Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon

Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueKuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center,
Zhangjiakou
Date5 February
Competitors64 from 23 nations
Winning time44:13.7
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Therese Johaug  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Natalya Nepryayeva  ROC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Teresa Stadlober  Austria
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The women's 15 kilometre skiathlon competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Taizicheng.[1] The event was won by Therese Johaug of Norway. The event was noted for its extreme weather, which many athletes complained. Temperature was −17 °C (1 °F) or −35 °C (−31 °F) with windchill, according to the International Ski Federation.[2]

Summary

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The 2018 champion, Charlotte Kalla, qualified for the Olympics and was competing in the race, finishing 18th, and the 2018 silver medalist, Marit Bjørgen, retired from competitions. The bronze medalist, Krista Pärmäkoski, qualified. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics was Natalya Nepryayeva, and the distance leader was Frida Karlsson. Therese Johaug is the 2021 World Champion.

20 minutes into the race, the leading group consisted of Johaug, Kerttu Niskanen and Karlsson, skiing together, with Parmakoski, Ebba Andersson, Teresa Stadlober and Nepryayeva a few seconds behind. Then Parmakoski passed Andersson, with Johaug still in the lead. At 27 minutes, Johaug was 15 seconds ahead of the competitors, with Karlsson second, and Parmakoski and Niskanen further 6 seconds behind. Johaug continued to increase the gap and when she was 30 seconds ahead of the competitors, Nepryayeva and Stadlober overtaken Niskanen and Parmakoski, catching up with Karlsson. Parmakoski could not keep up with the rest of the group. Johaug comfortably finished first, 30 seconds ahead of Nepryayeva who outskied Stadlober at the finish line.

