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Team Sprint, Classical, Women

Date	19 February 2014
Status	Olympic
Location	Kompleks Dlya Sorevnovaniy Po Lyzhnym Gonkam i Biatlonu Laura, Mountain Cluster, Krasnaya Polyana
Participants	34 from 17 countries
Format	Two-woman teams, each skiing three alternate legs of approximately 1,500 metres.
Details	Course Length: 1,250 m Height Differential: 23 m Maximum Climb: 21 m Total Climbing: 31 m

There were no surprises in the semi-final round; all the top nations qualified comfortably for the final. In the final, Norway was second to Finland at the first exchange. But the final was essentially decided when a spurt from Marit Bjørgen established a lead of about three seconds over Finland and Sweden during the second leg. Although her teammate Ingvild Flugstad Østberg allowed the gap to close a little on the third leg, Bjørgen extended the lead again on the fourth leg and the final result was never really in doubt. Finland, represented by Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Kerttu Niskanen, were comfortable silver-medal winners, about nine seconds behind Norway.

Sweden’s Ida Ingemarsdotter and Stina Nilsson took the bronze medals, leading Germany’s Stefanie Böhler and Denise Herrmann by little more than a second, when Nilsson overtook Herrmann on the final few meters. Justyna Kowalczyk led Poland to fifth place, leaving only sixth place for the Russian home team.

Pos	Team	NOC
1	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg / Marit Bjørgen	NOR		Gold
2	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen / Kerttu Niskanen	FIN		Silver
3	Ida Ingemarsdotter / Stina Nilsson	SWE		Bronze
4	Stefanie Böhler / Denise Herrmann	GER
5	Sylwia Jaśkowiec / Justyna Kowalczyk	POL
6	Bettina Gruber / Seraina Boner	SUI
7	Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton / Kikkan Randall	USA
8	Katerina Smutna / Teresa Stadlober	AUT
9	Alenka Čebašek / Katja Višnar	SLO
10	Perianne Jones / Dasha Gaiazova	CAN
11	Aurore Jean / Célia Aymonier	FRA
12	Ilaria Debertolis / Gaia Vuerich	ITA
13	Alena Procházková / Daniela Kotschová	SVK
14	Man Dandan / Li Hongxue	CHN
15	Yelena Kolomina / Anastasiya Slonova	KAZ
AC	Anastasiya Dotsenko 1 / Yuliya Ivanova 2	RUS	DQ		3
DNS	Maryna Lisohor / Kateryna Serdiuk	UKR			4

Semi-Finals (19 February 2014 — 13:15)

First 3 teams in each heat plus the four fastest losers qualify for final.

Heat 1 (13:15)

Pos	Nr	Skier	NOC	Time	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
1	1	Norway	NOR	16:43.45				Q
	1-1	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg			2:42.33	2:48.28	2:48.81
	1-2	Marit Bjørgen			2:36.16	2:41.61	3:06.26
2	3	Sweden	SWE	16:48.76				Q
	3-1	Ida Ingemarsdotter			2:42.33	2:47.52	2:48.27
	3-2	Stina Nilsson			2:36.70	2:42.37	3:11.57
3	2	United States	USA	16:51.36				Q
	2-1	Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton			2:41.67	2:48.39	2:47.40
	2-2	Kikkan Randall			2:37.04	2:42.15	3:14.71
4	7	Switzerland	SUI	17:02.14				Q
	7-1	Bettina Gruber			2:42.65	2:46.10	2:54.93
	7-2	Seraina Boner			2:39.11	2:45.65	3:13.70
5	6	Canada	CAN	17:09.13
	6-1	Perianne Jones			2:43.31	2:49.81	2:54.92
	6-2	Dasha Gaiazova			2:41.62	2:45.22	3:14.25
6	5	France	FRA	17:10.07
	5-1	Aurore Jean			2:41.78	2:46.43	2:48.92
	5-2	Célia Aymonier			2:42.06	2:50.23	3:20.65
7	4	Italy	ITA	17:35.98
	4-1	Ilaria Debertolis			2:43.31	2:48.61	2:54.82
	4-2	Gaia Vuerich			2:39.00	2:50.24	3:40.00
8	8	People's Republic of China	CHN	17:40.90
	8-1	Man Dandan			2:42.54	2:55.39	3:05.63
	8-2	Li Hongxue			2:43.37	2:52.31	3:21.66
9	9	Kazakhstan	KAZ	17:49.66
	9-1	Yelena Kolomina			2:43.96	2:52.43	3:10.54
	9-2	Anastasiya Slonova			2:42.61	2:57.34	3:22.78

