27.7
6060Michiko KashiwabaraJPN28:32.0
6145Laure BarthelemyFRA28:43.9
6262Katie CalderNZL28:50.9
6359Irina TerentjevaLTU28:52.2
6463Li XinCHN29:38.5
6569Teodora MalchevaBUL29:52.4
6667Jaque MourãoBRA30:22.2
6768Fiona HughesGBR30:29.8
6866Kelime ÇetinkayaTUR30:48.0
6972Anete BriceLAT30:51.8
7077Alexandra CamenșcicMDA31:01.0
7171Tanja KarišikBIH31:30.4
7273Maria NtanouGRE32:14.6
7374Erdene-Ochiryn OchirsürenMGL32:56.1
7475Vera VicziánHUN33:45.8
7578Kristine KhachatryanARM34:17.5
7670Rosana KiroskaMKD34:45.8
7776Belma ŠmrkovićSRB35:47.4
DQ51Kornelia MarekPOL[27:12.6]1