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

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]

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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Summary edit

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 edit

Results edit

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
  3 Therese Johaug   Norway 22:28.3 1 36.4 21:09.0 2 44:13.7
  1 Natalya Nepryayeva   ROC 22:42.3 7 37.0 21:24.6 5 44:43.9 +30.2
  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 edit

  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.