Heat 2 (13:40)

Pos	Nr	Skier	NOC	Time	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
1	11	Finland	FIN	16:42.15				Q
	11-1	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen			2:43.41	2:43.60	2:46.41
	11-2	Kerttu Niskanen			2:38.90	2:41.95	3:07.88
2	13	Poland	POL	16:49.43				Q
	13-1	Sylwia Jaśkowiec			2:46.25	2:49.61	2:56.35
	13-2	Justyna Kowalczyk			2:36.27	2:40.21	3:00.74
3	12	Germany	GER	16:58.98				Q
	12-1	Stefanie Böhler			2:44.83	2:45.90	2:50.67
	12-2	Denise Herrmann			2:38.24	2:44.02	3:15.32
4	15	Austria	AUT	16:59.50				q
	15-1	Katerina Smutna			2:43.85	2:42.51	2:47.18
	15-2	Teresa Stadlober			2:41.95	2:49.70	3:14.31
5	10	Slovenia	SLO	17:00.32				q
	10-1	Alenka Čebašek			2:45.38	2:48.08	2:52.31
	10-2	Katja Višnar			2:38.13	2:42.06	3:14.36
6	16	Slovakia	SVK	18:51.94
	16-1	Alena Procházková			2:44.40	2:48.30	2:54.72
	16-2	Daniela Kotschová			2:59.20	3:21.36	4:03.96
AC	14	Russian Federation	RUS	16:49.61				DQ Q	5
	14-1	Anastasiya Dotsenko			2:43.74	2:47.64	2:54.82	DQ	6
	14-2	Yuliya Ivanova			2:39.44	2:39.77	3:04.20	DQ	7
DNS	17	Ukraine	UKR	–					8
	17-1	Maryna Lisohor (DNS)			–	–	–
	17-2	Kateryna Serdiuk (DNS)			–	–	–

Final Round (19 February 2014 — 15:45)

Pos	Nr	Skier	NOC	Time	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
1	1	Norway	NOR	16:04.05
	1-1	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg			2:38.59	2:39.27	2:41.26
	1-2	Marit Bjørgen			2:32.81	2:34.43	2:57.69
2	11	Finland	FIN	16:13.14
	11-1	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen			2:38.48	2:38.06	2:40.83
	11-2	Kerttu Niskanen			2:35.76	2:37.71	3:02.30
3	3	Sweden	SWE	16:23.82
	3-1	Ida Ingemarsdotter			2:39.36	2:40.46	2:46.06
	3-2	Stina Nilsson			2:35.43	2:41.10	3:01.41
4	12	Germany	GER	16:24.97
	12-1	Stefanie Böhler			2:40.45	2:41.56	2:43.12
	12-2	Denise Herrmann			2:36.63	2:36.94	3:06.27
5	13	Poland	POL	16:35.54
	13-1	Sylwia Jaśkowiec			2:41.43	2:45.82	2:52.84
	13-2	Justyna Kowalczyk			2:33.57	2:35.20	3:06.68
6	7	Switzerland	SUI	16:45.47
	7-1	Bettina Gruber			2:44.60	2:46.70	2:46.94
	7-2	Seraina Boner			2:38.59	2:40.98	3:07.66
7	2	United States	USA	16:48.08
	2-1	Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton			2:40.01	2:46.15	2:50.33
	2-2	Kikkan Randall			2:39.69	2:44.47	3:07.43
8	15	Austria	AUT	16:49.16
	15-1	Katerina Smutna			2:41.87	2:42.32	2:45.20
	15-2	Teresa Stadlober			2:44.93	2:46.66	3:08.18
9	10	Slovenia	SLO	16:57.98
	10-1	Alenka Čebašek			2:45.36	2:47.56	2:47.71
	10-2	Katja Višnar			2:36.42	2:45.46	3:15.47
AC	14	Russian Federation	RUS	16:44.91				DQ	9
	14-1	Anastasiya Dotsenko			2:45.36	2:47.46	2:50.00	DQ	10
	14-2	Yuliya Ivanova			2:35.87	2:39.78	3:06.44	DQ	11