Qualification

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Results

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The race started at 15:45.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country 7.5 km classic Rank Pitstop 7.5 km free Rank Finish time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Therese Johaug  Norway 22:28.3 1 36.4 21:09.0 2 44:13.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Natalya Nepryayeva  ROC 22:42.3 7 37.0 21:24.6 5 44:43.9 +30.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 11 Teresa Stadlober  Austria 22:38.7 5 45.7 21:19.8 4 44:44.2 +30.5
4 8 Kerttu Niskanen  Finland 22:31.0 2 34.7 21:44.1 7 44:49.8 +36.1
5 2 Frida Karlsson  Sweden 22:32.4 3 36.6 21:47.2 8 44:56.2 +42.5
6 6 Jessie Diggins  United States 23:26.4 11 36.0 21:01.8 1 45:04.2 +50.5
7 7 Krista Pärmäkoski  Finland 22:33.6 4 33.3 22:05.2 9 45:12.1 +58.4
8 20 Anastasia Rygalina  ROC 23:39.8 16 36.8 21:14.3 3 45:30.9 +1:17.2
9 12 Delphine Claudel  France 23:28.2 12 37.7 21:25.6 6 45:31.5 +1:17.8
10 4 Ebba Andersson  Sweden 22:40.5 6 36.5 22:24.3 11 45:41.3 +1:27.6
11 9 Tatiana Sorina  ROC 23:34.7 14 37.5 22:19.1 10 46:31.3 +2:17.6
12 17 Johanna Matintalo  Finland 23:12.9 9 34.0 22:49.6 16 46:36.5 +2:22.8
13 24 Katherine Sauerbrey  Germany 23:25.9 10 39.1 22:32.5 12 46:37.5 +2:23.8
14 10 Rosie Brennan  United States 23:32.0 13 44.6 22:48.8 15 47:05.4 +2:51.7
15 5 Katharina Hennig  Germany 23:12.4 8 44.0 23:15.4 23 47:11.8 +2:58.1
16 33 Izabela Marcisz  Poland 24:01.6 17 36.3 22:52.8 18 47:30.7 +3:17.0
17 41 Sofie Krehl  Germany 24:22.2 24 34.2 22:45.2 14 47:41.6 +3:27.9
18 13 Helene Marie Fossesholm  Norway 24:33.4 29 34.2 22:41.4 13 47:49.0 +3:35.3
19 18 Charlotte Kalla  Sweden 24:21.9 23 39.2 22:52.7 17 47:53.8 +3:40.1
20 40 Cendrine Browne  Canada 24:15.7 19 34.3 23:08.1 20 47:58.1 +3:44.4
21 32 Nadja Kälin  Switzerland 24:17.0 21 34.4 23:08.4 21 47:59.8 +3:46.1
22 21 Anne Kyllönen  Finland 24:14.9 18 39.8 23:15.3 22 48:10.0 +3:56.3
23 23 Katherine Stewart-Jones  Canada 24:16.4 20 38.2 23:22.7 25 48:17.3 +4:03.6
24 15 Yuliya Stupak  ROC 23:38.0 15 46.7 24:02.8 40 48:27.5 +4:13.8
25 22 Pia Fink  Germany 24:22.9 25 39.4 23:27.3 27 48:29.6 +4:15.9
26 49 Petra Hynčicová  Czech Republic 24:25.8 27 40.7 23:34.3 30 48:40.8 +4:27.1
27 25 Masako Ishida  Japan 24:26.3 28 37.3 23:41.1 35 48:44.7 +4:31.0
28 36 Dahria Beatty  Canada 24:40.1 34 37.2 23:34.7 31 48:52.0 +4:38.3
29 14 Ragnhild Haga  Norway 24:38.2 32 42.5 23:31.8 29 48:52.5 +4:38.8
30 34 Petra Nováková  Czech Republic 24:36.5 30 38.5 23:37.7 32 48:52.7 +4:39.0
31 53 Jessica Yeaton  Australia 25:08.1 42 47.0 22:58.9 19 48:54.0 +4:40.3
32 35 Lydia Hiernickel  Switzerland 25:06.6 41 36.9 23:15.5 24 48:59.0 +4:45.3
33 38 Li Xin  China 25:03.1 38 37.0 23:27.6 28 49:07.7 +4:54.0
34 28 Chi Chunxue  China 24:45.5 35 42.1 23:40.7 34 49:08.3 +4:54.6
35 39 Masae Tsuchiya  Japan 24:39.0 33 38.0 23:56.6 37 49:13.6 +4:59.9
36 47 Martina Di Centa  Italy 25:02.2 37 40.2 23:40.4 33 49:22.8 +5:09.1
37 27 Anna Comarella  Italy 24:24.1 26 44.7 24:19.0 44 49:27.8 +5:14.1
38 26 Coralie Bentz  France 25:05.8 40 42.7 23:45.9 36 49:34.4 +5:20.7
39 56 Keidy Kaasiku  Estonia 25:40.7 47 36.1 23:23.9 26 49:40.7 +5:27.0
40 19 Hailey Swirbul  United States 24:17.6 22 39.7 24:45.2 54 49:42.5 +5:28.8
41 45 Cristina Pittin  Italy 25:01.1 36 41.7 24:05.8 41 49:48.6 +5:34.9
42 46 Caterina Ganz  Italy 24:37.1 31 47.4 24:29.4 48 49:53.9 +5:40.2
43 29 Dinigeer Yilamujiang  China 25:26.8 45 42.2 24:01.7 39 50:10.7 +5:57.0
44 64 Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt  Canada 25:27.3 46 32.7 24:11.7 42 50:11.7 +5:58.0
45 16 Moa Olsson  Sweden 25:05.0 39 36.6 24:31.2 49 50:12.8 +5:59.1
46 37 Jialin Bayani  China 25:41.2 48 38.7 24:00.3 38 50:20.2 +6:06.5
47 55 Carola Vila  Andorra 25:09.6 43 46.7 24:32.5 50 50:28.8 +6:15.1
48 51 Kseniya Shalygina  Kazakhstan 25:25.9 44 50.3 24:21.5 45 50:37.7 +6:24.0
49 50 Angelina Shuryga  Kazakhstan 26:05.6 50 36.5 24:13.2 43 50:55.3 +6:41.6
50 48 Chika Kobayashi  Japan 25:52.5 49 41.0 24:21.9 46 50:55.4 +6:41.7
51 42 Valeriya Tyuleneva  Kazakhstan 26:07.8 51 41.4 24:41.6 52 51:30.8 +7:17.1
52 43 Miki Kodama  Japan 26:17.4 52 45.9 24:45.0 53 51:48.3 +7:34.6
53 30 Julia Kern  United States 26:31.7 53 40.1 24:53.7 55 52:05.5 +7:51.8
54 54 Kaidy Kaasiku  Estonia 27:02.9 55 37.0 24:32.7 51 52:12.6 +7:58.9
55 62 Neža Žerjav  Slovenia 27:07.4 56 58.2 24:27.5 47 52:33.1 +8:19.4
56 44 Maryna Antsybor  Ukraine 27:08.4 57 37.3 25:08.3 56 52:54.0 +8:40.3
57 60 Nina Riedener  Liechtenstein 27:02.0 54 37.2 25:15.9 57 52:55.1 +8:41.4
58 59 Nadezhda Stepashkina  Kazakhstan 27:26.4 58 48.8 25:20.1 58 53:35.3 +9:21.6
59 61 Magdalena Kobielusz  Poland 27:32.7 59 53.5 25:45.8 59 54:12.0 +9:58.3
60 58 Viktoriya Olekh  Ukraine 28:26.8 62 41.6 25:47.3 60 54:55.7 +10:42.0
61 57 Lee Chae-won  South Korea 28:01.6 61 49.3 27:01.7 61 55:52.6 +11:38.9
62 52 Yuliya Krol  Ukraine 27:57.6 60 43.9 28:22.9 62 57:04.4 +12:50.7
65 Darya Rublova  Ukraine 29:59.6 64 48.5 Lapped
63 Han Da-som  South Korea 29:52.3 63 Did not finish
31 Patrīcija Eiduka  Latvia Did not start

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2021-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Olympic skiers are complaining of dangerously cold conditions in Beijing with subzero windchills pushing athletes to the brink of collapse". Insider. Archived from the original on 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-20. "If FIS says it's minus 17 degrees and it's windy, and it's minus 35 degrees with the windchill, what do you do then?" He was referring to temperatures in Celsius — minus 17 C is about 1 F, and minus 35 C is about minus 31 F.
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.